The course deals with risk analysis and management in relation to handling chemicals as well as work situations in industrial processes. The following is included:
- Chemical hazards
* Flammability
* Stability/explosivity
* Toxicity/corrosiveness
* Environmental risks, persistence, bioaccumulation
* Dangerous reactions
- Hazards in process industry
- Hazards in handling chemicals in laboratory environment
- Risk analysis and management theory
* History
* Case studies and practical examples
* Methodologies (e.g. what-if analysis, HAZOP, Fault Tree Analysis, event analysis, etc)
- Legislation and standards in Sweden, EU and internationally
After passing the exam, the student should
- have a basic understanding of chemical hazards and of other relevant hazardous situations;
- have a sound understanding of the principles behind chemical risk assessment and management;
- have a basic knowledge and understanding of methodology and tools for risk assessment and management and how these are used (e.g. what-if analysis, HAZOP analysis, fault tree analysis);
be able to describe how the risk assessment and mitigation process is adapted to specific situations (e.g. chemical laboratory, process industry, local and global environment );
- know the differences and commonalities between environmental and human health risk
assessment;
- have an overview of major regulatory frameworks, especially GHS, REACH, AFS, and IEC 61511 in Sweden and Europe;
- appreciate, that risk assessment and management is not the end of the story but is followed and accompanied by risk mitigation and cost‐benefit analyses.