Emergency Response and Incident Investigation Virtual Training

This training course on Emergency Response and Incident Investigation aims to help participants to develop the following critical objectives:

• Learn the fundamentals of emergency response
• Describe the minimum resources required for managing responses to an emergency situation
• Coordinate with other emergency response team members
• Evaluate any Emergency Management Plan/procedure and recommend actions to improve it
• Describe the main components of an emergency plan
• Explain the Incident Command Structure, ICS
• Describe the roles/responsibilities/competency of key personnel of an ICS
• How to meet regulatory requirements for incident investigations.
• How to develop and implement a structured program.

• How to initiate and conduct an investigation.

CONTENT

Introduction to Risk Assessment

• • Program introduction: delegate and tutor introductions; programme objectives
  • Introduction to HSE Management Systems
  • Integrating risk assessment within Risk Management
  • Semi-quantitative risk assessment techniques – machinery based
  • The task-based approach to risk assessment
  • Syndicate exercise: Working in small groups
  • Response Management – What is it?
  • Regulatory Environments – The role of Regulators
  • Hazard Identification
  • Staff Selection and Training
  • Staff Training
  • Response Management Plans

Emergency Response Process

• • Team Briefing
  • Facilitator Checklist
  • Incident Action Plan
  • Information Management
  • Brain Storming – Effective meeting management
  • Time-outs
  • Effective Communications
  • Planning Techniques
  • Analysis of Information
  • Team Briefing
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Radio Protocols
  • Using equipment during Critical Incidents
  • How to manage the Media

Responsibilities and Action during Emergencies

• • Activation
  • Mobilization
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Action Checklists
  • Syndicate Exercise – Emergency
  • Example of Emergency versus Crisis Management
  • Assessing Risk
  • Risk Assessment
  • Structure of the Emergency Response Plan
  • Types of Emergency

Modern Incidents Investigation Techniques

• • The human contribution to accidents
  • The role of root cause Analysis in identifying management system failures
  • Accident investigation techniques I: Fault Tree Analysis ‘FTA’
  • Working in small groups on the use of FTA
  • Preparation of action plans
  • Incident investigation techniques II: Events & Causal Factors Analysis ‘E&CFA’
  • Group exercise on investigating a multiple-fatalities accident involving offshore drilling rig
  • Control of Major Accident Hazards Codes of Practice
  • The HSE – Safety Case Concept
  • Elements of emergency planning
  • Integrating HSE within major projects plans
  • Elements of Projects HSE Plans
  • Project HSE Reviews ‘PHSER’

Emergency Management Techniques

• • The role of volunteers in emergency preparedness and response
  • Preparing for Emergencies
  • Policy and Planning for emergency preparedness and response
  • Techniques for improving safety culture
  • Measuring improvements in safety culture
  • Integrating safety culture within the HSE Management System
  • Half-day practical exercise involving the setup of a realistic scenario

FOR WHOM:

Security Officers, Admin Officers and others who perform related function in Public and Private Sectors.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

DATE:

1ST BATCH: 7th – 9th Mar, 2022                

2ND BATCH: 18th – 20th July, 2022

3RD BATCH: 24th – 26th Oct, 2022