The Centre for Business Development and Consultancy Services of Kumasi Technical University is pleased to announce the Short Courses for 2023/2024 academic year. The courses will be run from December 2023 to December 2024. The courses are specially designed to equip participants with skills to enable them to solve problems in their areas of endeavours. They are mainly designed for Professionals, Business Owners, Managers, Administrators, Policy Makers, Supervisors, District Assemblies, NGOs, State Agencies, Students and the general public. Certificates of competency will be awarded to trainees or delegates by the University after trainees’ fulfilment of all requirements.
CBD 001: Industrial Health, Safety and Loss Prevention
Course Description/Content
Modern organisations are largely responsible to play good role by implementing safety approaches or strategies to ensure positive outcomes or presence of safety in their socio-technical systems, thus reducing workplace accidents, injuries and illnesses. Nonetheless, lack of cognitive and behavior capabilities of individuals, teams or groups, and poor orgnsiational commitment to ensure safe operations would lead to poor implementation of these approaches. As a result the course has been constructed to equip delegates who wish to occupy roles in occupational safety and health management in organisations or who operate in engineering, operations, nursing, medicine, human resource etc., and intend to be more familiar with principles of occupational health and safety management thus able to support their organisations to achieve their occupational safety and health objectives. Virtually, trainees are expected to acquire sufficient knowledge on key responsibilities for workplace safety, industrial processes and operations, statistical data on industrial accidents, health and safety legislations and standards, safety sciences such as fire, noise, ergonomics, toxicology, industrial hygiene, work at height, confined spaces, driving at work, welfare, work- related mental health, machine and equipment, radiation, hierarchy of risks control, safety signs and symbols, types of PPE, vehicle movement, alcohol use, slips and trips, occupational health, health surveillance, risk assessment, workplace inspection, accidents investigation, safe storage procedure and emergency response and planning and occupational health and safety management systems such as ISO 45001. Additionally, the delivery plan for this course is competency based approach, and trainees would go through practical exercises in risk assessment, accident investigation, emergency response plan, storage of chemicals, and familiarisation with safety systems and equipment in the university training workshops, and buildings. Trainees would go through assignments, individual and group presentations, tests and examinations prior to award of certificate in industrial health safety and loss prevention. Trainees with SSCE orWASSCE would be taught communication skills, and chemical and physical sciences. The course has been run since 2016, and it has gained recognition amid individuals and organisations in the county. Our delivery excellence is largely dependent on the consultants or experts who have: strong engineering background, occupational health and safety practice, professional occupational health and safety certification, higher education, and their deep understanding in principles of health and safety management across several sectors including mining and construction, petroleum, health care, aviation, port, educational facilities, processing and manufacturing.
Relevant industry standards: ISO 45001
Objective: to equip participants with the principles of safety and loss prevention thus helping them to prevent industrial risks in working environments
Target Group
- At least Diploma in any tertiary programme or
- SSSCE or WASSCE holders, at least 4 passes including English and Integrated Science
Duration:
- Diploma: 80 hours (10 days) for *modular face- to- face mode, 5 weekends (online mode or weekends face -to- face mode);
- SSSCE or WASSCE: 8 weeks (120 hours) for evening mode
Date: 1st batch : February 19 -21; March 18-20; April 22-25 for modular face- to -face mode, February 16 –March 17 for weekends online and face- to- face mode, January 15 –March 8 for evening face- to- face mode
Course Fee: GH C 1,840.00 (**GH C 2,440.00 for modular face-to -face mode and weekends face- to- face mode) (check the last page for payment options)
*3 days lectures in at least a month
** Trainees will be served drinkable water, snacks and lunch
Mode of Delivery: Face-to Face /Virtual Teaching/Weekends /Evening
Resource: Trainees are required to have android device and laptop or any suitable, and internet data
Contact: Engr. Philip Ansah (0548956578) or philip.ansah@kstu.edu.gh
CBD 002: Occupational Health and Safety Engineering Management
Description of course:
The competence, training and education of employees in any organisation play a pivotal role for a successful management of health and safety risks. The course is tailored for professionals who intend to occupy or assigned at least supervisory role in various industry including mining, oil and gas, construction, health care, academia and consultancy. The course is structured into three (3) stages. The first stage focuses on areas covered in industrial health safety and loss prevention course. The second stage is on sciences such as safety engineering standards, safety equipment and systems design, installation, operation and management. The third stage is on implementation of occupational health and safety (OHS) management including safety culture, safe systems of work, change management, permit/authorization systems,, health and safety policy, managing contractors, monitoring systems,(auditing, etc.), management system models such as ISO 45001, OHSAS 18001, ILO OHSMS guideline etc. and Resilience Engineering/Higher Reliability Organisation approach. Fundamentally, the course will prepare the professionals to acquire competencies to identify health and safety risks at multiple working sites and apply sound practices including engineering to eliminate or reduce the risks to acceptable levels, to operate and manage safety equipment and systems and finally to design, implement and maintain processes, procedures and methods to meet organisation’s health and safety policy and objectives. Additionally, the delivery plan for this course is competency based approach, and trainees would go through practical exercises in risk assessment, accident investigation, emergency response plan, storage of chemicals, health and safety policy design, health and safety program design, inspection and familiarisation with safety systems and equipment in the university training workshops, and buildings. Trainees would go through assignments, individual and group presentations, tests and examinations prior to award of certificate in occupational health and safety engineering management. The course has been run since 2016, and it has gained recognition amid individuals and organisations in the county. Our delivery excellence is largely dependent on the consultants who have: strong engineering background, occupational health and safety practice, professional occupational health and safety certification, higher education, and their deep understanding in principles of health and safety management across several sectors including mining and construction, petroleum, health care, aviation, port, educational facilities, processing and manufacturing.
