OECD Workshop on Sharing
Experience in the
Training of Engineers in Risk
Management
Montreal, Canada, 21-24 October 2003
Jean-Paul Lacoursière, P.E.
University of Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Presentation Content
• OECD Chemical Accident Program
• Montreal Workshop Objectives
• Workshop Participants
• Workshop Recommendations
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OECD Chemical Accident Program
30 Member countries and the OECD
Secretariat work together to develop and coordinate programs on chemical safety
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OECD Chemical Accident Program
The main objectives of the Chemicals
Programme are to:
– assist OECD Member countries' efforts to
protect human health and the environment
through improving chemical safety
– make chemical control policies more
transparent and efficient and save resources for
government and industry
– prevent unnecessary distortions in the trade of
chemicals and chemical products
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OECD Chemical Accident Program
The Chemical Accident Programme
provides opportunities for experts from
governments, industry, labour, international
organisations and other interested parties to
exchange information and experience, in
order to help prevent chemical accidents
and to respond appropriately if one does
occur
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OECD Publications
http://www1.oecd.org/scripts/ehs/guidingprinciples/index.asp
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/60/39/21568440.pdf
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OECD Workshops on Chemical
Safety
• OECD Workshop on Strategies for Transporting
Dangerous Goods by Road: Safety and
Environmental Protection, 1993
• OECD Special Workshop on Chemical Safety in Port
Areas, 1994
• Session on Chemical Accident Prevention,
Preparedness and Response at Transport Interfaces
(1995)
• OECD Workshop on Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises in Relation to Chemical Accident
Prevention, Preparedness and Response (1995)
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OECD Workshops on Chemical
Safety
• OECD Workshop on Risk Assessment and Risk
Communication in the Context of Accident
Prevention, Preparedness and Response, 1996
• OECD Workshop on Pipelines, 1997
• OECD Workshop on Human Performance in
Chemical Process Safety: Operating Safety in the
Context of Chemical Accident Prevention,
Preparedness and Response
• OECD Workshop on New Developments in Chemical
Emergency Preparedness and Response
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OECD Workshops on Chemical
Safety
• OECD Expert Meeting on Acute Exposure
Guideline Levels (AEGLs)
• Special Session on Environmental Consequences of
Chemical Accidents, 2000
• CCPS/OECD Conference and Workshop on
Chemical Accident Investigations, 2000
• OECD Workshop on Audits and Inspections related
to Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and
Response, 2002
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OECD Workshops on Chemical
Safety
• OECD Workshop on Integrated Management of
Safety, Health, Environment and Quality, 2002
• OECD Workshop on Risk Communication, 2003
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OECD Workshops on Sharing
Experience in the Training of
Engineers in Risk Management
• Previous OECD workshops have defined
the framework for Risk Management
• Risk management knowledge was
recognised as an important issue
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Workshop Objectives
The primary objective of the workshop
was to share experience concerning the
training of engineers in risk assessment
and risk management.
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Specific objectives
• Share experiences on training undergraduate
engineering students and practicing
engineers in risk management
• Share documentation, programs, methods,
manuals, lessons learnt from relevant real
cases
• Identify engineering disciplines that should
contain risk management training, and
topics that should be covered
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Specific objectives
• Discuss needs for cross-disciplinary training
in risk management and make proposals for
developing such training
• Identify efficient means for providing
training in colleges, universities,
professional organisations
• Investigate new training tools
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Sponsors
• This Workshop was organized under the
auspices of the OECD Working Group on
Chemical Accidents.
• Sponsors
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Quebec Order of Engineers
Environment Canada
Quebec Government Ministries
Private Sector Organisations
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Venue
International Civil Aviation Organisation
Building, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
21-24 October, 2003
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Participants
•80 experts from 13 countries
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Brazil
France
Czech Republic
Korea
Slovenia
Switzerland
The Netherlands
United States
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Canada
Germany
Poland
Sweden
United Kingdom
•70 observers
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Sessions
1. Setting the scene (Discussion document)
2. Ethical and legal aspects related to risk
management
3. Training of engineers in economics (including
insurance) and risk management
4. Risk communication
5. Multi-disciplinary approach to risk management
6. Training examples – harmonisation /
accreditation of training courses
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Sessions
7. Continuing training in risk management
for engineers working in industry and as
public authorities inspectors
8. Research and development in risk
management
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Themes discussed
• Engineer’s responsibility in risk assessment
and management
• Risk assessment activities should be
undertaken proactively
• Training should take into account the multidisciplinary nature of risk assessment and
management
• Risk management decisions are made in an
increasingly complex technical and social
environment
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Themes discussed
• Experience and training necessary to
integrate all issues
• Risk related decisions need to be consistent
with the organisation’s and society’s
objectives
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Conclusions of workshop
• Engineers have an important responsibility
in the management of risks
• The moral obligation to take account of the
consequences of their work should be
instilled in all engineers throughout their
training
• A code of ethics must be produced in the
countries where there is none
• Risk management considerations should be
integrated in the job of all engineers
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Conclusions of workshop
• Concepts of hazards, safety and risk should
be introduced in schools and universities
• It is recommended to introduce some risk
management topics at the undergraduate
level:
– technical, organisational, social and
communication skills
• Risk management disciplines should be
recognised as part of the engineer training
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Conclusions of workshop
• Risk management is a multidiscipline
activity that involves management, social
and communication sciences
• Industry and regulatory body
representatives need to be involved in the
training of engineers
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Conclusions of workshop
• Safety / activities risk considerations should
be integrated into the core programs of
engineer’s training and should not be
considered an add-on activity
• Training should promote multi-disciplinary
approaches
• Participants stressed the importance of
sharing experience in the development and
implementation of programmes related to
risk assessment and management
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Conclusions of workshop
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Universities must intensify their
exchanges of expertise in risk
management
Participants were invited to share the
results of the workshop with their
colleagues in their countries
Means for sharing good and bad
experience such as, an “electronic
discussion group” should be set up.
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Your Suggestions &
Recommendations
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With this last statement, I would like to
have your suggestions and
recommendations
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