Process safety sits at the heart of major hazard industries, providing the structured approach needed to prevent low-frequency, high-consequence events. This 3-day practitioner-level course introduces the discipline from its origins through to modern regulatory frameworks, focusing on how process safety is applied in practice across the lifecycle of hydrocarbon facilities.

Through a combination of technical content and practical insight, you’ll explore the tools and techniques used to identify, assess, and control process risks,  and how these are brought together to demonstrate that risks are managed in line with corporate and legislative requirements.

What you’ll learn

• The evolution of process safety and its role in major hazard industries.

• Key process safety frameworks and regulatory approaches, including safety case regimes.

• Core hazard identification and risk assessment techniques, including:

  • HAZOP and structured hazard studies.

  • Risk assessment methodologies and decision-making frameworks.

• How to identify, assess, and manage process hazards and major accident events.

• Establishing and demonstrating effective risk controls.

• The role of process  safety across:

  • Design and project phases.

  • Operations and asset integrity.

  • Assurance and regulatory engagement.

• How to plan, manage, and assure a process safety program.

Who should attend
Engineers, safety practitioners, project managers, and technical professionals working in or entering the hydrocarbon and other major hazard industries.

Why attend
Process safety is often misunderstood as a set of tools or studies. In reality, it is a structured discipline that underpins safe design, operation, and regulatory compliance in high-risk environments. This course provides a practical, end-to-end understanding of the discipline, equipping you to engage confidently in process safety activities, whether contributing to studies, managing risk, or supporting safety case development.

Major hazard industries demand more than compliance, they require a structured, defensible approach to managing risk across complex, tightly coupled systems. This 3-day practitioner-level course focuses on how hazards are identified, analysed, and communicated at a system levelwithin the hydrocarbon environment.

Through case studies and practical exercises, you’ll explore how hazards emerge from interactions between systems, people, and operations, and how to structure and communicate those risks effectively within a safety case framework.

What you’ll learn

• The role of system safety in major hazard hydrocarbon environments.

• Key legislative and regulatory frameworks, including WHS and SFARP principles.

• How to identify, structure, and communicate hazards using tools such as Bow-Tie models.

• Core hazard analysis techniques (e.g. H&EHAs, FFA, System and Subsystem Hazard Analysis)

• The role of safety deliverables across project phases (including FEED).

• How safety integrates with:

  • Systems engineering.

  • Human factors.

  • Reliability and logistics.

  • Software and production.

• Application of operational safety techniques (e.g. OSHA, ETA, SoSHA).

• The role of the safety case in demonstrating risk is controlled.

Who should attend
Engineers, safety practitioners, project managers, and technical professionals working in or transitioning into the hydrocarbon, energy, or other major hazard industries.

Why attend
In hydrocarbon environments, failures are rarely isolated, they emerge from interactions between systems, people, and processes. This course provides a structured approach to understanding and managing those interactions, equipping you to contribute effectively to hazard analysis, safety studies, and safety case development in high-risk operational environments.

Software does not fail randomly; it fails systematically, and often in ways traditional safety approaches don’t capture. This 3-day practitioner-level course introduces the principles, standards, and analysis techniques required to manage software safety in complex, safety-critical systems.

Through a combination of practical workshops and structured learning, you’ll develop a complete software safety analysis package, from hazard identification through to verifiable requirements and a defensible safety argument.

What you’ll learn

• How software contributes to system hazards and how it differs from hardware safety.

• Application of MIL-STD-882E to software safety.

• Core analysis techniques (STPA, FTA, FMEA).

• Derivation of Software Safety Requirements (SSRs) and traceability.

• Verification and Validation (V&V) strategies aligned to criticality.

• Building GSN-style safety arguments.

Who should attend

Engineers, software developers, safety practitioners, project managers, and technical professionals involved in the design, development, or assurance of safety-critical systems.

Why attend
Software safety is often reduced to testing or treated as an extension of hardware assurance. This course provides a structured, defensible approach to identifying and managing software-driven risk, giving you the confidence to contribute effectively to safety analysis, assurance, and safety case development.

