Optimising your hazard studies and bowties for control assurance
VelocityEHS Operational Risk Platform is a powerful, customisable platform designed for hazard studies, risk assessments, and control assurance. While it is simple to set up, as implementations expand, many organisations face growing complexity that results in poor data structures, inconsistent bowtie risk assessments, and challenges in applying performance standards and verification.
At Safety Solutions, we provide independent VelocityEHS Operational Risk Platform audits to help you streamline, optimise, and gain the most value from your system. Safety Solutions works closely with VelocityEHS across a range of risk activities using their platform.
Common Challenges
- Hazard Study Complexity – Without clear governance, hazard studies can become inconsistent, difficult to report on, and misaligned with risk assessment audit requirements.
- Bowtie Risk Assessments – Poorly structured bowties undermine later stages of control assurance and limit the effectiveness of verification activities.
- Overly Complex Configurations – Expanding systems often create clutter, confusing workflows, and poor usability.
- Weak Control Assurance – Performance standards and verification processes are often delayed or incomplete, reducing confidence in controls.
- Inconsistent use across different stakeholders and locations – Operational Risk is a powerful tool, however different types of users have different needs
- Ensuring the platform is setup to report on the performance of key risks and actions to the appropriate level in the organisation.
What We Cover
- Hazard Studies – Reviewing format, consistency, and reporting outputs.
- Bowtie Risk Assessment – Assessing structure, links to hazards, and integration with lifecycle risk management.
- Performance Standards & Verification – Evaluating templates, processes, and alignment with industry practice.
- Control Assurance – Ensuring verification activities provide confidence in critical safeguards.
- Risk Assessment Audit – Benchmarking your implementation against industry good practice.
- General Site Configuration – Simplifying workflows, permissions, and dashboards for usability.
Deliverables
Our audit will review key aspects of your Operational Risk platform, including:
- Hazard study format and reporting
- Application of bowties for risk assessment
- Performance standards and verification templates
- Actions management
- General site configuration
Following the audit, you will receive a report outlining opportunities to improve your system, with practical guidance and recommended actions to optimise your use of Risk Management.
Partner with Safety Solutions
By engaging Safety Solutions, you will:
- Improve Hazard Studies – Structured, consistent studies that support accurate risk assessments.
- Strengthen Bowtie Risk Assessments – Robust bowties that integrate with hazard studies and support control assurance.
- Align Control Assurance – Performance standards and verification applied consistently.
- Reduce Complexity – Clearer, simplified system configurations.
- Support Compliance – Meet internal audit requirements and external regulatory expectations.
- Get practical expertise – Backed by over 30 years of process safety experience, we can translate complex systems into usable, effective tools that deliver actionable insights for operators, engineers, and leadership.
- A complete audit of your Risk Management site can take between 1-2 weeks, depending on your implementation’s complexity and size.
Velocity EHS Management Training
We offer training to help you get the most out of Velocity EHS Operational Risk Software, including both basic user and administrator training to support implementing, operating, and maintaining an integrated risk management and control assurance framework. CLICK HERE to find out more.
Don’t let system complexity compromise your risk management. Let’s discuss how we can help you optimise your VelocityEHS Risk Management platform, strengthen performance standards and verification, and improve assurance across your organisation. CONTACT US TODAY to schedule your audit.