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Events
Chemical Industries Association has a commitment to helping businesses keep informed and compliant with regulation, help improve the professional competencies of staff, and share best practice amongst members.
Our portfolio of training courses, conferences and workshops are very competitively priced, and delivered by experts who understand the chemical and pharmaceutical sector.
Upcoming Events
Root Cause Analysis (DP) - Stopping problems from happening again
Any unplanned undesirable event, be it a breakdown, production delay, missed delivery, near miss, quality issue, accident or incident, is an opportunity to learn about what went wrong and so prevent a re-occurrence. This course will take delegates through some principles of RCA and incident investigation processes, highlight pitfalls and challenges likely to be encountered in implementing effective RCA processes, and then provide a methodology for undertaking effective RCAs.
Human Reliability Analysis – Reducing Human Failure in Operations and Maintenance for Safety Critical Tasks
Any unplanned undesirable event, be it a breakdown, production delay, missed delivery, near miss, quality issue, accident or incident, is an opportunity to learn about what went wrong and so prevent a re-occurrence. This course will take delegates through some principles of RCA and incident investigation processes, highlight pitfalls and challenges likely to be encountered in implementing effective RCA processes, and then provide a methodology for undertaking effective RCAs.
Occupied Buildings Risk Assessment - Manchester
The course aims to provide a working overview of OBRA qualitative and quantitative methodologies, to provide attendees with the knowledge to understand, query or even develop OBRAs as well as providing an update on the 2020 guidance.
Process Safety Awareness – What is process safety and the key principles of process safety management
This course will provide an introduction to the interdisciplinary and wide-reaching subject of process safety. The course will define process safety and explain the regulatory and legal requirements as set out by the competent authorities. The course will cover the key process safety principles from leadership, hazards identification and risk assessment, risk management through to review and improvement.
CDOIF Environmental Tolerability
The training will provide learners with an understanding of the knowledge and tools to: Proactively assess the environmental risks and also develop skills in environmental assessment to understand how to identify potential MATTEs, and implement effective risk management strategies.
Chemicals Management - Navigating Uncertainties
This joint CIA/REACHReady one-day seminar will cover topics around the UK’s new chemicals legislation with a focus on UK REACH as well as the future of UK chemicals policy. With the EU chemicals strategy now moving forwards following the election of new Commissioners in the European Union at the end of 2024, the event will also aim to consider the influence from EU regulatory and some international developments.
Incident Investigation Good Practices
The incident investigation good practices training will be in the form of a one-day course consisting of presentations, workshop exercises and will provide learners with an understanding of good practices.
Chemical Industry Awards 2025
Entries now open! Book your tickets and join us to celebrate the best of UK chemical and pharmaceutical businesses.
SOPs - Writing Procedures – Current Best Practices
Procedures are critical documents for safely operating a process plant. Well defined, structured and consistent procedures will support reliable and repeatable operations, and form the foundation for driving continuous improvement leading to productivity gains. This practical course will take delegates through the key principles of procedures covering how to structure and draft useable documents, and will cover the need for additional supporting documents such as checklists and job aids.
ReachReady Events
Chemicals Management - Navigating Uncertainties
This joint CIA/REACHReady one-day seminar will cover topics around the UK’s new chemicals legislation with a focus on UK REACH as well as the future of UK chemicals policy. With the EU chemicals strategy now moving forwards following the election of new Commissioners in the European Union at the end of 2024, the event will also aim to consider the influence from EU regulatory and some international developments.
