Safety in offshore engineering an academic course covering safety in offshore wind

Safety in offshore engineering an academic course covering safety in offshore wind

Cerda Salzmann, D.J.

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Hydraulic Engineering

2011-11-29

Offshore projects are known for their challenging conditions, generally leading to high risks. Therefore no offshore project can go without a continuous and extensive assessment on safety issues. The Delft University of Technology is currently developing a course "Safety in Offshore Engineering" which deals with the entire scope of safety aspects that are to be taken into account in the offshore industry. This course is offered within the Offshore Engineering Master curriculum and is scheduled to commence in April 2012. Next to general safety awareness, the analyses and verification methods of safety aspects are presented throughout the different phases of offshore projects: design, fabrication, installation, operation and decommissioning. Focus points of this course are: tools for safety analyses (e.g. Hazid, FMEA, safety cases), provisions for validation (e.g. guidelines, certification), communication and interfaces between disciplines. The main goals of this course are to create awareness of safety topics in the offshore industry and provide an overview of the different safety topics within various disciplines. Additionally the course will provide tools for safety analyses as well as knowledge on implementation and control. This paper briefly outlines the content of the course "Safety in Offshore Engineering" while focusing strongly on its application within the offshore wind industry.

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:af04e11e-f7ec-4841-9b5d-76ec51638548

European Wind Energy Association

Proceedings of the EWEA Offshore 2011 Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 29 November-1 December 2011

Institutional Repository

conference paper

(c) 2011 Cerda Salzmann, D.J.