Industrial Risk and Safety Engineering for Asset Operation and Maintenance

This 40-hour course combines traditional lectures with a flipped classroom approach. Students are expected to prepare in advance by studying the assigned reference materials. This allows them direct access to the core knowledge, while the instructor acts as a coach and mentor throughout the learning process. Lectures will include frequent pauses for questions and brief discussions to encourage active participation.

Target audience:

Engineers, operators, managers, and researchers working in industries where asset operation, maintenance and safety are critical. This includes, but is not limited to, the railway, transportation, energy, manufacturing, process and infrastructure sectors.

Prerequisite-knowledge:

Upper secondary school, bachelor, or equivalent.

Course content:

The training course will focus on :

• Asset Reliability and Continuity of Operations: Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA), incident investigation, and root cause analysis equip engineers to minimize downtime, improve reliability, and strengthen preventive and predictive maintenance.

• Compliance with Standards and Regulations: Knowledge of ISO 45001, EU, and Swedish frameworks

• Health, Safety, and Well-being of Workers: By applying OH&S management systems and fostering a safety culture, participants learn to safeguard staff doing maintenance in harsh, hazardous, or remote working environments.

• Digitalization and Innovation in Maintenance Practices: Integration of AI-assisted safety demonstrations, predictive tools, and training in the Metaverse enhances workforce training, scenario simulation, and decision-making.

• Systematic Safety Audits: Internal safety audits provide continuous improvement opportunities and ensure compliance across O&M functions.

The course includes:

• International Safety Standard on safety, EU Safety Standards, Swedish regulations on Health and Safety

• Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OH&S) Policy

• Requirements and Guidance: Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OH&S)

• Internal safety Audit

• AI-assisted demonstration, Safety Training in Virtual Environment (MetaVerse)

• Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA)

• Incident Investigation & Root Cause Analysis

How the course will be conducted:

The course combines traditional lectures with a flipped classroom approach. Students are expected to prepare in advance by studying the assigned reference materials. This allows them direct access to the core knowledge, while the instructor acts as a coach and mentor throughout the learning process. Lectures will include frequent pauses for questions and brief discussions to encourage active participation.

Dates and times for the online meetings:

5th May 2026 13:00 to 14:30 connected by Online Teams

12th May 2026 13:00 to 14:30 connected by Online Teams

19th May 2026 13:00 to 14:30 connected by Online Teams

26th May 2026 13:00 to 14:30 connected by Online Teams

2nd June 2026 13:00 to 14:30 connected by Online Teams

9th June 2026 13:00 to 14:30, Final Seminar/Presentations, connected by Online Teams

To obtain a certificate: 

Oral presentation of the assignment and a written report.

After completion of this course participants will be able to.

• Understand and be able to explain the standard regulations of health and safety.
  • Knowledge of Internal safety Audit.
  • Knowledge of Policy, and guideline of Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OH&S).
• Understanding of leadership and workers perspective on health and safety 
• Understanding of risk-based thinking to prioritize and mitigate high-risk hazards in industrial environments.

Presentation of the teachers:

Sarbjeet Singh, PhD in area of Industrial Engineering. ISO Certified Health and Safety and Post Doctorate from Division of Operation and Maintenance Engineering with 25 years’ experience in academic and research.