Event Summary
This course provides a high-level overview of the 2nd Edition of API Recommended Practice 1173: Pipeline Safety Management Systems (PSMS), with a focus on how the framework applies to non-operations and shared services functions such as leadership, HR, legal, finance, IT, compliance, procurement, and training. Participants will explore the structure and intent of the recommended revised practice, including key updates since the original 2015 publication. The course highlights major changes across the ten PSMS elements, explains the purpose of newly added annexes, and clarifies how Safety Culture is now embedded throughout the system rather than treated as a standalone element.
The course also introduces the updated Safety Assurance approach, showing how quality control, quality assurance, audits, and evaluations are now integrated to support continuous improvement. Emphasis is placed on understanding roles, responsibilities, and decision-making impacts for non-operations teams that support pipeline safety outcomes across the organization.
Attendees will receive 2 Professional Development Hours (PDH) upon completion.
Course Objectives:
- By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Explain the purpose and structure of the 2nd Edition of API RP 1173 and its relevance to non-operations and shared services functions.
- Identify key changes from the 2015 edition and describe how those updates affect organizational policies, processes, and support systems.
- Describe how Safety Culture is embedded across all ten PSMS elements and evaluate how non-operations decisions influence safety outcomes.
- Interpret the role of the newly added annexes in supporting alignment, implementation, and continuous improvement across the organization.
- Apply the Safety Assurance framework to recognize how quality control, quality assurance, audits, and evaluations support informed decision-making and accountability in non-operations roles.
Who Should Attend
Legal, HR, Supply Chain, IT, Finance, Customer Care/Call Center
Meet the Instructor
Dan McNamara
Process Performance Improvement Consultants (PPIC)
