INTRODUCTION

Industry within the explosive atmosphere with complexity of equipment requires skilled and knowledgeable personnel to perform proper hazardous area classification, design, installation, inspection, maintenance and repair of explosion protected equipment.  The IECEx standards are dedicated to the industry fields associated with the use of equipment installed and operated in potentially hazardous areas at risk of fire or explosion. The IECEx standards can also be applied at non-oil and gas sectors such as timber sawmills, sewerage treatment plants, and flour mills where the humidity is low and have a high probability of electrical sparks occurring.

Determined to enhance the industry safety level, SIRIM QAS International was mandated to be the certification body for IECEx schemes in Malaysia and the only certification body outside Europe and North America that has been granted such a prestigious recognition by IECEx. Currently, SIRIM QAS International offers Certification Body for the IECEx Certification of Personnel Competence for Explosive Atmospheres (CoPC) and IECEx scheme for Certified Service Facility.  


OBJECTIVE

To share on the outcome and the development of IECEx International Certification & Requirements that will benefit the local authority and industries.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Persons who is working in or associated with hazardous areas or explosive atmospheres.


BIODATA SPEAKERS

Speaker 1: Mrs Marina Mahdar
Mrs. Marina Mahdar is a Consultant in Standards Department of SIRIM STS Sdn Bhd. As a consultant, she is competent in project management and responsible for overseeing standards development activities within  electrotechnical sector. She is engaged with ExIS as an Ex Instructor. She has 16 years working experience in national and international standardisation.

Speaker 2: Ir. Razmahwata bin Mohamad Razalli
Razmahwata has 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, in both design and operations. He has upstream and downstream experience in process safety, measurement and allocation, process engineering, offshore technical support, and is also a training provider. He has conducted all Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) and HSE Case workshops, for example HAZID, HAZOP, Hazards & Effects Register (HER), BowTie, safety critical element (SCE) / performance standard (PS) reviews Razmahwata joined ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc shortly after graduation in 1995 as a process engineer in the design department. In 1998, he was reassigned to EMEPMI’s operations department. His responsibility was to provide technical support to an offshore production facility, eventually accepting responsibility as lead facilities engineer. His tasks were varied, included troubleshooting day to day challenges, managing retrofit projects, and leading safety cases.

He was made the Company’s custody metering engineer in 2001, charged with leading the exercise to ensure the Company compliance with industry and company specifications was enhanced. During his tenure, a number of continuous improvements were initiated. He was involved in a number of management level committees. Whilst in Poyry, Razmahwata has been a Senior Process Engineer and General Manager.  He provided technical leadership and business development functions.

Razmahwata was a Director of Synergy Oil & Gas Engineering Sdn. Bhd., a PETRONAS licensed company. In addition to business development, he provided leadership roles for technical safety, measurement and allocation, and operations support Wata is currently a Director of IGL Services Sdn. Bhd. His current technical roles involve leading technical safety assessments and workshops, measurement and allocation reviews, and providing training on HAZOP, SIL and SIL LOPA methods.

Speaker 3: Syed Fadzil Syed Mohamed
Ir. Syed Fadzil Syed Mohamed is a Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng) with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). He is also a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (MIEM). He received his B.Eng (Honours) degree from University of Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom.
He has more than 20 years working experience in the field of Materials Research, Engineering Failure Investigation and Analysis, Plant Fitness-For-Service Assessment, Vendor Inspection and Conformity Assessment. He is an examiner for IECEx Certification of Personnel Competence (CoPC) scheme.
Currently he is a Senior Consultant at Product Certification and Inspection Department, SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd”.

Speaker 4: Ir. Abd Manan Bin Ismail
Ir. Abd Manan Bin Ismail hold Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, He has  more than 20 years working experience in multinational and national company related to Petrochemical, Oil and Gas industries. Presently working with INSTEP Petronas as Principal Instructor holding competency on IECEx Certification of Personnel Competence.