Oil and Gas Occupational Health and Safety Training Course

Participants can select and record proportionate risk controls for operational and occupational health hazards.

• ALARP decision-making and tolerability criteria for major hazard controls
• Hierarchy of controls applied before personal protective equipment selection
• Task risk assessment boundaries, assumptions and residual-risk recording
• Risk matrices: calibration limits, consequence definitions and likelihood evidence
• Worker exposure routes for chemical, physical and ergonomic hazards
• Occupational hygiene baseline surveys and health surveillance triggers

Participants can produce hazard analyses and barrier registers for credible oil and gas scenarios.

• Job safety analysis steps: task breakdown, hazards, controls and verification
• HAZID facilitation using prompt lists for drilling and production operations
• HAZOP guidewords applied to process deviations and safeguard failures
• Bowtie diagrams linking threats, preventive barriers, consequences and recovery controls
• Barrier registers assigning performance standards, owners and assurance activities
• Risk register entries with actions, due dates and close-out evidence

Participants can distinguish process safety controls from personal safety measures and verify major accident barriers.

• Process safety versus personal safety indicators and reporting biases
• OSHA Process Safety Management elements for covered process operations
• Loss of containment scenarios involving hydrocarbons, toxic gases and pressure
• Safety-critical elements and performance standards for containment barriers
• Management of change screening for plant, process and procedural changes
• Pre-startup safety review evidence before introducing modified equipment

Participants can establish permit, isolation and handover controls for high-risk work.

• Permit-to-work roles, isolations, handovers and permit suspension criteria
• Simultaneous operations matrix for conflicting drilling, lifting and hot-work activities
• Energy isolation using lockout-tagout and test-for-dead verification
• Hot-work permits, gas testing frequencies and fire-watch requirements
• Cold work, excavation and breaking-containment permit control boundaries
• Shift handover logs capturing plant status, overrides and active permits

Participants can plan controls for confined-space entry, hydrogen sulfide exposure and heat stress.

• Confined-space classification, atmospheric testing and entry authorization requirements
• Ventilation calculations, continuous monitoring and communication arrangements for entrants
• Rescue plans specifying retrieval systems, standby personnel and response times
• Hydrogen sulfide properties, exposure limits and respiratory protection selection
• Breathing-air quality checks, escape sets and fit-testing records
• Heat stress work-rest schedules, hydration controls and acclimatization planning

Participants can verify controls for lifting operations, elevated work and line-of-fire exposures.

• Crane lift categories, lift plans and appointed-person responsibilities
• Rigging inspection criteria for slings, shackles, hooks and lifting beams
• Dropped-object prevention through tool tethering, exclusion zones and securing inspections
• Working-at-height hierarchy, anchor selection and fall-rescue planning
• Scaffold tagging, inspection intervals and alteration control requirements
• Line-of-fire exposure controls during tubular handling and pressure testing

Participants can assess common ignition, stored-energy and mechanical integrity controls.

• Electrical area classification, ignition sources and equipment selection principles
• Arc-flash boundaries, energized-work justification and electrical permit controls
• Portable equipment inspection, grounding checks and temporary-power management
• Pressure testing exclusion zones, stored-energy barriers and communication protocols
• Mechanical integrity inspections for piping, valves, vessels and relief devices
• Corrosion monitoring data used to prioritize inspection and maintenance actions

Participants can identify, assess and control common occupational health exposures in oil and gas work.

• Chemical inventory review using safety data sheets and exposure scenarios
• Control banding for solvents, drilling fluids and production chemicals
• Noise dosimetry, hearing conservation thresholds and audiometric follow-up
• Respiratory protection programme elements: selection, fit, cleaning and storage
• Ergonomic assessment of manual handling, repetitive work and workstation design
• Fatigue risk controls for rotations, overtime, travel and night shifts

Participants can set clear safety expectations and align contractor controls with operator requirements.

