"It was good as it provided many additional safety design standards that I was not familiar."
Lee Han Ping
R&I Specialist, Pfizer
Course Overview
Domain
Food, Chemical and Biotechnology
Format
Modular Certification Course
Short Course
Duration
2 days
Fee Subsidy
Up to 90% SF + UTAP Funding
Professional Development Units
14 PDUs (PEB)
16 SDUs (SISO)
This course is pending funding approval from SkillsFuture Singapore.
It is essential for fire safety and risk management personnel to understand the principles of fires and explosions in order to determine how fires start and spread, and how explosions occur.
Basic knowledge of hazardous area classification is also vital to enabling proper selection and installation of equipment to be used safely in hazardous environments.
In this 2-day Process Safety workshop on Fire and Explosion Prevention, you will acquire comprehensive knowledge on the causes and properties of explosions, with an emphasis on those involving gases.
Through this workshop, you will:
- Discover how mechanical and system failures contribute to major accidents
- Learn about common fire detectors, alarm systems and procedures
- Understand the purpose of classifying hazardous areas, materials and temperature
- Understand equipment protection plans
Who Should Attend
- Managers, engineers, operators, safety advisors and risk management practitioners
What You Will Learn
- Expanded fire triangle
- Fire and explosion hazard assessment
- Hazardous area classification standards
- Materials and temperature classification
- How to carry out hazardous classification
- Consequences of poor hazardous area zone classification
- Types of explosion protection and prevention methods for electrical equipment
- Equipment protection levels (EPLs)
- ATEX guidelines: equipment markings and enclosure types
- Fire and gas detection systems engineering
Teaching Team
Lim Kok Hwa
Associate Professor/ Director, Professional Officers, Food, Chemical and Biotechnology, Singapore Institute of Technology
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Schedule
| Course Run | Dates | Time |
|---|---|---|
| January 2024 Run | 18 – 19 January 2024 | 9:00 am – 6:00 pm |
Certificate and Assessment
A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who:
- Attend 75% of the workshop.
- Sit for short quizzes during the workshop
A Certificate of Attainment will be issued to participants who:
- Attend 75% of the module, and
- Undertake and pass short quizzes during the workshop, and
- Within 1 month of the workshop, submit a written portfolio (write-up on how the participant is able to apply the materials taught in their work)
Participants who successfully obtain all 8 Certificate of Attainment in the Process Safety series will receive an SIT Specialist Certificate in Process Safety.
Fee Structure
The full fee for this course is S$1,744.00.
| Category | After SF Funding |
|---|---|
| Singapore Citizen (Below 40) | S$523.20 |
| Singapore Citizen (40 & Above) | S$203.20 |
| Singapore PR / LTVP+ Holder | S$523.20 |
| Non-Singapore Citizen | S$1,744.00 (No Funding) |
Note:
- All fees above include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.
- This is a Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP) supported course.
When applying for this course, in the "Remarks" field, please:
- Inform us if you are a registered Workplace Safety and Health Officer (WSHO) to claim SDUs
- Provide your PE registration number if you are a Professional Engineer to claim PDUs
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Learning Pathway
Earn a Specialist Certificate
The Specialist Certificate in Process Safety is designed to help individuals, who are tasked with safety responsibilities, gain the engineering and management expertise to operate a plant safely.
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