About the course

This qualification is specifically designed for people with safety responsibility in the oil and gas industry. The qualification focuses on international standards and management systems, enabling students to effectively discharge workplace safety responsibilities both onshore and offshore. The Certificate also highlights the importance of process safety management in the oil and gas industry.

There are no specific entry requirements for this qualification, however it is highly recommended that students have an existing underpinning knowledge of safety issues or have completed a NEBOSH Certificate level qualification previously.

Course Contents 

ELEMENT 1: HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN CONTEXT

Learning from Incidents
Hazards inherent in oil and gas
Risk management techniques used in the oil and gas industries
Safety cases and safety reports

ELEMENT 2: HYDROCARBON PROCESS SAFETY 1

Contractor management
Process safety management (PSM)
Role and purpose of a permit-to-work system
Key principles of shift handover
Plant operations and maintenance

ELEMENT 3: HYDROCARBON PROCESS SAFETY 2

Failure modes
Safety critical equipment controls
Safe storage of hydrocarbons
Furnace and boiler operations

ELEMENT 4: FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Fire and explosion risk in the oil and gas industries
Emergency response

ELEMENT 5: LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT OPERATIONS

Marine transport
Land transport

Examinations

The examination is a 2-hour written paper which consists of one 'long-answer' question and ten 'short-answer' questions. All questions are compulsory.

Course Duration 

5 Days plus one day for exam