Unit PSM703: Process Safety Culture and Human Factors 

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Learning Outcomes: When awarded credit for this unit, a learner can:

Assessment Criteria: Assessment of this learning outcome will require a learner to demonstrate that they can:

1

Evaluate process safety culture and human factor optimization techniques.

1.1

Correlate the process safety performance issues with safety culture factors

1.2

Analyse safety culture degradation pathways in an organization

1.3

Analyse the way in which employee engagement can lead to improvements in safety culture

1.4

Analyse a major accident from leadership and cultural roots perspective

1.5

Analyse the impact of weak process safety Leadership in an organization

1.6

Evaluate human factors optimization techniques that reduce human error

2

Implement strategies that assess the mental health of workers, including post- Covid and the impact of digitalization in process industries.

2.1

Develop workplace strategies that assess the mental health of workers

2.2

Evaluate the role of leadership in managing mental health of workers

2.3

Analyse the impact on safety culture in the post-COVID- 19 workplace

2.4

Analyse the role of management in dealing with post- Covid stress in industries

2.5

Evaluate the way in which Artificial Intelligence (AI), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Machine Learning (ML) technologies can be leveraged in process industries

2.6

Analyse the way in which advanced robotics and artificial intelligence could be detrimental to workers’ mental health in a process industry

3

Develop a stakeholder outreach contractor management programme.

3.1

Develop a stakeholder outreach programme using RBPS guideline

3.2

Evaluate the challenges in implementing a stakeholder outreach programme

3.3

Evaluate the role and significance of stakeholder communication and consultation in a risk management process

3.4

Develop a RACI (responsible, accountable, consulted and informed) matrix for a corporate pocess safety leadership team

3.5

Analyse the elements of contractor safety management programme

3.6

Evaluate the role of leadership in environmental protection and communication approaches to manage risk-based process safety

3.7

Evaluate strategies to protect the environment in process industries

4

Implement a competence development framework.

4.1

Develop a process safety competence development framework

4.2

Evaluate the impact of leadership on competence development

4.3

Evaluate the impact of training on process safety performance

4.4

Identify areas of activity in which workforce involvement can be leveraged to manage risk-based process safety more effectively