This course imparts basic principles and information of Functional Safety regarding protection equipment. Details and terms of the standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 will be explained in a clear and intelligible context.

Why attend?

Strengthen your knowledge of international standard requirements in Functional Safety, Safety Instrumented System, in application to your current job.

Who should attend?

Engineers, Technicians and Managers / sales, marketing,  quality, project, products, design,  implementation, commissioning, operation and maintenance, from the following industry:  Process Industry (Oil & Gas, Oil Refinery, Chemicals, Chemical Storage, LNG, FPSO, Power Plants, etc.)

Training Content

•          Risk Analysis

o    How much safety is needed?
o    Risk graph acc. to IEC 61508-5 / IEC 61511
o    Management of Functional Safety
o    Definition of life-cycle phases
o    Documentation
o    Validation (assessment) of Functional Safety
o    Modifications
o    Competencies
o    Suppliers

•          International Standard IEC 61511

o    Application Area
o    Proven in use
o    Normative requirements to SW-development
o    Validation
o    Verification
o    Safety-related parameter
o    Hardware Fault Tolerance
o    Safe failure fraction (SFF)
o    Probability of failure on demand (PFDAV)
o    Coherence of PFDavg and Proof Test Interval (PTI)
o    Structural requirement of subsystems
o    Validation of safety-related parameter

Pre-requisite: nil

Certificate of Attendance will be issued upon 100% attendance.

Trainer’s Profile

Mr. Chen Zhenkang is a Functional Safety Expert of TUV Rheinland with 10-year working experience with local and global functional safety projects. His specialisation is Safety Instrumented Systems, Safety Lifecycle Management and Functional Safety Management according to IEC 61511 and IEC 61508. Stationed in Singapore, he is the Functional Safety Assessor for Process Industry in Asia Pacific region.

Promotional rate

A discounted rate is available for Singaporean and Singapore Permanent Resident. Please input your NRIC number during registration to take advantage of this promotion.