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Safety Instrumented Systems - TÜV Rheinland

Safety Instrumented Systems

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The first three days are classroom setting instruction that provide detailed information and example/discussions for understanding and mastering the requirements of IEC61508/IEC61511 functional safety. Evening study time and problem solving is recommended. The fourth day consists of a two-part examination.

Target Group

All engineers, that is, from the instrument and control systems, process, electrical, safety and loss prevention & project management disciplines, operation and maintenance technologists, who are involved in any of the functional safety life cycle phases for the Safety Instrumented Systems, including hazard and technical risk assessment, specification, design implementation, installation and commissioning, operation and maintenance of the Safety Instrumented Systems.

Agenda

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Day 1

  • Overview of Functional Safety Program & Competency
  • IEC 61508 / 61511 Background & Safety Life Cycle
  • Hazards & Risk Assessment and ALARP principles
  • Risk Reduction, Risk Tolerability, Allocation of Safety Functions
  • Failure Modes, Operating Modes, Common Cause Failures, Proven-in-Use
  • Basic Reliability Applied to Safety Instrumented Systems, Probability of Failure on Demand
  • Reliability Modeling
  • Safety Instrumented Functions & Systems
  • Safety Integrity Levels
  • Safety Requirement Specification(SRS)
  • Examples & Practical Exercises
  • Exam Preparation exercise

Day 2

  • IEC SIS Design Guidelines, Separation of Control & Safety Systems
  • SIL Determination Methods, Qualitative and Quantitative
  • SIL determination using Modified HAZOP and ALARP
  • SIL Determination by Safety Layer Matrix
  • SIL Determination by Qualitative Risk Graphs
  • Calibration of Risk Graph & SIL Determination by Quantitative Risk Graphs
  • Layers Of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
  • Event Tree Analysis
  • SIL Verification Methods
  • SIL Verification by Reliability Block Diagrams
  • SIL Verification by Simplified Equations
  • Fault Tree Analysis Basics and Structures & Cut Sets
  • SIL Verification by Fault Tree Analysis
  • Common Cause Modeling by Fault Tree Analysis Technique
  • Introduction to Markov Models
  • Examples & Practical Exercises
  • Exam Preparation exercise

Day 3

  • SIS Design Considerations
  • Safe Failure Fraction, Hardware Fault Tolerance
  • Selection of Field Devices
  • Understanding importance of Fail Safe & Common Cause Failures
  • Selection of Logic Solver and Choice of Technology
  • Understanding Reliability Data & Data Sources
  • SIS Architecture & Process Hazards and Process Sensitivity Considerations
  • Overall Planning Phase of IEC Safety Life Cycle
  • SIS Validation phase of the IEC Safety Life Cycle
  • Management of Functional Safety
  • SIS Installation, Operation & Maintenance
  • Proof testing strategies and the impact of testing
  • Human Errors in SIS
  • Examples & Practical Exercises
  • Exam Preparation exercise

Day 4

(Morning)

Exam

Requirements

In accordance with the TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Training Program:

  • A minimum of 3 to 5 years experience in the field of functional safety.
  • A university degree or equivalent engineer level responsibilities status as certified by employer.

The TUV Rheinland FSE course eligibility form will be provided which must be completed and sent back to Hendsa via email or fax +971 4 371 2991 or email: training@hendsa.com

Exam

A four (4) hour examination compromising of 60 multiple-choice questions and 7 working problems, the pass score criterion is 75%.

Information

Those who attend this course and pass with a score of 75% will receive a ‘TÜV FS Eng’ certificate from TÜV Rheinland, Germany, which will be valid for 5 years (can be renewed from TÜV against payment for another five years afterwards); TÜV will publish the name of the certified engineer on their web site.

Costs

The course fee is charged in local currency, it may vary depending on the location and exchange rates in the region where the course is delivered.

The course fee includes course material, registration fees with TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Program and FS Engineer (TÜV Rheinland) certificate, if the exam is passed successfully and the eligibility requirements are met.

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