Workplace Safety and Health Management in Chemical, Process, Pharmaceutical Industries and Laboratories
About This Course
Identify the Workplace Safety and Health Act, subsidiary legislation and industrial code of practice relevant to the oil/petrochemical industry
Identify hazards and control measures at the oil/petrochemical workplace, including fire & explosion hazards, chemical hazards, mechanical & electrical hazards and confined space hazards
Provide inputs for drawing up a risk assessment matrix
Outline a safety and health management system to ensure a safe workplace at an oil/petrochemical site
Conduct safety and health inspection
Implement permit-to-work systems for a petrochemical site
Monitor and control occupational health hazards of workers
Conduct investigation and prepare an incident report
What You'll Learn
After the completion of this unit, learners will have the knowledge and application skills to carry out hazard identification and risk assessment, comply with the safety and health management system, co-ordinate a permit-to-work system, and carry out safety inspections and investigations.
Course Content
1. Comply with workplace safety and health legislations, guidelines and code of practice and provide inputs for risk assessment
2. Identify hazards and control measures
3. with safety and health management system
4. Implement a permit-to-work system
5. Conduct safety and health inspection
6. Conduct incident investigation
Entry Requirements
Learners are assumed to have:
• Employability Skills (ES) Workplace Literacy level 5 and above.
• Be able to manipulate numbers at a proficiency level equivalent to ES Workplace Numeracy level 5 and above.