Functional Safety Engineering Fundamentals

The FSE Fundamentals Course, designed for personnel involved in Functional Safety, including Operations and Maintenance, provides trainees with an understanding of how SLM integrates information throughout the safety lifecycle, creating a seamless transition from process safety to functional safety. It focuses on designing IPLs, gathering performance tracking data to produce reports and analytics, and auditing the process. In this interactive course, trainees will use instructor guided examples on how to use SLM to design safety systems and functions, perform Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Calculations, record test, demand, bypass and other event results to track their performance, and audit their lifecycle.

* The SLM Fundamentals training video is included and must be completed before attending this course

Topics

• Credit IPLs from the LOPA Module
• Create Safety Instrumented Systems and Functions and view their Safety Requirements Specification (SRS)
• Design IPLs, with a focus on SIFs, including their Inputs, Logic Solvers, and Outputs
• Perform SIL Calculations on SIFs
• Create Cause and Effect Matrices
• Schedule Tests for Functions and Instruments
• Record performance tracking data (Tests, Demands, Bypasses) for IPLs and their devices
• Understand how performance tracking data determines IPL condition through Tier 3 Metrics reporting and analytics
• Track PIU Hours and Device Failure Rates and understand how they are used in SIL Calculations
• Understand how SLM is used to perform all stages of a Functional Safety Assessment for a SIS
• Assign and Manage action items created throughout SLM
• Set up a facility, including Units and Equipment
• Set up Approval Policies
• Set up lists and track qualifications and certifications of Site Personnel
• Be aware of the Functional Safety Plan

Benefits

• Learn the most efficient ways to create IPL structures
• Understand how to use the result from SIL Calculations to optimize test frequency
• Learn the benefits of using SLM to track performance data effectively