System safety does not fail due to a lack of tools, it fails when those tools are applied without structure, context, or clear purpose. This 5-day advanced practitioner course builds on the foundations developed in our system safety practitioner courses (Maritime, Land, Air, and Hydrocarbon), moving beyond individual techniques to focus on designing, executing, and defending a complete system safety program.

Through a structured progression from scoping through to safety argument, you will develop the ability to select appropriate analyses, integrate safety with engineering, and produce a coherent, defensible safety case aligned to real-world constraints.

What you’ll learn

• How to design and justify a System Safety Program tailored to a specific system and context.

• Selecting and applying the minimum sufficient set of safety activities.

• Advanced hazard analysis techniques (FMEA, FTA, ETA, HAZOP, SHARD) and when to use them.

• Analysing complex system interactions, interfaces, and common cause failures.

• Integrating software hazard analysis into system-level safety.

• Integrating the system safety program into wider systems and specialty engineering activities.

• Structuring and maintaining hazard logs and safety artefacts.

• Communicating risk effectively to stakeholders and decision-makers.

• Building and defending Claim–Argument–Evidence (CAE) and GSN-based safety cases.

How this builds on the Practitioner Courses

This course assumes familiarity with the core concepts taught in our practitioner-level system safety courses and focuses on application, integration, and leadership:

• Moves from applying individual techniques to selecting and combining them into a coherent safety program.

• Extends from hazard identification to deriving requirements, validating design, and managing risk across the lifecycle.

• Shifts from performing analysis to justifying decisions and defending them within a safety case.

• Broadens from domain-specific application to a system-level, industry-agnostic approach.

Who should attend

Engineers, safety practitioners, and technical leads who already have a foundational understanding of system safety and are looking to operate at a practitioner or lead level, designing safety programs, leading analysis activities, and supporting safety case development.

Why attend

Practitioner-level training teaches you how to apply techniques. This course teaches you when to use them, how to combine them, and how to justify your approach.

If you are responsible for delivering safety outcomes, not just contributing to them, this course provides the structure, confidence, and practical capability to do so.

Nuclear propulsion underpins the strategic edge of modern submarine fleets. Combining endurance, stealth, and power, nuclear-powered submarines are among the most complex and high-stakes systems ever engineered. Understanding their principles, risks, and safety requirements is essential for anyone working in, or alongside, this domain.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the science, engineering, and assurance practices behind nuclear-powered submarines. Covering nuclear physics fundamentals through to lifecycle safety management, you’ll gain the knowledge needed to appreciate both the opportunities and challenges of operating nuclear propulsion in the Defence context.

What you’ll learn

• Core nuclear physics principles and how energy is harnessed from nuclear reactions.

• The biological effects of radiation and protective measures.

• Hazards, risks, and risk management specific to nuclear-powered submarines.

• Nuclear safety principles and the role of national and international regulators.

• How to build and maintain a robust nuclear safety case for plant and infrastructure.

• The nuclear lifecycle: from concept and construction through to operation and decommissioning.

Who should attend
Engineers, project managers, naval personnel, regulators, and Defence professionals seeking to understand the fundamentals of nuclear propulsion and the assurance processes that keep these platforms safe and effective.

Why attend
Nuclear propulsion is more than advanced engineering, it is a matter of safety, strategy, and national capability. This course equips you with the foundational understanding needed to contribute effectively to the governance, sustainment, and safe operation of nuclear-powered submarines.

Strong governance, effective risk management, credible assurance, and meaningful measurement are the foundations of performance in high-reliability and regulated environments. When these elements are weak, the result is poor decision-making, unclear accountability, and systemic failure.

This 5-day advanced practitioner course develops the capability to design, implement, and defend Governance, Risk, Assurance, and Measurement (GRAM) frameworks within complex organisations. Building on practitioner-level experience, the course focuses on structuring governance systems, generating credible assurance, and supporting decision-making through rigorous reasoning and evidence.

Through structured methods, logical analysis, and real-world case studies, you will learn how to shape organisational systems that are not only compliant, but coherent, defensible, and outcome-driven.

What you’ll learn

• Designing and structuring governance frameworks, including accountabilities, responsibilities, and decision rights.