Relevant industry standards: ISO 45001, NFPA OSHA, BSI
Target Group
- Trainees with Industrial Health, Safety and Loss Prevention Certificate from Kumasi Technical University or NEBOSH IGC or any recognised certification related to occupational health and safety or
- At least Diploma in any tertiary programme
Duration:
- Diploma: (160 hours:20 days) 10 weekends for (online or weekends face –to- face mode);
- Trainees with Safety knowledge, e.g. NEBOSH IGC: 5 weekends for online and weekends face- to- face mode, however, trainees may be asked to offer some modules in industrial health, safety and loss prevention course.
Date: 1st batch: February 16-April 21 for online and weekends face- to- face mode
Fees: GhC 2,840.00, weekends face- to -face: **GH C 3,840 (check the last page for payment options)
** Trainees will be served drinkable water, snacks and lunch
Mode of Delivery: Face-to Face /Virtual Teaching/Weekends
Resource: Trainees are required to have android device and laptop or any suitable device, and internet data
Resource person: Engr. Philip Ansah (0548956578), philip.ansah@kstu.edu.gh
CBD 003: Process Safety Engineering Management
Chemical and allied processes consist of energy systems, and also involvement in handling hazardous substances. Such processes require effective process safety for loss prevention. Operating systems such as process plants, fuel transport and storage require process safety engineering management framework which includes application of sound engineering principles and rules to establish inherently safety design of the systems for safe operation.The course will equip trainees to understand processes of hazardous systems, identify risks of hazardous substances, energy, and process conditions, and apply sound controls including inherently safety design, provision of safety devices and systems and industrial hygiene controls The course is more suitable to engineering science and applied technology professionals who wish to work or are working in chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas exploration and production, pharmaceutical plants, food processing, mining and mineral processing, transportation and port industry. This module of process safety is quite unique, because it is structured to aid non-chemical engineering professionals to have better understanding of various process industries, process calculations for energy and material requirement of processes, process equipment design, overview of plant design, basic process controls and transport systems (pumps, blowers etc), and process flow diagrams, and piping and instrumentation. Trainees will also know some safety sciences including , statistics and history of industrial accidents, safety culture, human factors, safety rules, codes and standards, process safety hierarchy, toxicology and industrial hygiene, source and dispersion models, inherently safety design, fires and explosion, process inerting techniques, confine space entry, safe work practices, permit works, static electricity, ventilation systems, fire equipment and sprinkler systems, relief systems and designs, flare system, scrubber, flash drum, condenser, flame proof equipment, hazard identification (material, process and energy) and evaluation using HAZID, HAZOP , FMEA etc., and incident investigations. Additionally the delivery plan for this course is competency based approach, and trainees would go through assignments, individual and group presentations, tests and examinations prior to award of process safety engineering management. Our delivery excellence is largely dependent on the consultants who have: strong chemical engineering background, process safety practice, higher education, and their deep understanding of principles of process safety management in process industries.
Relevant industry standards: PSM, ASME, NFPA, API etc.
Target group
- Holders of at least bachelor’s degree in fields such as engineering sciences, biological, chemical and physical sciences or
- Any field plus Process Plant and Equipment Operations certification or any equivalent.
Duration: 160 hours (20 days), 10 weekends for online and face- to- face
Course Fee: GH¢ 3040, ** GH¢ 4040 (check the last page for payment options)
** Trainees will be served drinkable water, snacks and lunch
Date: April 26-June 30
Mode of Delivery: Only Weekends (Virtual teaching and Face- to –Face)
Resource: Trainees are required to have android device and laptop or any suitable device, and internet data
Contact person: Eng. Philip Ansah (0548956578) philip.ansah@kstu.edu.gh
Mode of Payment
Applicants can make payment of the course participation fee through bank or cash. Find below the details for each option:
CBD 004: Process Safety for non-technical professionals
Professionals without technical background are employed in systems such as fuel pump stations, process plants, ports and fuel transports. Clearly, their fundamental knowledge in process safety requirements of the operating systems will significantly contribute to loss prevention. The increasing fire and explosion events among fuel pump stations and fuel transport cars can be linked with several factors. However, fuel assistants, managers, supervisors, drivers etc. lacking of deep understanding of the sciences of their system is a major factor, and this has not really motivated them to follow safety protocols during operations. The course is tailor-made and seeks to address process safety needs of workers in hazardous operating systems. The trainees will know the sciences and processes of the operating systems, safety requirements of the systems, importance of maintenance and environmental protection, reporting of dangerous occurrence, emergency response, confine space etc. Individuals or organisations can apply, and for organisations it can be delivered at onsite. Additionally, the delivery plan for this course is competency based approach, and trainees would go through assignments, individual and group presentations, tests and examinations prior to award of process safety certificate. Our delivery excellence is largely dependent on the consultants who have: strong chemical engineering background, process safety practice, higher education, and their deep understanding of principles of process safety management in process industries.
