TÜV Rheinland certified Functional Safety Experts and approved trainers

All training will be undertaken by a FS Expert (TÜV Rheinland) for the acc. application area Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) who have been approved by TÜV Rheinland to provider their training program.

Training Manuals

Training manuals containing all the presented material and exercise examples will be provided for each student.

Day 1 Agenda

Will cover process hazard analysis and associated risk management using the most popular and internationally adopted methods and tools.  Such hazards can lead to loss of life, damage to their asset, loss of production and profitability, damage to the environment and company reputation.  Participants will be introduced to the concepts of the main international standards that cover this area of risk assessment and risk reduction.

Content:

• EC 61508 and IEC 61511 background
• Hazards, Risk and ALARP principles
• Risk Reduction and mitigation
• Safety Instrumented System (SIS) and Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF)
• Types of SIF
• Integrity specification of a SIF
• SIL Determination by risk graphs
• SIL Determination Exercises
• Layer Of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
• SIL determination using LOPA
• LOPA Exercise
• Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
• SIL Determination by (FTA)
• Case Studies with typical findings and issues

Day 2 Agenda

During the second day delegates will be taken through the requirements for a Safety Requirements Specification (SRS) and shown how to undertake appropriate cost effective designs for Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and Safety Instrumented Functions (SIF) and how optimal test and maintenance strategies for them can be achieved.Participants will be instructed in methods for calculating the probability of failure on demand (PFD), safe failure fraction and hardware fault tolerance.  The concepts of failure modes, reliability and the influence of common cause failures will also be covered.

Content:

• SIS Safety Requirements Specification
• Selection of Components and Subsystems
• Proven in use (Prior Use)
• Field Devices used in SIS
• Systematic Failures
• Random Failures
• Failure and Reliability
• Demand Modes
• Probability of Failure on Demand (PFD)
• PFD Exercises
• SIF Implementation (Low demand mode)
• Importance of Testing and Maintenance
• Fractional Dead Times
• Partial Closure Testingof Valves
• The Impact of Common Cause and Common Mode Failures
• Safe Failure Fraction and Hardware Fault Tolerance
• SFF Exercises
• Calculating PFD for Low Demand Systems with Diagnostics
• Calculating PFH for High and Continuous Demand Systems with Diagnostics
• Reliability Data

Day 3 Agenda

Day 3 will look at the application software requirements for safety instrumented systems (SIS) and the relationships between hardware and software architecture.  This will include the development of application software specification, module testing requirements and integration with other SIS subsystems.  This final day of tuition will also include techniques for undertaking more advanced SIL determination and methods for solving more complex safety instrumented functions.

Content:

• Software requirements
• Relationships between Hardware and Software Architecture
• Application Software Requirements Specification
• Application Software Validation Planning
• Requirements for Application Software Architecture
• Requirements for Support Tools, User Manuals and Application Language
• Requirements for Application Software Development
• Requirements for Application Module Testing
• Integration of Application Software with SIS Subsystems
• Requirements for Application Module Testing
• Integration of Application Software with SIS Subsystems
• FPL and LVL Software Modification procedures
• Application Software Verification
• Factory acceptance Testing
• Installation and Commissioning
• Site Acceptance Testing and SIS Validation
• SIF Interaction with Other Technologies
• Primary & Secondary Functions
• Intermediate Trips
• Risk Graph Calibration
• Fire and Gas Systems
• SIS Overrides
• Maintenance
• Modifications and Change Control
• Document Control
• Course summary

Day 4 Agenda

A five (5) hour two part proficiency assessment comprising:

Part 1 = 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each question);

Part 2 = 10 multiple part questions (3 marks each question).

The pass score criterion is 75%.

The last day consists of a four hour two-part examination with

Part 1: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each question)

Part 2: 10 multiple part questions (3 available marks per question)

Course Approval Criteria
Pass score is 75%

Please note: Price is in accordance with the FS program minimum pricing policy from TÜV Rheinland and will depend on location, please contact KPC for more information.

Special prices are available for in-house, site and tailor made trainings.

Cost includes:

• Course material
• Registration fees and FS Engineer (TÜV Rheinland) certificate (If requirements are fulfilled and the pass mark is achieved.)
• Any required stationary ,Refreshments and Lunch (however the last day (exam day) there is no lunch foreseen as every participants is allowed to leave once he/she completed the exam)