Process Safety Management Professional Certificate
Increase your effectiveness and learn how to successfully manage safety programs in ammonia refrigeration facilities through UW–Madison’s Process Safety Management Professional Certificate.
Is this program right for you?
Offered in partnership with the Industrial Refrigeration Consortium, UW–Madison’s Process Safety Management Professional Certificate is designed to give you the skills needed for managing Process Safety Management (PSM) and Risk Management Plan (PMP) programs. It’s ideal for PSM coordinators working in ammonia refrigeration facilities or those with a solid understanding of ammonia refrigeration technology.
The certificate will help you become more effective in managing your PSM compliance programs, which includes improving its safety, health and environmental performance while reducing overall risk. You’ll learn to recognize the special constraints, regulations, design principles, best practices and technologies that apply to the field of industrial refrigeration.
You learn in a face-to-face environment, with fellow PSM professionals and instructors who combine academic instruction with practical experience. Exams are conducted online.
A PSM coordinator needs to be confident managing PSM compliance programs, and the Process Safety Management Professional Certificate helps you develop that expertise. It will give you a valued credential and identify you as a high performer.
Is this program right for you?
Offered in partnership with the Industrial Refrigeration Consortium, UW–Madison’s Process Safety Management Professional Certificate is designed to give you the skills needed for managing Process Safety Management (PSM) and Risk Management Plan (PMP) programs. It’s ideal for PSM coordinators working in ammonia refrigeration facilities or those with a solid understanding of ammonia refrigeration technology.
The certificate will help you become more effective in managing your PSM compliance programs, which includes improving its safety, health and environmental performance while reducing overall risk. You’ll learn to recognize the special constraints, regulations, design principles, best practices and technologies that apply to the field of industrial refrigeration.
You learn in a face-to-face environment, with fellow PSM professionals and instructors who combine academic instruction with practical experience. Exams are conducted online.
A PSM coordinator needs to be confident managing PSM compliance programs, and the Process Safety Management Professional Certificate helps you develop that expertise. It will give you a valued credential and identify you as a high performer.
Registration information
How you'll learn
- Classes are conducted in-person and exams are taken online.
- The certificate is earned by successfully completing five core courses and one elective course. You’ll be required to pass an online exam at the completion of each course.
- The 5 required courses total 10 CEUs and $7075 cost
- The choices for the elective range from CEUs 1.4 to 4, costs from $1,395 to $1,795
Sample curriculum
Required Courses
- Introduction to Ammonia Refrigeration Systems
- Process Safety Management Audits for Compliance and Continuous Safety Improvement
- Principles and Practices of Mechanical Integrity for Industrial Refrigeration Systems
- Process Hazard Analysis (Emphasizing Ammonia Refrigeration Systems)
- Ammonia Refrigeration System Safety
Elective Courses (choose one)
- Engineered Safety Relief Systems (IRC)
- Intermediate Ammonia Refrigeration Systems
- Design of Ammonia Refrigeration Systems for Peak Performance and Efficiency
- Leadership Beyond Your Team: Managing Up and Across
- Financial Acumen for the Engineer
- Engineering Calculations for PSM and RM
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