This course is offered for live-streamed or face-to-face delivery. It is available for public or in-house delivery. Please be sure to select the “online” option during the registration process if you are interested in attending a live-streamed delivery.
Register Contact for In-house Training
| Locations | Dates | Duration | Tuition |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio, TX | February 3-4, 2025 | 2 days | $1,725 |
| Online (1:00pm EDT) | September 16-19, 2025 | 4 half days | $1,650 |
Course Description
Bow tie analysis (BTA) provides a visually intuitive and readily understood depiction of the causes and consequences of incidents that is easy for non-experts to understand. BTA identifies barriers for the prevention and mitigation of incident pathways. It maps the threats that may lead to a hazardous event and its undesired consequences in a diagram that looks like a bow tie. BTA supports process hazard analysis (PHA) studies such as HAZOP.
Bow tie diagrams have multiple uses. They provide a powerful communication tool to show the hazards and the safeguards that protect against them to stakeholders who may not have a strong technical background, such as front-line personnel and managers. Bow tie diagrams help in identifying safety critical equipment and tasks with links to asset integrity programs and competency and training requirements. Also, they are a useful aid in incident investigation.
This course teaches participants how to construct bow tie diagrams for processes. Detailed guidelines are provided to help ensure attendees construct bow tie diagrams correctly. Many examples and checklists are provided. Attendees practice the material taught through exercises and workshops.
You will learn:
- Meaning of bow ties
- Bow tie terminology
- Benefits of bow ties
- Pros and cons of bow ties
- Potential pitfalls of bow ties
- Relationship between bow ties and risk and safety analysis
- How to record the elements of a bow tie diagram
- How to address human and organizational factors in bow tie analysis
- Use of bow ties
- Preparation tasks needed for bow tie analysis
- Procedure for constructing bow tie diagrams
- How to use multi-level and chained bow ties
- How to develop a barrier management program
Who Should Attend
Personnel responsible for identifying and managing the hazards of industrial facilities.
Prerequisite
Knowledge of hazard analysis is valuable.
Credits
1.4 Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) or 14 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) are awarded.
