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Business continuity management
Culture and behavioural safety
Cyber-security risk management
Digitalisation risk management
Emergency planning and crisis management
Incident investigation and analysis
Independent review and verification
Integrated risk management & GRC
Physical effects consequence modelling
Qualitative / deterministic risk assessment
Quantitative / probabilistic risk assessment
Reliability, availability and maintainability modelling
Research and development in risk and safety management
Risk reduction and ALARP assessment
Specialist nuclear safety studies
HAZOP study / PHA
HAZard and OPerability (HAZOP) study is a structured and systematic examination of a product, process, procedure or system in order to identify hazards and operability issues. The method systematically examines how each part of the ‘design’ will respond to deviations in key parameters by using suitable guidewords.
Originally developed to analyse chemical process systems, HAZOP is very commonly used today throughout the process industries and is synonymous with PHA in North America (Process Hazard Analysis). It has also been extended to other types of systems and complex operations, including mechanical and electronic systems, procedures and software systems, and even to organisational changes and to legal contract design and review.
Risktec consultants are world leaders in the application of HAZOP and our services include:
- Facilitating HAZOP workshops
- Recording HAZOP workshops using leading HAZOP software including PHA Pro, PHA Works, HAZOP Manager, HAZOP Leader
- Provision of independent process engineers
- Layer of protection analysis (LOPA)
- Training courses for HAZOP facilitators, scribes and participants
- TÜV Rheinland certified training for Functional Safety Engineer (Process Hazard & Risk Analysis)
Our experience ranges from small, single node HAZOP studies through to complex, comprehensive HAZOPs for entire facilities. We have a large number of experienced and client approved HAZOP and LOPA chairs/facilitators and highly proficient scribes/technical secretaries.
