Guidelines for Defining Process Safety Competency Requirements

Dedication xi
 
List of Tables xvii
 
Files on the Web Accompanying This Book xix
 
Acronyms and Abbreviations xxi
 
Glossary xxiii
 
Acknowledgements xxv
 
Preface xxvii
 
Executive Summary xxix
 
ORGANIZATION OF THIS BOOK xxix
 
INTRODUCTION 1
 
1.1 Why process safety competency? 1
 
1.2 Purpose 2
 
1.3 Audience 3
 
1.4 How to Use This Process 4
 
1.5 Risk Based Process Safety Elements 5
 
1.6 CCPS Vision 20/20 10
 
1.7 References 11
 
2. IDENTIFY PROCESS SAFETY ROLES & COMPETENCY NEEDS 13
 
2.1 List of generic job roles 13
 
2.2 List of proficiency levels 18
 
2.3 List of process safety knowledge/skills 21
 
3. PROCESS SAFETY COMPETENCY MATRIX 23
 
3.1 What is the matrix? 23
 
3.2 How to customize the matrix 25
 
3.3 Uses of the Matrix 31
 
3.4 References 38
 
4. INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROCESS SAFETY COMPETENCIES 39
 
4.1 Develop organization specific competencies 39
 
4.2 Assure compliance with regulations 41
 
4.3 Example Templates and Checklists 44
 
4.4 References 46
 
5. ASSESS COMPETENCIES VS. NEEDS 49
 
5.1 Assessing existing competencies 49
 
5.2 Training for assessors 50
 
5.3 Identify Gaps between current status and needs 51
 
6. DEVELOP GAP CLOSURE PLAN 53
 
6.1 Methods for closing the gaps 54
 
6.2 Supporting materials 55
 
6.3 Pre-requisites before progressing to the next level 57
 
6.4 EXAMPLE of MANAGing GAP CLOSURE 57
 
7. SUSTAINING COMPETENCIES 59
 
7.1 Strategies for Sustaining Competencies 59
 
7.2 Review and Update Competency Needs 61
 
7.3 Organizational Process Safety Culture 62
 
7.4 References 62
 
APPENDIX 1: EXAMPLE COMPETENCIES FOR AUDITING 63
 
APPENDIX 2: PHM COORDINATOR & HA FACILITATOR QUALIFICATIONS

Since 1985, the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has been the global leader in developing and disseminating information on process safety management and technology. CCPS, an industry technology alliance of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), has published over 100 books in its process safety guidelines and process safety concepts series, and over 100 training modules through its Safety in Chemical Engineering Education (SACHE) series.