Who Should attend ?

All Engineers, Operations and Maintenance Staff who are involved in any of the safety lifecycle phases for safety instrumented systems including hazard and risk analysis, requirements specification, design implementation, SIS installation & commissioning, operation, maintenance and servicing of safety instrumented systems.

Project Managers with responsibility for safety related projects;

Managers with responsibility for safety related systems;

Instrument Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Process Engineers and Safety Engineers who are looking to develop their competency in the area of Functional Safety .

Participant eligibility requirements

In accordance with the TÜV Functional Safety Program:

•    A minimum of 3 to 5 years experience in the field of functional safety.
•    University degree or equivalent engineering experience and responsibilities as certified by employer or
      engineering institution.

Course Duration

3.5 Days

Three days of classroom tuition, and practical guidance, mixed with practical exercises based on actual examples to underpin the understanding and application, of the principles and requirements of IEC61508 / IEC 61511

Day four consists of a four-hour two-part proficiency examination with:
•    Part 1 = 60 multiple-choice questions
•    Part 2 = 10 multiple part questions

Course Approval Criteria

Passing score is 75%

Language

English

Course Agenda Overview

Day 1
•    IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 background
•    Functional Safety Management and the application of the FS lifecycle
•    Competency Management and Assessment
•    Hazards, Risk and ALARP principles
•    Risk Reduction
•    SIL Determination by Risk Model
•    Event Tree Analysis
•    SIL Determination using Event Tree Analysis
•    Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
•    SIL Determination using Fault Tree Analysis
•    Quantified Risk Assessment
•    Fire and Gas Modelling
•    Practical Exercises
•    Case Studies with typical findings and issues
•    Exam Preparation exercise

Day 2
•    Risk Graph Calibration
•    SIL Determination by risk graphs qualitative & Semi Quantitative
•    SIL Determination Exercises
•    Layers Of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
•    SIL determination using LOPA
•    LOPA Exercise
•    SIL determination for Fire and Gas
•    SIS Safety Requirements Specification
•    Selection of Components and Subsystems
•    Proven in use
•    Failures and failure modes
•    Demand Modes
•    Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD)
•    SIF Implementation (Low demand mode)
•    Importance of Testing and Maintenance
•    Common cause failures and influence on reliability
•    Safe Failure Fraction and Hardware Fault Tolerance
•    Practical Exercises
•    Case Studies with typical findings and issues
•    Exam Preparation exercise

Day 3
•    Understanding Failures and failure modes
•    Understanding technical information / certificates and reports
•    Reliability data and interpreting failure data
•    Using Confidence levels
•    PFD Exercises including diagnostics & Common cause influence on integrity
•    Partial Closure Testing
•    Application Software Requirements Specification & Validation Planning
•    Requirements for Support Tools, User Manuals and Application Language
•    Requirements for Application Software Development & Module Testing
•    Integration of Application Software with SIS Subsystems
•    Operations & Maintenance - Installation & Commissioning
•    Proof testing strategies and the impact of testing
•    Validation Planning and reporting
•    Operation and Override procedures
•    Inspection and maintenance management
•    Modification, Change management and Impact Analysis
•    Practical Exercises
•    Case Studies with typical findings and issues
•    Exam Preparation exercise

Day 4 (Morning)
A four (4) hour two part competency examination compromising of 60 multiple-choice questions and 10 multiple part questions, the pass score criterion is 75%

Training Investment

Total price per participant is GBP £1750 (Euro €2000)
(Includes course material, registration fees with TÜV Functional Safety Program and TÜV Rheinland certificate, if exam passed successfully)

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Mr. Colin Easton
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