Bowtie Risk Assessment & Barrier Management

Course overview

Build a bowtie around a defined loss-of-control event. Link threats and consequences to preventive and mitigative barriers, then examine barrier ownership and assurance.

Why this course matters

A bowtie should make scenario boundaries and barrier responsibilities clear enough to guide verification and impairment decisions.

Learning objectives

• Explain the scope of hazard, top event and consequence boundaries.
• Identify the key requirements for threat and consequence pathway development.
• Apply a structured approach to preventive and mitigative barriers.
• Evaluate evidence relating to barrier owners and performance expectations.
• Develop a practical output for degradation factors and controls.
• Justify recommendations concerning bowtie workshop and quality review.
• Review responsibilities for assurance evidence and impairment response.
• Prepare an implementation plan for keeping bowties current through change.

Who should attend

process-safety and HSE personnel, engineers, operations supervisors and managers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the relevant workplace procedures and responsibilities is recommended. Bring questions from your role; any required preparation is confirmed before booking.

Course curriculum

1. Hazard, top event and consequence boundaries

2. Threat and consequence pathway development

3. Preventive and mitigative barriers

4. Barrier owners and performance expectations

5. Degradation factors and controls

6. Bowtie workshop and quality review

7. Assurance evidence and impairment response

8. Keeping bowties current through change

Practical learning

Build a fictional bowtie with threats, a top event and consequences. Identify degradation factors and owners, then review whether the proposed evidence demonstrates each barrier’s function.

Assessment approach

Knowledge checks assess understanding, while a practical case output tests application. Review criteria are accuracy, use of evidence, recognition of limitations, clear responsibility and feasibility. The facilitator provides feedback; joining instructions confirm attendance requirements and any formal pass criteria before delivery.

Completion information

An Al-Warkaa professional-development completion certificate may be issued against the confirmed attendance and assessment requirements. This is not a claim of professional licensure, regulatory authorisation or third-party accreditation.

Delivery options

Live Online / Distance Learning; Classroom; Corporate In-House; Blended where suitable

Online delivery means instructor-led live online or distance learning. Practical workshops retain the stated classroom/in-house preference. Dates, teaching language, venue and the session schedule are confirmed before enrolment.

Corporate delivery

Request a proposal with the course, number of participants, location, preferred dates and delivery method. Groups above 12 receive a custom quotation. Travel, venue, accommodation, printing, examinations and third-party certification are included only when expressly stated in the proposal.

Frequently asked questions

Does an enquiry reserve a place?

An enquiry starts a discussion. Your place or group delivery is confirmed after availability, scope and commercial terms are agreed.

Can the course use our procedures?

Yes, relevant anonymised documents can be agreed for corporate delivery. Added scope and extensive preparation are confirmed in the quotation.

Is this available as an immediate self-paced course?

The approved online pathway is live online/distance learning. Self-paced learning media is not represented as available until it has been developed and enabled.