GSE Systems Announces Webinar Series on Achieving COMAH Compliance

SYKESVILLE, Md. & TEESIDE, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Global performance improvement company GSE Systems, Inc. (NYSE MKT: GVP) ("GSE") today announced that its experts will host a webinar titled, "3 Areas of Compliance and What You Need to Know," on Thursday, July 16 at 2pm (GMT+1). The one-hour live webinar will educate viewers on how to be proactive in managing Electrical, Control and Instrumentation systems in high-hazard environments to achieve Control Of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) compliance. This first webinar in the four part series will focus on a high level review of what health, safety and environment (HS&E), engineering and operations management need to know in regards to COMAH compliance for Electrical, Control & Instrumentation disciplines. The following webinars will provide a more technical discussion of the compliance components, including functional safety, electrical safety, and hazardous areas, as they relate to attaining and maintaining compliance.

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GSE's Peter Hopkin, Senior Control & Instrumentation Engineer and Certified Functional Safety Expert, and Jeremy Gadd, Head of Control, Instrumentation & Automation, will present the first webinar together. The first session is aimed at managers and will inform management of their responsibilities under the Competent Authority's Operational Delivery Guide, as well as discuss factors to consider when achieving and maintaining COMAH compliance. Mr. Hopkin and Mr. Gadd will also conduct a Q&A session during which attendees can ask specific compliance questions.

"By properly managing electrical, control and instrumentation related systems, companies can avoid added operational costs," said Mr. Gadd. "These include additional oversight, unplanned inspections, higher premiums, inspection rectifications and other easily-avoidable costs."

For more information and to register for this free one-hour webinar, go to http://bit.ly/1JnTL1Y.

About GSE Systems, Inc.

GSE Systems, Inc. provides performance improvement solutions to the energy and process industries. We improve human performance through turnkey training, unique visualization and simulation applications, and our staff of instructors, as well as plant improvement through our engineering expertise and use of technology to improve plant design, commissioning and operations. The Company has more than 350 employees and over four decades of experience as well as more than 1,100 installations and hundreds of customers in over 50 countries spanning the globe. GSE Systems is headquartered in Sykesville (Baltimore), Maryland, with offices in St. Marys, Georgia; Cary, North Carolina; Huntsville, Alabama; Chennai, India; Nyköping, Sweden; Stockton-on-Tees, UK; Glasgow, UK; Manama, Bahrain; and Beijing, China. Information about GSE Systems is available at www.gses.com.

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