ING2047 Risk Analysis

Contents and structure

The course provides an introduction in risk analysis and how to carry out the analysis of safety risk regarding to major accidents.

• Risk analyse subject in risk and safety management.
• Risk as a phenomenon.
• Risk acceptance criteria and the assessment of risk.
• Risk analysis process.
• The most usual analytical methods.
• Identification of hazards, threats and unexpected events.
• Analysis of events proceeding, including root cause analysis, consequence analysis and reliability analysis.
• The assessment of uncertainty in risk analysis.
• Presentation of risk.

In addition, the course provides an introduction to the analysis of health and environmental risk:

• Health risks, epidemiology, toxicology and systematic health risk analysis.
• Environmental risk, transport in ground, water and air, systematic environmental risk analysis.

Learning Outcome

 -Knowledge:

The student

• Can explain risk analysis and the function risk analysis has, regarding to risk and safety management.
• Knows the term risk and how to evaluate the risk.
• Has knowledge of risk analysis process to analyze safety risk.
• Has knowledge of the risk analysis methods and how to use them regarding to hazards, threats and unexpected events and can analyze the course of events.
• Has knowledge of factors that contribute to uncertainty in risk analysis.
• Has knowledge of how to carry out the analysis of health and environmental risks.
• Can explain epidemiology, toxicology connected to health risks and how pollution is distributed on ground, in water and air as environmental risk.

 

-Skills

The student can

• Carry out safety risk analysis.
• Use the most usual methods of risk analysis.
• Identify hazards, threats and unexpected events in an analysis object.
• Analyze events through root cause analysis and consequence analysis.
• Analyze system reliability using reliability analysis.
• Consider the risk of an analysis object and uncertainty of risk analysis.
• Carry out simple analysis of health and environment risk.

-General qualification:

The student:

• Knows the risk analysis process and the various steps this process.
• Can identify solutions regarding the use of risk analysis and is able to discuss the consequences.
• Can reflect the benefit of risk analysis
• Can schedule and carry out, single or in team, different time consuming tasks and evaluate this work critically.
• Can present the knowlegde and the results of risk analysis.

Entry requirements

 None.

Recommended previous knowledge

Analysis and Linear Algebra, Technical Safety in the Process Industry, Statistics and Economics.

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises, assignments, project

Compulsory learning activities

2 group assignments

Assessment

Part 1: Portfolio, accounts for 50 % of the final grade.

Part 2: Written exam, 3 hours, accounts for 50 % of the final grade.

Both parts must be passed.

Grade:  A - E / passed;  F / failed.

Examination support material

Written exam: Simple calculator: Allowed calculator is Casio fx-82 (all varieties: ES, ES Plus, EX, Solar etc.)

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