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title: People Process Plant | Alastair Hume
description: Alastair is a senior consultant with a Bachelor and Masters in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of Canterbury. He has two decades of experience in design, manufacturing, and process safety across the Oil & Gas, Refining, Petrochemical and Geothermal sectors. He is experienced in the facilitation of HAZOP and LOPA reviews, consequence modelling and verification of safety critical elements for major hazard facilities. He is a chartered member of IChemE and a TÜV certified functional safety engineer.
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# Alastair Hume

#### Alastair is a senior consultant with a Bachelor and Masters in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of Canterbury. He has two decades of experience in design, manufacturing, and process safety across the Oil & Gas, Refining, Petrochemical and Geothermal sectors. He is experienced in the facilitation of HAZOP and LOPA reviews, consequence modelling and verification of safety critical elements for major hazard facilities. He is a chartered member of IChemE and a TÜV certified functional safety engineer.

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## [HAZOP Challenges Explained: From Double Jeopardy to Poor Documentation](https://blog.safetysolutions.co.nz/hazop-challenges-double-jeopardy-documentation-issues?hsLang=en-nz)

April 24, 2024

 From my experience as a HAZOP leader, there are several challenges I have experienced that could compromise the integrity of the recorded minutes...

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## [Consequence Modelling in Process Safety: From Fires to Toxic Releases](https://blog.safetysolutions.co.nz/consequence-modelling-in-process-safety?hsLang=en-nz)

October 20, 2022

 Consequence modelling is used to determine the worst-case scenarios that could occur due to a loss of containment of hazardous materials. This is..

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## [What Is Process Safety? Key Definitions and Incident Lessons](https://blog.safetysolutions.co.nz/what-is-process-safety?hsLang=en-nz)

September 27, 2021

 When most people think about workplace safety, they think about the general hazards that they are personally exposed to in the workplace, which..

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