Free NEBOSH PSM Exam Prep

Process safety versus personal safety, board-level leadership and PSLG principles, leading and lagging indicators (HSG254, API RP 754), learning from Buncefield, Texas City, Flixborough, Piper Alpha and Bhopal, management of change, worker engagement, and competence

COMAH 2015 duties (MAPP, safety reports, Competent Authority), HAZID and HAZOP guide-word studies, LOPA and independent protection layers, bow-tie analysis, QRA, ALARP, inherent safety strategies, and the CCPS Risk Based Process Safety pillars

Asset integrity through life, risk-based inspection, NDT techniques and corrosion under insulation, maintenance strategies, performance standards for safety-critical elements, permit-to-work systems, HSG253 isolation, confined space entry, safe shift handover, and contractor management

Safe operating envelope and procedures, start-up and shutdown risk, alarm management (EEMUA 191), safety instrumented systems and SIL under IEC 61511, proof testing, utility failures (nitrogen, steam, cooling water), static electricity controls, and DSEAR/ATEX hazardous area classification

Exothermic runaway reactions and calorimetry screening, relief sizing for two-phase flow, bund design (110% rule), tank types and overfill protection after Buncefield, LPG storage and BLEVE prevention, drum storage segregation, and road tanker loading with earthing and vapour recovery

Fire triangle, flammable range, flash point and auto-ignition, jet, pool and flash fires, BLEVE and vapour cloud explosions, dust explosion pentagon and Kst classes, flame arresters, inerting, explosion venting and suppression, passive and active fire protection, gas detection, and COMAH emergency planning