Chemical/Process credentials, codes & rules.

Requires: ABET-accredited engineering degree; pass FE exam; 4 years progressive experience; pass 8-hour PE Chemical exam

Renewal: 1-2 year license renewal per state board, typically with PDH/CPD requirements

Requires: IChemE-accredited M-Standard degree (or Individual Case Procedure); Initial Professional Development; Competence and Commitment report + Professional Review interview

Renewal: Annual membership + CPD; revalidation through professional review cycle

Requires: Minimum 7 years formation: at least 3 years university-level engineering education from FEANI INDEX-listed programme + at least 2 years assessed professional experience (balance made up by education/training/experience)

Renewal: Title retained while on register; annual register fee

Requires: Engineering degree (or employer-certified equivalent); typically 3-5 years functional safety experience; 4-5 day IEC 61508/61511 course; pass exam (Rheinland: 4.5h exam; SÜD: 85-question exam)

Renewal: Certificate valid 5 years; Rheinland: extendable once with employer confirmation letter + project report + fee; re-train

Requires: STEM degree + 5 years professional experience with process safety components/concepts, OR non-STEM degree + 10 years; independent study + online examination

Renewal: Annual Professional Development Hours in process safety + annual renewal fee

Requires: Chartered Member route per IChemE Reg 3A.15: M-Standard degree (or ICP), IPD including process-safety competence, plus Chartered Professional Review as PPSE; open to existing CEng via another Engineering Council institution

Renewal: Annual CPD + membership

Requires: Minimum 5 years HAZOP experience (team member, scribe, facilitator); engineering/science degree or employer-certified equivalent responsibilities; attend 3.5-day course; pass continuous assessment + exam (60% in each of two parts)

Renewal: Certificate valid 5 years (PersCert TÜV)

Requires: Varies: ASQ requires defined project/affidavit experience + exam; employer programs typically require 1-2 completed DMAIC projects

Renewal: ASQ: 3-year recertification via 18 recertification units

Requires: No formal entry requirements; recommended existing health & safety or process engineering knowledge

Renewal: No expiry / no renewal required

Requires: N/A (standard; engineers apply it; manufacturers hold ASME U/U2 stamps)

Renewal: Editions published every 2 years; code becomes mandatory 6 months after publication

Requires: N/A (standard)

Renewal: Edition updates; tanks inspected per API 653 in service

Requires: N/A (standard)

Renewal: Edition updates

Requires: N/A (standard; basis for TÜV/FS personnel certs)

Renewal: Editions (Ed.2 released 2016); stability dates per IEC webstore

Requires: N/A (standard)

Renewal: Periodic revisions

Requires: N/A (standard; organizations certified by accredited registrars)

Renewal: 3-year certification cycle with annual surveillance audits; standard revisions ~every 7-10 years

Requires: N/A (standard)

Renewal: Code revisions

Requires: Trigger: process involves Appendix A chemical at or above its threshold quantity (130+ toxic/reactive chemicals, e.g. chlorine, ammonia, ethylene oxide), OR Category 1 flammable gas / flammable liquid (flashpoint <100°F) ≥10,000 lb in one location; exclusions:

Renewal: Ongoing compliance; 14-element program including PHA, operating procedures, MOC, mechanical integrity; compliance audits

Requires: Trigger: stationary source holds more than the threshold quantity of one of ~140 regulated substances (77 toxic + 63 flammable, listed at 40 CFR 68.130) in a process; covered facilities sorted into Program 1 (no offsite impact), Program 2 (streamlined preventi

Renewal: Ongoing; Risk Management Plan submitted to EPA; 5-year accident history; resubmit on process changes

Requires: Trigger: establishment holds dangerous substances at or above Annex I quantities; lower-tier vs upper-tier establishments (upper tier = quantities ≥ Annex I Column 3 thresholds); upper-tier requires safety report, emergency plans, public information

Renewal: Ongoing; notification, major-accident prevention policy, periodic safety report updates and inspections

Requires: Trigger: pressure equipment and assemblies with maximum allowable pressure PS > 0.5 bar; conformity assessment and CE marking required before placing on market

Renewal: Ongoing per product; conformity assessment at manufacture

Requires: Trigger: equipment intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (must have own ignition source + intended for explosive atmosphere); employers must classify hazardous zones (0/1/2 gas, 20/21/22 dust) and produce explosion protection document

Renewal: Ongoing per product/workplace

Requires: Trigger: manufacture or import of a substance ≥1 tonne/year per legal entity; registration dossier to ECHA required — 'no data, no market'; authorisation required for Substances of Very High Concern

Renewal: Registration updates as tonnage/use changes; evaluation and restriction ongoing

Requires: Trigger: manufacture or import of a NEW chemical substance (not on TSCA Inventory) — Pre-Manufacture Notice (PMN) filed 90 days before commercialization; EPA conducts risk review and may restrict/deny; existing chemicals subject to EPA prioritization and risk

Renewal: Ongoing; PMN per new substance; significant new use rules (SNURs)

Requires: Trigger: Title V — major source of air pollutants (typically ≥100 tons/yr criteria pollutants, lower for HAPs/nonattainment); NPDES — any point-source discharge of pollutants to waters of the US

Renewal: Title V permits renewed every 5 years; NPDES permits typically 5-year terms with discharge monitoring reports