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Train the trainers on chemical safety! The “Wuppertal Annual Course of Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Chemical Process Industries” is a seminar and workshop held at the University of Wuppertal (BUW), Germany.
It is jointly organized by the BUW and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague, Netherlands, and financially supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.
The Chair of “Methods of Safety Engineering and Incident Research” of the BUW designed this transcontinental course in order to train international professionals to implement a culture of safety in the national chemical process industries. This is a generic precondition for the national implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as the participants become “ambassadors of safe action” in their home countries.
The didactic approach of the 5-day course is particularly effective: The theoretical transfer of knowledge in form of lectures and the transfer of key competencies through practical laboratory-scale exercises are combined with visits of chemical plants and local facilities of danger defense.
The following topics are covered in the course:
- Operational hazards, e.g. fire, explosions and accidental releases of toxic substances in chemical plants
- Systematic analyses and assessment of hazards specific to chemistry
- Technical disturbances, manipulations of safety systems and accidents
- Behavior in case of incidents and management of incidents
- Safety concepts as well as plant-specific and personal safety precautions
- Responsibilities and assignments for the organization of safety
- Concept and planning of hazard control in case of emergency
- Information and coordination of companies and public authorities
- General framework of European legislation
The concept of the course and the subject-specific contents follow the purposes of the CWC: prevention of new chemical weapons from re-emerging (article VI CWC), fostering of economic and technological development in chemistry on an international level (article XI CWC) as well as consulting and the transfer of knowledge on required protective measures (article X CWC).
Because of the successful realization of four courses in the past, a new course concept was introduced in 2014. For the first time participants from three continents (Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Carribean) were brought together to be qualified in Wuppertal. The established course continues to pursue the ambitious aims of fostering the safe industrial use of chemicals. It also ensures the German contribution to the peaceful use of chemical engineering all over the world.
List of previous courses:
2009 “Promoting Chemical Safety in the African Region“
2011 “Safe design and Operation in the Chemical Process Industries of the African Region”
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Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce “Wuppertal Annual Course of Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Chemical Process Industries” for 2018 at the University of Wuppertal (BUW) in Germany hosted by the Chair Methods of Safety Engineering/Incident Research. The course will be held at the 24. to 28. of September 2018 for the Member States in Africa, Asia and in Latin America and the Caribbean. Please feel free to spread the word by telling your colleagues. Deadline for the application is the 16. of March 2018. You will be able to download the application via this link: (note: please download the file first and use the fillable form) https://uni-wuppertal.sciebo.de/index.php/s/YhbrJsIF25QrLmR Official Announcement of the Course by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons https://www.opcw.org/news-publications/event/event/2018/09/24/event/tx_cal_phpicalendar/invitation_to_apply_for_two_parallel_courses/?tx_cal_controller%5Blastview%5D=view-list%7Cpage_id-239&cHash=767b48e39199f0a9cb2bf4622895811b
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History: The development of insecticides to chemical weapon https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i41/Nazi-origins-deadly-nerve-gases.html Copyright: C&EN
It is important to make sure that skills are always up-to-date. A representative of The University of Wuppertal is currently attending a workshop in Seoul, Korea. One of the main objectives is to listen of the current status of safety culture in the Asian Region in order to find smart solutions which we can share in our next course of 2018.
On Wednesday, November 29 at 2:00-3:00 PM (GMT+2) Luca Podofillini will hold a Webinar on "Humans and Risk, Reliability, Resilience Models". The 45 minutes presentation will be followed by a questions and answers session. Please join the free meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone: https://meet.lync.com/proactimasolutions/atl/N28E5TJV
Members of our Team visited the new Ambassador H.M. Christine Weil of the Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the OPCW in The Hague. At this occasion, representatives from the University of Wuppertal introduced Her Excellency the Wuppertal Annual Course of Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Chemical Process Industries and discussed general objectives of the course. We are happy to invite Her Excellency to be a part of our ongoing success story and also to visit us in our next course in 2018.
Good news at the margin of the 86th session of the Executive Council (OPCW).
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