Process Safety - Professional Diploma Programme content

Build expertise in managing process safety with this flexible, part-time diploma for engineers and scientists.

EU fees per year €5,250

NFQ Level NFQ Level 9 Minor

Duration One year

Attendance Part-time

Programme type Taught, Professional / Flexible

Delivery Online

Start date September

Award Professional Diploma

Key information

Complete in one year, part-time
Delivered mainly online (typically delivered during weekday evenings)
One on-campus (i.e., face-to-face, in-person) workshop per semester (typically conducted during the daytime at the weekend)
Modules taught during autumn and spring semesters
Assessed via in-semester assignments, end-of-semester on-campus (in-person) written exams, and a work-related process safety project (over both semesters)
Can be used to complete 30 credits towards Master of Professional Practice (MPP) or MSc Engineering Practice

Commitment to Process Safety (SA6001) teaches students the importance of consistently fostering and championing a commitment to process safety throughout the organisation; once it is embedded in the company culture, this commitment to process safety can help sustain the focus on excellence in the more technical aspects of process safety.

Understanding Process Safety Hazards and Risks (SA6011) learn to understand process safety related hazards and risk because industry experience has demonstrated that businesses using hazard and risk information to plan, develop, and deploy stable, lower-risk operations are much more likely to enjoy long term success.

Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.

For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.

Managing Process Safety Risks (SA6002) managing risk focuses on three issues, namely (1) prudently operating and maintaining processes that pose the risk, (2) managing changes to those processes to ensure that the risk remains tolerable, and (3) preparing for, responding to, and managing incidents that do occur.

Improving Process Safety by Learning from Experience (SA6012) learning from experience involves monitoring and acting on internal and external sources of information. In the context of process safety, operations do not always proceed as planned, so organizations must be ready to turn their mistakes – and those of others – into opportunities to improve process safety efforts.

Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.

For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.