Welcome to PSR Interactive - Operator training for the oil refinery, chemical and petrochemical industries.
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PSR Interactive is owned and developed by PSR Refining Services & Ed Hewines
PSR Interactive
PSR Interactive is an extensive library of universally applicable best practice training programs for refinery, petrochemical and chemical plant operators
It’s designed to help you maximize your profits and minimize your losses by supporting your critical success factors, ie: Uptime ::: Throughputs ::: Yields Conversions ::: Product Qualities Catalyst Life ::: Energy Consumption Operational & Maintenance Safety Equipment Reliability
PSR Interactive gives your operators the knowledge, skills and focus to optimize the performance, safety and reliability of your plant
Features
Format
PSR Interactive is presented in Flash format, allowing it to run on any suitable computer with an internet browser This allows your operators to access our content in the workplace, without the need for a dedicated training center or supervision - reducing the costs and logistical problems normally associated with training implementation
Engaging content
All our content is presented in a dynamic, media-rich format, with text supported by an audio soundtrack, diagrams, digital images, video, animation, informal quizzes and real-time simulator / process models This ensures user acceptance by providing an engaging, self-paced learning experience
Delivery
PSR Interactive is streamed from our web portal using high speed internet access or alternatively run from a server located in your training center or control room Web delivery allows us to pass on updates and upgrades without the need for site visits - thereby keeping the cost to you at a minimum
Testing
In addition to the informal quizzes embedded at intervals throughout the content, PSR Interactive includes automated formal tests conducted upon completion of each program Training statistics, test results and certificates are periodically emailed to your training administrator. Your administrator is also able to access user activity logs via our online database
Customization
Custom options are available for special areas of interest, eg: Specific items of equipment Process plants Language translation
Endorsements
We are proud to announce that PSR Interactive is fully endorsed by the chemical engineering faculties at Cornell University (USA), Teesside University (UK), and Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) These universities report they have had great success using PSR Interactive with their undergraduate students
Content
PSR Interactive's content is divided into four categories: Equipment, Maintenance-Interface, Offsites and Process Units
Each category comprises of a number of programs. In turn, each program consists of an introduction, several modules and a formal test The programs form a complete system, with Equipment providing an excellent foundation for the more advanced programs that follow in other categories
All of PSR Interactive's programs stress our core focus of maximizing the performance, safety and reliability of your plan
Equipment
Maintenance Interface
Offsites
Process Units
Demos
About us
PSR Interactive is developed on the basis of our collective international experience in the oil, chemical and petrochemical industries encompassing continuous production, equipment maintenance, major projects, performance improvement, loss prevention, auditing, creative functional design and systems integrity
Our techniques for implementation are derived from our extensive background in preparing production personnel to embrace new or changed work methods in order to support critical activities such as grassroots refinery commissioning, plant modernization, organizational re-engineering and the development of multi-disciplined production teams
Contact
PSR Interactive is owned and developed by PSR Refining Services: PSR Refining Services Pty Ltd Suite 45, 377 Kent St Sydney NSW 2000 AUSTRALIA