Posted By Jay Joshi
refer to :-

MSc (Eng) Process Safety and Loss Prevention at University of Sheffield:-

http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/pslp/index.html

Posted By steve e ashton
I am not convinced that it is always necessary to separate these issues as if they were separate disciplines... I started out in the Chemical industry, and did a fair bit of 'big bang' stuff (HAZOP / COMAH etc) alongside 'mundane' slips, trips, scaffold, machinery guarding etc.

I believe that a broad understanding of the issues in both fields is a useful combination - and within any organisation with major hazards, both are essential if the risks from one are to be prioritised or ranked against the risks from the other. In this belief, I may be 'swimming against the tide' from the BP Texas City Baker Report (which clearly opines a need for a separate function...).

Throughout my career, I have kept sufficient technical awareness e.g. for COMAH Safety Case work and Major Emergency Plans in Refineries (Petrochem) and major water works (bulk Chlorine) - and currently for LPG assessment (DSEAR, COMAH and planning restraints)and reactor decommissioning assessment reviews.

The 'mundane' safety practitioner may not need to know how to undertake probabilistic risk assessments, but the Process safety practitioner doesn't need to know how wide a scaffold board is, or how far from overhead lines the 'goal post' barriers should be. I've always been a believer in knowing (and been lucky enough to have had a career so far that has allowed me to do) a bit of both. As I have said before - Jack of all Trades, Master of none (well maybe one or two)...

Not sure if this helps... But my short answer to the original query must be:- 'if it feels good, then do it'. There shouldn't be any insurmountable problems.

Steve