Introduction to Safety Instrumented Systems for Technicians (IEC 61508/IEC 61511) – 1 Day Training Course Outline

Session Time Title Coverage
1 08:30 – 10:00 Fundamentals of functional safety & IEC 61511
  • Market environment
  • What is functional safety?
  • IEC 61508 family of standards
  • Scope of IEC 61511
  • Safety Instrumented Systems & Safety Instrumented Functions
  • Strategy to achieve functional safety
  • Failure categories & safety integrity
  • Safe and Dangerous Failures
  • Safety Integrity Levels
  • Design strategy
  • Example of overall approach
  • Modes of operation
  • Key compliance requirements
REFRESHMENTS
2 10:15 – 10:45 Fundamentals of functional safety & IEC 61511 (Continued) As per Session 1
3 11:00 – 12:00 Operation & Maintenance
  • Lifecycle Management
  • Functional Safety Assessment
  • Functional Safety Audits
  • Modifications
  • Overrides
LUNCH
4 13:00 -14:30 Functional Testing & Proof Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • Proof Testing
  • The role of Proof Testing in complying with IEC 61511
  • Perfect and Imperfect Proof Testing
  • Proof Test Coverage
  • The need for defined Proof Testing procedures
  • Practical aspects of proof Testing
5 14:30 – 15:30 Proof Test Procedures (interactive session)
  • Review of Proof Test Procedures
  • Model Example completion of a Proof Test Report
  • How to complete a Proof Test Report
REFRESHMENTS
6 15:45 16:30 Workshop
  • Multichoice questions on topics covered in the previous Sessions
7 16:30 – 17:00 Open Forum
  • General discussion on topics covered
17:00 COURSE FINISH