The development and use of effective and user-friendly Operating and Maintenance procedures in process facilities is essential for safe and efficient operations. Written procedures are also a requirement of OSHA's Process Safety Management Standard, CFR 1910.119. Procedures can have as much impact on process safety as the process equipment.
Many companies assume their employees can write procedures simply by documenting what they do.
However, this approach often produces ineffective procedures. These new methods produce procedures that are much more effective and usable. This course covers the fundamentals of writing effective procedures. You will learn how to design and develop procedures according to established principles and best practices and how to write procedures for their users. While the emphasis in this course is on operating and maintenance procedures, the course also applies to other facility procedures such as Safe Work Practices, Emergency Procedures, and Safety Procedures.