IEC 61511 Certification Training
Want to become a certified safety INSTRUMENTED system FS Specialist, TUV FS Engineer or TUV FS Professional according to IEC 61511? Then this is the right course for you.
Advance your career with the globally recognised certification and don't be left out of the job market any more.
A TRAINING THAT ENHANCES YOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES WITH INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDING TUV
Safety instrumented functions are the last layer of protection and sometimes the first layer of prevention in the process industry. They play a majorly important role in the protection philosophy of process plants. Yet, it is estimated that, worldwide, over 99% (you read that correctly) of SIFs are not SIL compliant.
In this training course, we help you become a internationally recognised certified FS Specialist, TUV FS Engineer or TUV FS Professional. We teach you all you need to know about functional safety and how it applies to safety instrumented systems. With this knowledge, we prepare you for the associated exam if you want to achieve a personal knowledge certificate.
With this training, the associated exam and certification, you become part of the elite professionals that will improve the compliance of Safety Instrumented Systems. You will contribute significantly to achieving safer operating plants.
Key Course Outcomes:
- What functional safety means according to IEC 61511
- How functional safety applies to your SIFs and SIS
- What FSM is, how to use it effectively for your process operations
- The most important FSM concepts
- How end users use HAZOP and LOPA to decide what SIFs they need and how much SIL they must comply with
- The four documents you need to plan and start building SIFs
- The content of an SIS safety requirements specification (SRS)
- How important hardware concepts like Type, Voting, HFT, SFF, etc. effect your equipment selection
- The IEC 61511 rules for selecting equipment and building architectures including references to IEC 61508
- Difference between diagnostic tests and proof tests, and why it matters.
- What PFD means and how to calculate PFD for a safety function.
- The role of the PFD calculations and different PFD modelling techniques.
- The best languages for application logic
- How to specify, develop and test application logic
- The role of FAT, iFAT and SAT in relation to application logic
- What end users need to do to operate, maintain and repair SIFs.
30
Hours estimated effort
3893
Students enrolled
Live
Q&A Sessions
Module 1 - Introduction to Functional Safety
Your functional safety journey starts with understanding what functional safety actually is and what not. You will find out why it is important, who it is for and how it affects your job, your products/services, your company and even your society.
Key topics:
- Accidents in the news
- What is (functional) safety?
- Legal status
- Application area
- Layers of protection
- Safety instrumented systems
- Random, common cause and systematic failures
- History of functional safety
- Functional safety standards
- Safety integrity level
- Safety instrumented functions
- Random, common cause and systematic failures
- What is functional safety?
Module 2 - Functional Safety Management
The concept of functional safety is the same across all industries. A safety system is a safety system no matter where you apply it. In the details it can be very different though. In this module we discuss a number of different standards as they apply to different industry. YOu cannot avoid functional safety any more and it is important to understand its the legal status.
Key topics:
- Life cycle concept
- Competency
- Verification
- Validation
- Assessment
- Audit
- Documentation
- Implementation and monitoring
- Modifications
- Configuration management
- Tools
Module 3 - Hazard and Risk Analysis
Before you can apply functional safety to your safety function you first need to understand if you need a safety function in the first place. That is why industry applies hazard and risk analysis. Even if the risk is high, it does not mean you will install a safety solution that needs SIL. But if you do, you better correctly specify what this function is suppose to do.
Key topics:
- How much safety is enough?
- Risk management
- Hazard identification
- Hazard analysis
- Risk reduction
- HAZID, FMEA, FTA, HAZOP, ETA, LOPA, risk graph, risk matrix
- Security risk assessment
- SIF description
- SIF Safety requirements specification
Module 4 - Planning the safety system
Once we have decide that we need a safety function, engineers get excited. They love designing and building stuff. But in the functional safety world you need to get your foundation right. You need to understand and apply functional safety management.
Key topics:
- Planning for end users, system integrators
- Implementation of SIS
- Functional safety plan
- Verification plan
- Validation plan
- Assessment plan
- Audit plan
- Overall SRS
- Requirements for suppliers
Module 5 - Hardware design
We know which safety functions we want, we know how much SIL they need and we have the right people and organisation in place to build them. What are the rules? You cannot just build anything you want, you need to follow and understand these rules that may apply. That is what we discuss in this module.
Key topics:
- IEC 61511 Hardware life cycle
- De-energize versus energize
- Low demand, high demand, continuous mode
- Target failure measure (PFDavg, PFH)
- Redundancy
- Diversity
- Voting
- Hardware fault tolerance
- Type A, Type B
- Subsystem failure modes
- Diagnostic tests
- Proof tests
- Failure distribution
- Safe failure fraction
- Diagnostic coverage
- Architectural constraints
- Route 1h and route 2h
- Proven in use, Prior use
- SIL Myths
Module 6 - Hardware Reliability - PFD
The most famous functional safety requirement in the SIL world is the probability calculation. In this module we explore its importance, what can be calculated and how to do it.
Key topics:
- Reliability modelling
- 6 steps to perform a PFD calculation
- Simplified equations
- Failure data
- Why a PFD calculation?
- Tools
- PFD Myths
Module 7 - Software design
The functional safety standards do not require certification. But in our world, we cannot do without functional safety certification. In this module we explore why functional safety exists, what can be certified and what not.
