Course Description: Pipeline Risk Assessment Fundamentals, 2-Day Course
Course Title: Pipeline Risk Assessment Fundamentals
Instructor: Doug Waslen P.Eng.
Location: Group 10 Engineering Testing Centre: 4504 8A Street NE. Calgary, Alberta.
(Subject to change based on attendance).
Date: Tuesday, October 6 - Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Cost: $1500 CAD + GST. Lunch will be provided for course attendees.
Course Credits: 1.6 CEUs, 16 PDH. Certificates will be given upon completion of the two-day course.
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Course Description : Pipeline Risk Assessment Fundamentals

This course is ideal for integrity personnel involved in the design, operation, maintenance, or regulatory
oversight of pipelines. It is also valuable for project managers, compliance officers, and decision-makers
who need to understand pipeline risk evaluation to support safe, reliable, and regulatory-compliant
operations.

Learning Objectives & Outcomes:
By the end of the course, attendees should be able to identify threat and consequence drivers, complete
a basic pipeline risk assessment, and determine what preventive and mitigative actions may reduce risk.

 

• Fundamentals of Risk

• Define hazard, threat, probability, consequence, and risk in the context of pipelines.

• Differentiate between qualitative, semi-quantitative, and quantitative risk assessment

• approaches.

• Understand how pipeline risk assessments support compliance with CSA Z662, API 1160, and ASME B31.8S.

• Identify the characteristics of a robust vs. inadequate risk assessment programs.

 

Threat Identification

• Classify threats as time-dependent, stable, or random using accepted threat models.

• Identify how corrosion, geohazards, third-party damage, and operational issues should be incorporated into risk assessments.

 

Methodologies

• Compare index/scoring models, relative risk models, and probabilistic quantitative methods.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of different methodologies for given scenarios.

• Identify the key data inputs required for risk assessment and explain their limitations.

 

Risk Evaluation and Mitigation

• Understand how operators use risk assessment results to prioritize digs, repairs, and other mitigations.

• Assess preventive and mitigative measures are appropriately incorporated.

 

Practical Application

• Analyze case studies of pipeline incidents to determine the role of inadequate risk assessments

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