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Primatech Training Institute

Principles of Procedure Writing

"Excellent training, very applicable"
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Terry Allen, Chevron Phillips Chemical

"The course gave me the knowledge skill and confidence to write, very good operating procedures."
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Dave Rossi, TEPPCO

"If you ever wonder what is necessary to improve or meet requirements, take this class and learn from an expert."
- Susan Stotts, BP America

Course Description

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. It should also be noted that the Operating Procedures element of the Process Safety Management Standard is one of the most frequently cited elements by OSHA year-after-year.

Many companies assume their employees can write procedures simply by documenting what they do. However, this approach often produces ineffective procedures.

There are much better approaches that can be used to write procedures that do not require any more work than the traditional "write what you do" approach. 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. The regulatory requirements for procedures are explained together with clarifications and interpretations from OSHA. Throughout the course, examples are used to illustrate properly (and improperly) designed procedures.

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.

A course manual is provided. In addition to the course presentation slides, it includes resource materials to assist in designing and developing new procedures and reviewing and modifying existing procedures.

Objective

To learn the basics of the design and development of effective and usable operating, maintenance and other procedures. This includes the improvement of existing procedures.

Target Audience

Operations and Maintenance Personnel, Process Engineers, Process Safety Personnel and others who are responsible for the design and development of procedures.

Prerequisite

Experience in Process Operations, Maintenance, or Process Safety is desirable.

Course Contents

  • Introduction

  • Overview

  • Regulatory Requirements

  • Design of Effective Procedures

  • Organizational Structure

  • Deciding on the Contents

  • Formatting Procedures

  • Writing Procedural Steps

Duration / CEUs / ABIH

  • Two days

  • 1.4 CEUs awarded

  • 2.34 CM Points, ABIH Approval #: 10-145

Tuition

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Attend both of these courses in the same week for a total cost of $1,600 (savings of $390). Normal price would be $995 per course or $1,990. For more information and additional training discount offers, see Information on Pricing and Registration - USA and Training/Software Promotions.

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