Both individuals and companies benefit from certification of personnel who perform safety-critical work. Such work includes process hazard analyses (PHAs), layers of protection analysis (LOPA), dust hazard analysis (DHA) and audits.

In most professions, becoming certified is an increasingly important and recognized measure of competence. While certification is not a license to practice, it does indicate that you have achieved a predefined minimum standard. Whether you plan to apply for a promotion or a position with a new employer, or simply want to enhance your credentials, being a Primacert certified professional adds to your value as an employee.

Benefits to you:

• Demonstrates that you have achieved a defined performance standard
• Provides recognition of your capabilities
• Enhances your credentials
• Adds to your professional value
• Promotes life-long professional development

Companies depend on competent people to perform effective process safety and risk management studies. In today’s world of high turn-over rates, ensuring that safety-critical work is performed competently challenges even the best managed companies. Incorporating certification into safety management systems is increasingly becoming standard practice.

Benefits to companies:

• Promotes efficient and high-quality work practices
• Provides assurance that personnel are suitably qualified
• Demonstrates to regulators a commitment to process safety and risk management compliance
• Provides verification that studies have been performed by competent personnel