Safety Critical Systems

About the course

This highly popular course provides an extensive and authoritative account of the requirements for functional safety. Attend this course to gain an understanding of how to interpret and apply IEC 61508 understanding the technical, management, assessment and competence issues establish the associated safety regulatory implications, and changes to the new edition of the standard. 

Course objectives

The Safety Critical Systems Course is a professional development course which will:

• Enable you to develop an understanding of the key aspects of IEC 61508
• Equip you with an appreciation of the various phases of the safety lifecycle in a systematic manner
• Prepare you to manage systems, hardware, software and human factor issues
• Help you to analyse risk based approaches to the development of the safety requirements specification
• Allow you to consider and apply the requirements of IEC 61508 in a realistic manner through case study material and practical exercises
• Offer you the chance to explore your practical work-based issues under the supervision of safety experts

This course will benefit engineers who:

• Are approaching safety-related systems for the first time
• Will be taking project management responsibility and wish to ensure that they are aware of the most recent developments in this field
• Have an understanding in specific areas of safety-related system technology and wish to widen their knowledge base

Martin Goose, IChemE says "The chemical and process industries make a major contribution to the health and well-being of us all. This often involves plant processing high hazard substances, which must be reliably controlled. That is why I am pleased to be able to 'set the scene' at the Safety Critical Systems Course 2012."