Session Chair:
- Penelope Williamson, AMCHAM
Session Co-Chair:
- Kym Bills, Western Australian Energy Research
Session Description:
Conference attendees will have heard from Romanie Hollingworth of the Governance Institute about the importance of good integrated governance and compliance from the top down in driving all management processes and ensuring safety. Miranda Taylor of APPEA who is speaking about the future of the safety case has championed the oil and gas industry’s drive supported by APPEA for improved process safety. In this session the Australian Pipeline Industry Association reinforces the importance of going beyond personal safety to address technical issues in a systemic manner, while Engineers Australia reinforces the need for qualified practicing engineers to overcome the zombie element and help drive process safety. The Center for Chemical Process Safety has an international reputation for leading improvements in process safety, as reinforced by hosting the conference.
Schedule:
Globalization of Process Safety Metrics: API-754
| Globalization of Process Safety Metrics: API-754 | Shakeel Kadri, Executive Director, CCPS |
| Dealing With Zombies: The Role of Professional Societies in Ensuring Process Safety | Francis Norman, Engineers Australia |
| Balancing Process Safety and Personal Safety | Nathan Winter, Deputy Chairman, Safety Institute of Australia |
Dealing With Zombies: The Role of Professional Societies in Ensuring Process Safety
Francis Norman, Engineers Australia
The role of professional societies as the keepers of standards for the education, certification and development of engineering personnel is pivotal in ensuring that facilities are conceived, designed, constructed, commissioned and maintained in the safest ways possible. This presentation will discuss the current role of Engineers Australia in the Australian industry, how they currently contribute to supporting professionalism and future moves that could further improve the quality of both engineers and the outcomes of their work for both industry and the community as a whole.
Balancing Process Safety and Personal Safety
Nathan Winter, Deputy Chairman, Safety Institute of Australia
Nathan will talk about the importance of understanding the difference between Process Safety and Personal Safety and where one stops and the other starts… or is it an indistinguishable continuum? More importantly he will speak about ensuring that you have the right people for the right job. Senior Managers need to have some understanding of the nature of the hazards in their organisation and engage appropriate subject matter experts to identify and recommend appropriate controls for those hazards, just because an organisation decides to labels a department “process safety”, doesn’t mean only generalist “safety” professionals should be hired. Electrical, chemical and/or petroleum engineers, industrial designers or hygienists may also be required. Once the right mix of experts required by an organisation has been identified, the right candidates need to be found. For an organisation to be confident in the people that they employee, they need to look for individuals with the necessary, qualifications and experience and also certification, which demonstrates a commitment to their own ongoing professional development. Once an organisation has employed the right people, making sure senior managers listen to the advice from these subject matter experts is crucial to ensuring the safety of that organisation.