Introduction to Safety Instrumented Systems (IEC 61508/IEC 61511) – 2 Day Training Course Outline

Day 1

Session Time Title Coverage
1 9:00 – 10:00 Fundamentals of functional safety: #1
  • Functional essentials
  • IEC 61508 family of standards
  • Technology/devices applications
  • Relationship between IEC 6158 & IEC 61511
2 10:00 – 11:00 Fundamentals of functional safety: # 2
  • Strategy to achieve functional safety
  • E/E/PE Overall Safety Lifecycle
  • SIS Safety Lifecycle
  • Failure categories & safety integrity
  • Safety Integrity Levels
  • Overall design strategy
REFRESHMENTS
3 11:15 -12:30 Fundamentals of functional safety: # 3
  • Modes of operation
  • Example of overall approach
  • Allocation of safety functions
  • Compliance model
LUNCH
4 13:30 – 15:30 Design essentials to achieve a specified SIL
  • Design requirements:
    • Hardware & Systematic Safety Integrity (including Architectural Constraints)
    • Systematic Capability
    • Routes to compliance
  • Safety Manual for compliant items
REFRESHMENTS
5 15:45 – 16:30 Workshop #1
  • Questions on lectures given (multi-choice)
  • Discussions points
16:30 DAY 1 FINISH

Day 2

Session Time Title Coverage
6 9:00 – 10:30 SIS Safety Life cycle Requirements according to IEC 61511
  • SIS Safety Life cycle Requirements according to IEC 61511 The requirements in each of the Safety Lifecycle phases 1-10 (IEC 61511 Figure 8) will be addressed
REFRESHMENTS
7 10:45 – 12:30 SIS Safety Life cycle Requirements according to IEC 61511(cont’d)
  • The requirements in each of the Safety Lifecycle phases 1-10 (IEC 61511 Figure 8) will be addressed
LUNCH
8 13:30 – 14:00 Management of functional safety & competence
  • Key requirements & Responsibilities
  • Organisational & personal competence
  • Procurement/supply chain issues
  • Organisational & personal competence
9 14:00 – 15:00 SIL Determination
  • Quantitative & qualitative approaches
  • Process Sector approaches
  • ALARP concepts
REFRESHMENTS
10 15:15 – 15:45 Workshop #2
  • Questions on lectures given (multi-choice)
  • Discussions points
11 15:45 – 16:15 Legacy Systems
  • Legal considerations
  • Relevance of ALARP
12 16:15 – 16:30 Open Forum
  • Questions & issues raised during the course
  • General discussion & feedback
16:30 DAY 2 FINISH