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Shutdown and Turnaround Essentials

A working-knowledge course for operators, maintenance and contractor supervisors, planners, inspectors and HSE advisers who are preparing for or working in a planned plant shutdown (turnaround) at a refinery, petrochemical plant or gas plant. It follows the event from scope and planning through safe shutdown, isolation, control of work, quality and handback to start-up and close-out. It is awareness training and awards no accredited certificate; site procedures and the permit system always come first.

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Modules
7
Lessons
33
Duration
5h 57m
Level
Intermediate
Quizzes
7 graded
Enrolled
1

Course content

7 modules · 33 lessons · 5h 57m

What a turnaround is, why plants do them, what is at stake, the phases from strategy to close-out, who does what, and why the weeks of a turnaround carry more risk than normal operation.

  • What a Turnaround Is and the Kinds of Planned Outage
    Preview
    10 min
  • Why Plants Shut Down and What Is at Stake10 min
  • The Turnaround Phases and Milestones11 min
  • The Turnaround Organisation and Roles10 min
  • Why Turnarounds Concentrate Risk10 min
  • Turnaround fundamentals — quiz6 questions · pass 70%

Topics covered

Turnarounds
Shutdown Planning
Isolation and Blinding
Control of Work
Joint Integrity
Start-up Safety

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