Advanced Alarm Management

Introduction

Alarm Management is a key element in managing the operational risk of every facility. However, poor handling of the alarm systems – plagued by alarm floods, inaccurate alarms, and suppressed alarms – will diminish situation awareness and continue to negatively impact plant production and safety. An effective alarm system optimization strategy, one that leverages a proven methodology enabled by software automation, addresses these challenges making operators more effective during abnormal situations.

Participants attending Proclad Academy’s Advanced Alarm Management training course will learn and apply best practices in alarm management using real world examples and tools. They will return to their jobs not only with a better understanding of alarm management best practices but also equipped with a set of practical set of techniques, procedures and tools to optimise their alarm management system to increase the productivity, efficiency, product quality, safety, integrity, and security of their processes.

The key features of Proclad Academy’s Advanced Alarm Management training course are:

• A review of P&ID diagrams, process control, and process safeguarding
• Alarm management principles and alarm philosophy
• Alarm identification and rationalization
• Alarm design, implementation, operation and maintenance
• Alarm performance monitoring and assessment
• Use of hands-on tools for alarm rationalization, design, implementation, and operation

Learning Objectives

By attending Proclad Academy’s Advanced Alarm Management training course, participants will be able to:

• Improve operator detection and response to abnormal situations by understand the fundamentals of alarm management and alarm philosophy
• Apply procedures for alarm rationalization, alarm design, implementation, operation, maintenance, alarm performance monitoring and assessment
• Gain an understanding of the functions of the Alarm Advanced Element application as an alarm systems management tool
• Acquire an understanding of the Alarm Analysis application and its use in evaluating the performance of an alarm system
• Avoid upset conditions that may impact production
• Enable immediate, significant reduction of nuisance alarms and facilitates regulatory compliance
• Implement alarm management procedures using hands-on tools (software package)

Target Audience

Proclad Academy’s Advanced Alarm Management training course will greatly benefit all individuals who wish to improve their knowledge and experience, especially;

• Process Control Engineers and Supervisors
• Instrumentation and Control System Engineers
• Automation Engineers, Maintenance Supervisors and Technologists
• Operation Engineers, Supervisors and Operators
• Production and Project Managers
• Those involved in the design, implementation and upgrading of industrial control systems (PLC, DCS & SCADA)
• Other professionals who want a better understanding of alarm management systems

Training Methodology

Proclad Academy’s Advanced Alarm Management training course will be presented in a fast-paced and highly dynamic style. The training methodology includes theoretical lectures, concepts and role play, work presentation and techniques, and general discussions with relevant videos. This practical training course will be an excellent opportunity to network with your peers as well as gain proven methods to optimise the performance of alarm management systems.

Course Outline