Process Safety Management (PSM)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Industrial Internship Programme is to expose Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) students to the working world so that they can relate theoretical knowledge to its application in the industry. From the programme, students will also develop skills in work ethics, communication, management and etc. Furthermore, it will establish close relationship between the industry and UTP.

The  company  that  the  author  has  been  assigned  to  for  the  internship  was,  starting  from  14th December  2009  until 9th July 2010. Throughout the industrial internship program, author has been assigned to Process Safety Management (PSM), Technology Department.

This final report is a representation of the details of task and assignments carried out during the period of attachment with PP(M)SB. It also entails the experiences gained and various lessons learnt as an intern in Process Safety Management.

The major portion of the report is on the projects and activities itself. The first section is a brief introduction to PP(M)SB, the training objectives and the scope of work done. The next section describes the main activities and projects done during the training period and  the  following  section  discusses  mainly  on  the  lessons  learned  and  experiences gained from the internship programme.  

In conclusion, the collaboration between UTP and PP(M)SB has made the internship programme  a  success  in  achieving the  University’s  objectives  of  producing  well-rounded graduates with industrial experience. Throughout this training, immense knowledge was acquired and all the challenges and barriers were taken as a yardstick of how much was the learning.