Relevant industry standards: ASME, NFPA, API etc.
Target group
Any non-technical professional: minimum SSCE/WASSCE
Duration : (10 days), 5 weekends for online and face- to- face
Course Fee : GH¢ 2040, ** GH¢ 2540 (check the last page for payment options)
** Trainees will be served drinkable water, snacks and lunch
Date : April 26-June 30
Mode of Delivery : Evenings/Weekends (Virtual teaching and Face- to -Face)
Resource: Trainees are required to have android device and laptop or any suitable device, and internet data
Contact person : Eng. Philip Ansah (0548956578) philip.ansah@kstu.edu.gh
CBD 005: Process Plant and Equipment Operations
The short course has been designed for persons with engineering, science, vocational and technical, and even humanities background who are seeking engineering, production management and operation roles in chemical, petroleum, mining, etc. industry, but lacking of technical competencies in operation of industrial machines, process equipment and systems. For industrial operators, to close the gap between theory and practice thus improving their understanding of operational principles of process equipment and plant for troubleshooting, higher productivity, safety and quality. Trainees will be taught on chemical and physical sciences , fundamental heat and fluid flow, process industries: hydrocarbon extraction and processing, mining mineral processes, food/meat process technology, mass and energy requirements of process industries, principles of process equipment and systems: fractionator and drum, cooling and heating systems, reactors, mixers, milling etc.
Relevant industry standards: TEMA, ASME, API etc.
Target group
- At least diploma in any discipline or
- Technical vocational trainees NVTI, EET, MET etc. or
- SSSCE or WASSCE holders, at least 4 passes including English, Mathematics and Integrated science
Duration : 140 hours (days), 10 weekends for online and face- to- face
Course Fee : GH¢ 1840 , GH¢ 2340 (check the last page for payment options)
Date : January 15 –March 8 for evening face- to- face mode;April 26-June 30 for online/weekends face- to- face
Mode of Delivery : Weekends/ Evenings (Virtual teaching and Face- to -Face)
Resource: Trainees are required to have android device and laptop or any suitable device, and internet data
Contact person : Eng. Philip Ansah (0548956578) philip.ansah@kstu.edu.gh
CBD 006: Occupational Environment Science and Management
Occupational environment issues have not been overlooked by millions of organisations across the world. Through national environmental laws and regulations, Governments compel leaderships of organisations to design and implement total environmental management scheme in working sites, to reduce negative impacts to ecosystem. The course is designed to introduce large professionals to environmental pollution sciences, and required standards such as ISO 14001. It is expected that trainees would know industrial technologies: petroleum, mining, healthcare, construction etc., environmental accidents/statistics, applicable environmental laws and regulations, water and air quality standards, environmental chemistry and biology, wastewater and water treatment processes and technologies, air pollution systems, solid waste management, sludge treatment, environmental impact assessment, incident investigation, environmental emergency and management systems/plan. Trainees would go through assignments, individual and group presentations, tests and examinations prior to award of certificate in occupational environment science and management. Our delivery excellence is largely dependent on the consultants or experts who have: strong chemical environmental engineering background, occupational environment management practice, professional occupational environment certification, and higher education.
Relevant industry standards: ISO 14001, EPA etc.
Target group
At least Diploma in any tertiary programme
Duration: (14 days), 7 weekends for online and face- to- face
Course Fee: GH¢ 2440 , ** GH¢ 2840 (check the last page for payment options)
** Trainees will be served drinkable water, snacks and lunch
Date: March 22-May 5
Mode of Delivery: Weekends/Evenings (Virtual teaching and Face- to -Face)
Resource: Trainees are required to have android device and laptop or any suitable device, and internet data
Contact person : Eng. Philip Ansah (0548956578) philip.ansah@kstu.edu.gh
Mode of Payment
Applicants can make payment of the course participation fee through bank or cash. Find below the details for each option:
1. Bank
Bank: Zenith Bank
Account #: 6010511321
Branch: Ahodwo Kumasi
2. Cash
Cash Office
Ground Floor of Block A
KsTU Main Campus
Kumasi
Payment
Prospective trainees are to ensure that their name and title of short course appear on the receipt of payment of course fee, and they are required to forward a copy of the receipt to the Centre for Business Development and Consultancy Services of Kumasi Technical University.