Key topics:
Key topics:
- IEC 61511b Software life cycle
- A typical software problem
- Application program safety requirements specification
- Embedded software
- Application software
- Utility software
- Software systematic capability - IEC 61508
- Full variability languages (FVL)
- Limited variability languages (LVL)
- Fixed programming languages (FPL)
- Application program development
- Application program design
- Application program
- Application program testing
- V-model
Module 8 - Certification, prior use, proven in use, and data
Certification is not required by the standard. It is a requirement from industry and thus highly important. We cannot do without it. In this module you learn about certification options, and how prior use / proven in use and data work together.
Key points:
- Dilemma for end users, EPCs and system integrators
- How to select the appropriate device
- What is certification
- What to look for in a certificate
- What is prior use, proven in use
- How to prove "prior use / proven in use"
- Reliability data sources
Module 9 - Using the safety instrumented system
Two more topics, just to make it complete. A safety function that does not work in the environment where it is suppose to operate is not a good safety function. We need to address basic safety. And that includes nowadays also cyber security. In this module we address both.
Key points:
- Installation and commissioning
- Safety validation
- Operation, maintenance and repair
- Documentation
- Modification and retrofit
- Bypass procedures
Exam
Art the end there as an online exam for those that apply for the FS Specialist, TUV FS (Engineer or Professional) certificate.
KNowledge Certification
YOur certification options
You can follow this training with or without certification. When you choose to do the exam you can obtain a Risknowlogy FS Specialist certificate and additionally a TUV FS Engineer or TUV FS Professional certificate.
RISKNOWLOGY
FS SPECIALIST
RISKNOWLOGY
FS SPECIALIST
With DISTINCTION
TUV SUD
FS Engineer
TUV SUD
FS Professional
Dr Michel Houtermans
Founder of Risknowlogy, Functional Safety Master with 25+ years experience
Ashley James
England
This course has accelerated my development in the world of functional safety and has been a great aide in my day to day work. It could do the same for my colleagues.
Razook Mohammed
United Arab Emirates
Overall Course has been excellent, Videos contents was well structured and have made the concept and practical application very clear. Overall online exam experience was very good. The trainer was very knowledgable and the online user forum was very good to enable interaction between the participants and clearing their doubts.
Cristiano Corelli
Italy
I really enjoyed. I could follow lessons at any time. Either early in the morning or late in the evening. Very well structured, clear and repeatable. The course was made as state of art.
Rafaqat Ali
Australia
Best training I have ever attended in my professional life and importantly it is not so expensive as compared to other competitors.
A. Roelofs
Netherlands
The course ran in a very smooth way and the most important thing I learned is the PFD calculation is not the most important thing. An SRS on the other hand is a very important document.
Rahul Patteri
Qatar
I am extremely pleased with the self-paced learning curriculum. The audiovisual feed is extremely comprehensible.
As an HSE practitioner, I cherish the clarity of communication, and I am in awe of how well structured the course curriculum is. And how the training platform has been organised for a seamless learning experience.
M. de Kok
The Netherlands
It was a very educational course and hope to really enjoy the benefits of this in the future. The trainer was very competent and knows what he is talking about. Every colleague should follow this course, if only it was to understand FSM better.
Ravi Dubey
India
I recently completed the functional safety course on Safety Instrumented Functions (SIFs) and found it to be an excellent learning experience. The course provided a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of functional safety, specifically in the context of SIFs. The course covered all aspects of SIFs, including the safety life cycle, risk assessment, safety instrumented systems (SIS) design, verification, and validation. The instructors presented real-world examples and case studies, making the concepts more relatable and easier to understand. The instructors were experienced professionals with extensive knowledge in functional safety and SIFs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Self-Study, Live Online and In-Person
- Self-Study: Self-study refers to the process of learning independently without direct supervision or guidance from a teacher or instructor. In many instances we do have periodic live Q&A sessions.
- Live Online: During live online training participants attend live sessions conducted by an instructor or trainer through MS Teams or Zoom
- In-Person: During in-person training participants and trainers gather together physically in the same location for example your company office or a hotel.
Can I cancel and get a refund if I'm and not satisfied?
We want you to be nothing but satisfied with your Risknowlogy training course. We do offer refunds, but some conditions apply depending on the course mode:
Self-Study courses:
- The course comes with a 7 day money back guarantee.
- Exception: Once you have earned your Course Certificate, you are no longer eligible for a refund, even if you earn your Certificate within the 7 days refund period.
- You can request a refund up until 1 day before the training course starts.
- You can request a refund up until 7 days before the training course starts.
How, when and how long can I access the course material?
Most of the time the study material is located in our learning management system. Depending on the course there can be videos, PDFs for note taking, test questions, and more.
- Self-Study: A few days before or the day the training starts. You will have access to the course material for live. After the deadline you will not have access to exam material.
- Live Online: Before the training starts so you can print your material
- In-Person: Depends on the arrangement
How and when can I do the exam?
All exams are in our online learning management system. When you can take the exam depends on the course mode you are attending:
- Self-study: The exam is available at any time. You can do it as soon as you feel confident.
- Live Online: As soon as the course is finished
- In Person: As soon as the course is finished
Can I take a retake exam?
Should you fail the exam you can contact us for a free retake exam. If you want to achieve a higher score, then you can take a retake exam, but it will not be for free. Contact us for details.
Does this training come with a certificate?
This training comes with two certificates. A knowledge FS Specialist certificate from Risknowlogy if you pass the exam and optionally (you need to order it separately) a TUV SUD knowledge certificate (Engineer or Professional)
Will I get a personal Safety Passport®?
Yes, everybody who follows a Risknowlogy training gets a personal, online Safety Passport®.
Will I be listed on the TUV website?
Yes, if you opt for the TUV certificate and pass the exam. Here is the link.