Bowtie Analysis and Barrier-based Risk Management
Online | Face-to-face | In-company
Overview
This course will develop your understanding of the bowtie risk assessment methodology and how to conduct a bowtie analysis effectively in process safety management and environmental or asset integrity scenarios. It will demonstrate how the bowtie methodology provides the right level of detail to facilitate understanding and risk-based decision making, without oversimplifying a process.
The course covers when and why you should use the technique, as well as its strengths and limitations. You will also explore other barrier-based risk management approaches and similarities with HAZOP/PHA studies. There will be practical exercises where you can develop your own basic bowtie in collaboration with others.
You will also explore primary and secondary uses of bowties; the potential benefits of adding metadata to bowties; the significance of barrier management; the relationship with operations and maintenance activities; the role that barrier failure has played in familiar incidents; and human and organisational factors in bowties.
The course aligns with current industry guidance. It is platform neutral and does not favour any specific software.
There will be an assessment at the end of the course. Following successful completion, you will receive your certificate of attendance (see below).
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you will understand:
- when and why to use bowtie analysis
- individual bowtie components and how they are assembled to illustrate a scenario
- how to apply the bowtie methodology including the process for developing bowties in a sequential, logical order
- how to facilitate and plan bowtie workshops
- the interdependencies of bowtie analysis with other barrier-based risk management techniques.
Who will benefit
- Anyone with a basic knowledge of the bowtie methodology wanting to learn how to apply it effectively
- Management, engineering and operations/maintenance personnel with responsibility for managing hazards and implementing/sustaining risk control measures
What delegates say
"The pre-work was an excellent idea. It made live sessions much easier to understand. The examples used during the session were relevant to our operations in my work place."
P Mvundla, Bidvest Tank Terminals, South Africa
Course outline
- Bowtie concepts and risk management
- The bowtie model
- Bowtie development and workshops
- Use of bowties
- Barrier management
- Human and organisational factors in bowties
- Advanced bowties
Upcoming courses
Online
Online courses consist of two live and interactive modules with the trainer. There will also be some work to complete independently before the course and between the live sessions. More details will be provided after you have registered.
From 11 February 2025
- Module 1 – 11 February 2025, 10:00–13:00 GMT
- Module 2 – 13 February 2025, 10:00–13:00 GMT
Live sessions are delivered via Microsoft Teams. If you don't already have this installed, you can join as a guest in order to access the training.
Face-to-face
- 21–22 May 2025, Rugby, UK
Not available then?
Register your interest in alternative dates.
Fees – book early and save 20%
Book any live online or face-to-face training course before 31 January 2025 and SAVE 20%! Simply use discount code EARLY20 at checkout.
- IChemE member – £800 + VAT
- Non-member – £1,100 + VAT
Terms and conditions: offer applies to live online or face-to-face course bookings made between 2 December 2024 and 31 January 2025. Applies to both member and non-member prices but cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer eg multi-place discounts. Registration must be confirmed and paid by 31 January 2025.
How to register
Select your preferred course from the list of upcoming start dates and go to the 'Book course' button at the bottom of the page.
More than one person to train?
Multi-place discounts
Discounts are available to companies booking more than one place. Bookings must be made at the same time to receive the discount.
- 2 places – 10% discount
- 3 places –15% discount
- 4 or more places – 20% discount
In-company training
This course can be delivered to corporate teams, either on-site or online. This could be a cost-effective option if you have several people requiring the training. Content can be tailored to your specific requirements. Request a quotation.
Attendance certificate and CPD hours
An e-certificate will be issued at the end of the course to confirm attendance and CPD hours logged. Please note that you must attend the whole course to receive the certificate.
In the case of online courses, CPD hours should be used as an approximate guide and will vary depending on the preferred approach of the delegate and to what extent additional learning is completed.
Associated course
Process Risk Assessment
Learn about risk assessment in the process industries and why it is key to protecting against process safety incidents.
Trainer
Aubrey Thyer, MIChemE
Aubrey is an investigations and safety specialist with SBM Offshore and Director of his own independent health & safety consultancy. He has over 30 years’ experience of conducting fire safety studies and regulatory compliance inspections around the world and in the development and application of regulations and international or company standards.
He worked at the Health and Safety Executive in the UK for for 25 years, where he was Principal Inspector of Health & Safety in the Offshore Fire & Explosion team, with direct responsibility for the management of a team of five inspectors covering fire, explosion and QRA issues for all UK offshore installations holding safety cases, along with the management of all inspections, investigations and assessments involving these topics.
Prior to this, he was a Principal Scientist and Head of the Health and Safety Laboratory's Hazardous Substances Team within the Process Safety Unit, where he managed a team of eight specialists covering fire and explosion issues and fire protection measures, the assessment of COMAH (SEVESO) safety reports, process safety issues, reaction hazards, chemical classification and wider fire & explosion issues.
Aubrey is an IChemE Member and a registered Professional Process Safety Engineer.