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IEC 61511 UL Certified Functional Safety Professional Training

Our course will enable you to gain an understanding of the functional safety processes, related standards and their impact on industry.

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Overview of IEC 61511 training

This three-day training provides a comprehensive overview of the IEC 61511:2016 and ANSI/ISA 61511:2018 standard for the process industry. The complete safety lifecycle of IEC 61511 will be discussed by industry experts with practical examples and exercises provided within the training.

 

 

We are now offering private certification training for up to 10 people for $10,000 USD, including exam fees.

Take advantage now through the end of 2024! Contact us for more details.

 

What topics does the IEC 61511 training cover?

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Overview of functional safety and scope of IEC 61511:2016
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Management of functional safety
  • Safety lifecycle structure
  • Activities, responsibilities and competency
  • Risk evaluation and management
  • Verification, validation, assessment, and audits
  • Safety instrumented system (SIS) configurations is management
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Process hazard and risk analysis
  • Different techniques overview
  • Security risk assessment (SRA)
  • Prevention and mitigation layers for hazardous event
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Safety instrumented systems safety requirements specification (SRS)
  • Safety instrumented systems safety requirements specification (SRS)
  • Safety instrumented function (SIF) requirements (Functional and Integrity requirements)
  • Application program requirements specifications
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Installation, commissioning and validation requirements
  • Safety instrumented systems validation planning and site acceptance test (SAT)
  • Application program validation techniques
  • Activities mandatory prior to introduce the identified hazards
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Allocation of safety functions to protection layers
  • Layers of protection analysis (LOPA) techniques and requirements for protection layers
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Safety instrumented systems design, engineering and application programming
  • General requirements and hardware concepts
  • Safe failure fraction (SFF) and hardware fault tolerance (HFT) concept
  • Hardware architectural constraints implementing Route 1H and Route 2H
  • Selection of devices per IEC 61508 and IEC 61511
  • Maintenance/engineering interface and testing design requirements
  • Classification of failures 
  • Quantification of random failures, SIL Verification
  • Application program development, design and testing requirements
  • Safety instrumented systems testing and factory acceptance test (FAT)
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Operation, maintenance, modifications and decommissioning
  • Requirements to operate and maintain the safety instrumented systems
  • Proof testing and inspection for every SIF
  • Maintenance override switch (MOS) structure
  • Competency training for operators and maintenance personnel
  • Modifications requirements including functional safety assessment and re-verifications

 

Who should take IEC 61511 training?

This training class is designed for:

  • System engineers who have responsibility for building safety protection systems for risk reduction
  • Operators and/or technicians who have responsibilities for taking proof testing on a regular basis
  • Plant managers who have the responsibility for maintaining the management of functional safety in operation
  • Control and instrumentation engineers, electrical and/or chemical engineers who have responsibilities for delivering safety instrumented systems
  • Advisory and consultants who are involved in the safety lifecycle, HAZOP and risk reduction.
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Optional UL Certified Functional Safety Professional (UL-CFSP) Exam: 

Participants who complete the training are eligible to take a two-hour certification exam. Those who pass the exam are individually certified as a UL Certified Functional Safety Professional in IEC 61511, or UL-CFSP. Results are provided immediately.

 

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