• IOGP Life-Saving Rules translated into observable field behaviours
• Safety leadership conversations using questioning, listening and agreed actions
• Stop-work authority activation without retaliation or production pressure
• Contractor prequalification criteria, competence records and mobilisation checks
• Bridging documents aligning operator and contractor control arrangements
• Toolbox talks built around changing conditions and critical controls

Participants can assess emergency plans and evaluate response readiness for credible major incidents.

• Emergency response plans for fire, blowout, gas release and medical events
• Incident command roles, escalation thresholds and communication decision logs
• Evacuation routes, muster accountability and personnel-on-board reconciliation
• Oil spill initial actions, containment priorities and notification requirements
• Emergency drills evaluated against objectives, timings and corrective actions
• Business continuity interfaces between emergency response and recovery arrangements

Participants can investigate incidents systematically and convert findings into verified corrective actions.

• Incident reporting thresholds, immediate actions and evidence preservation steps
• ICAM methodology for identifying absent and failed defences
• Five Whys and causal factor charting without assigning blame
• Corrective action plans with accountable owners, deadlines and verification
• Near-miss trend analysis separating reporting volume from exposure changes
• Lessons learned briefs converted into procedural and training updates

Participants can create performance measures and assurance schedules that test control effectiveness.

• Leading indicators for inspections, barrier health, action closure and competence
• Lagging indicators including process events, injuries and occupational illness
• TRIR and LTIF calculations, definitions and data-quality limitations
• Audit protocols sampling permits, field conditions and control effectiveness
• Management review packs connecting findings, risks, resources and decisions
• Assurance schedules distinguishing first-, second- and third-line activities

Participants can develop competence, procedural and worksite verification arrangements for high-risk activities.

• Competence matrices linking high-risk tasks, training and authorization
• Verification of competency through observation, questioning and performance evidence
• Procedure writing with critical steps, hold points and acceptance criteria
• Document control for revisions, approvals, distribution and obsolete copies
• Shift handover standards for abnormal conditions and temporary controls
• Worksite inspections using sampled observations and corrective-action tracking

Participants can adapt HSE controls to the distinct hazards of major oil and gas asset types.

• Onshore drilling hazards: well control, rig moves and mud systems
• Offshore hazards: marine transfer, helicopter operations and escape arrangements
• Production operations risks: hydrocarbon processing, maintenance and shutdowns
• Pipeline integrity threats including excavation damage, corrosion and third-party interference
• Terminal loading controls for vapours, vehicle movements and spill prevention
• Decommissioning planning for residual hydrocarbons, isolation and demolition hazards

Participants can assemble an annual HSE plan linked to risk, resources, actions and management review.

• Safety case structure: major hazards, controls, performance standards and demonstration
• Annual HSE plan objectives aligned with risk register priorities
• Action tracking workflow from finding assignment through effectiveness review
• Resource planning for inspections, training, monitoring and emergency readiness
• Contractor interface plan addressing shared facilities and simultaneous operations
• Management review agenda supported by indicator trends and assurance findings

Participants can conduct field-based compliance verification and communicate findings to operational leaders.

• Site verification walkdown using critical-control checklists and sampling logic
• Field interviews testing understanding of permits, barriers and stop-work authority
• Evidence packs combining records, observations, photographs and interview notes
• Nonconformity grading based on risk, requirement and control failure
• Corrective-action challenge tests for feasibility, ownership and due dates
• Safety meeting presentation of findings, decisions and escalation needs

Participants can build, review and present a complete facility-specific HSE assurance plan for a selected oil and gas operation.

• Capstone scope: selected facility, work activities and applicable legal duties
• Risk register prioritising major hazards, occupational exposures and control gaps
• Operational control plan covering permits, barriers, competence and contractor interfaces
• Emergency and incident arrangements tied to credible site scenarios
• Assurance schedule with indicators, inspections, audits and management review
• Peer review against ISO 45001 requirements and safety-case logic
• Management presentation defending priorities, resources, actions and verification measures