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Industrial Alarm Management and Rationalisation

An alarm flood teaches operators to ignore alarms, which is exactly when a plant most needs them to respond. This course applies recognised alarm management practice to cut nuisance alarms, rationalise the alarm list and keep it healthy over time. Delegates leave able to measure alarm performance and run a rationalisation that operators trust.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain the purpose of an alarm and what makes it effective.
  • Measure alarm system performance against recognised benchmarks.
  • Rationalise an alarm list to remove nuisance and duplicate alarms.
  • Set alarm priorities and settings that reflect real risk.
  • Design alarm presentation that helps operators respond.
  • Sustain alarm performance through monitoring and management of change.

Course outline

  1. 01The purpose and cost of alarms
  2. 02Alarm performance metrics
  3. 03Alarm philosophy and standards
  4. 04Rationalisation method
  5. 05Setting priorities and limits
  6. 06Nuisance and chattering alarms
  7. 07Alarm presentation and response
  8. 08Alarm floods and upset handling
  9. 09Management of change for alarms
  10. 10Monitoring and continuous improvement

Who should attend

Control, instrumentation and process engineers, operations staff and technicians responsible for alarm systems in process plants and utilities.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
15 to 17 Sep 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Closed
21 to 23 Sep 2026Maseru3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Sep 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Nov 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
10 to 12 Nov 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
16 to 18 Nov 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
17 to 19 Nov 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
23 to 25 Nov 2026Online3US$900Register
25 to 27 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Durban3R13,000Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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Next session
28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026
Venue
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5 day programme
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