• Developing and applying risk management approaches beyond standard methodologies.

• Planning and conducting assurance activities, and linking findings to organisational outcomes.

• Designing and applying measurement frameworks that support decision-making and performance.

• Identifying and addressing common failure modes in governance and assurance systems.

• Applying logical reasoning and the EGRAM approach to define and demonstrate governance and risk requirements.

• Structuring evidence-based arguments to support assurance, compliance, and decision-making.

Who should attend
Senior engineers, safety practitioners, project and programme leads, managers, and professionals responsible for governance, assurance, and decision-making within complex, high-reliability, or regulated environments.

Why attend
Practitioner-level capability enables you to perform analysis and deliver outputs. This course focuses on how those outputs are governed, assured, and justified.

If you are responsible for ensuring that systems are not only safe, but demonstrably safe and defensible, this course provides the frameworks, reasoning, and confidence to do so effectively.

In aviation, safety margins are razor thin. This 5-day practitioner-level course develops the capability to apply system safety within Defence aviation, from regulatory frameworks through to hazard analysis, assurance, and airworthiness cases.

Blending theory, practical exercises, and real Defence incident case studies, the course equips you to support safe, compliant, and operationally effective air systems across their lifecycle.

What you’ll learn

• Air-specific safety frameworks and regulatory environments (including DASR and ICAO influences).

• Safety deliverables within the ASDEFCON contracting framework.

• Hazard analysis techniques in aviation contexts (FHA, FTA, CCA, SoSHA).

• The interplay between safety, reliability, software assurance, and human performance.

• Development of airworthiness cases and Verification & Validation strategies.

• Group exercises and case studies based on real Defence aviation incidents.

Who should attend
Aerospace engineers, project managers, safety practitioners, aircrew, and Defence industry professionals involved in the design, acquisition, operation, or sustainment of Defence aviation systems.

Why attend
Aviation safety is uncompromising. This course sharpens your ability to ensure the aircraft and systems you support remain safe, compliant, and operationally effective.

Safety in the land domain is critical to operational effectiveness. This 5-day practitioner-level course develops the capability to apply system safety across vehicles, weapons, and land platforms throughout their lifecycle.

Combining theory, practical exercises, and Defence case studies, the course focuses on hazard analysis, survivability, and assurance in complex and demanding operational environments.

What you’ll learn

• Land-specific safety frameworks and regulatory environments.

• Safety deliverables within the ASDEFCON contracting framework.

• Hazard analysis methods relevant to land systems (FHA, HHA, FTA, O&SHA).

• The role of safety in vehicle survivability, weapons integration, and human-machine interfaces.

• Assurance case development and Verification & Validation strategies.

• Group exercises and real-world case studies from Army and Defence land incidents.

Who should attend
Engineers, program managers, safety specialists, Army personnel, and Defence industry professionals involved in the specification, design, procurement, sustainment, or operation of land systems.

Why attend
The land environment is unforgiving. This course equips you with the knowledge and tools to deliver safe, effective systems that protect lives and enhance combat readiness.

System safety is more than compliance, it is a mission enabler in the maritime environment. This 5-day practitioner-level course develops the capability to apply system safety across the lifecycle of Defence maritime systems.

Through case studies and practical exercises, you’ll explore hazard analysis, seaworthiness assurance, and the integration of safety with engineering disciplines to deliver safe, mission-ready capability.

What you’ll learn

• Maritime-specific safety risk frameworks and the regulatory environment.

• Safety deliverables within the ASDEFCON contracting framework.

• Core hazard analysis techniques (FHA, HHA, ETA, SoSHA, O&SHA).

• How safety interacts with reliability, software, and human factors.

• Verification, Validation, and seaworthiness assurance cases.

• Practical case studies and group exercises based on real Defence incidents.

Who should attend
Engineers, project managers, safety practitioners, naval personnel, and other professionals involved in the specification, design, build, operation, or sustainment of Defence maritime systems.

Why attend
Too often, compliance overshadows purpose. This course brings the focus back to what matters most: ensuring the capabilities you support are safe, mission-ready, and seaworthy.