Functional Safety & Safety Instrumented System (SIS)

COURSE 1 – Online Training in English

Upcoming courses with open enrollment

FS1E-1: 540 € (virtual class, videos, 3 hours of live classes with instructor). You can start immediately.

FS1E-2: 360 € per participant (virtual class, videos, 4 hours of live classes with instructor). For pre-registrations contact us at info@safetyandsis.com

FS1E-WI: 390 € for 1 participant (virtual class and videos). You can start immediately.

Online (FS1E-1)

FS1E-1: Course of 12 hours in english for 1 participant, includes 3 hours with the instructor.

60 days of free access to the virtual classroom with the contents (PDFs, Videos, Excel, Word).

17 videos in english, examples, exercises and evaluation test.

2 classes with the Instructor (1.5h+1.5h)

PRICE: 540 € – BUY

This course is valid for the certification exam.

Online (FS1E-2)

FS1E-2: Course of 12 hours in english for 2 to 6 participants, includes 4 hours with the instructor.

60 days of free access to the virtual classroom with the contents (PDFs, Videos, Excel, Word).

17 videos in english, examples, exercises and evaluation test.

2 classes with the Instructor (2h+2h)

This course is valid for the certification exam.

OPEN ENROLLMENT – send us an email to info@safetyandsis.com

On-line (FS1E-WI)

FS1E-WI: Online course of 12 hours in virtual classroom with email support.

The course begins immediately after purchase.

60 days of free access to the virtual classroom with the contents (PDFs, videos, Excel, Word).

17 videos, examples, exercises and evaluation test.

Note: The videos include explanations of the content of the course with animated texts, symbols, graphics, diagrams, etc.

PRICE: 390 EUR – BUY

This course is not valid for the certification exam.

Online (FS1E-4)

FS1E-4: Course of 12 hours in english for 4 to 7 participants, includes 12 hours with the instructor.

60 days of free access to the virtual classroom with the contents (PDFs, Videos, Excel, Word).

17 videos in english, examples, exercises and evaluation test.

This course is valid for the certification exam.

4 classes of 3 hours with the Instructor ((Virtual Instructor-Led Training).

Note: for registration send us an email to info@safetyandsis.com

Summary of contents

Introduction

-Basic concepts, International Standards

-What does SIF, SIS, SIL mean?

-Control System versus Safety Instrumented System

-Types of failures and examples.

-The importance of diagnostics. Types and examples.

-SIS Life Cycle

  • Analysis Phase
  • Design and Implementation Phase
  • Operation and Maintenance Phase

Documentation: PDF + videos

basic functional safety course

Phase of Analysis

-Risk concepts and how to reduce them with layers of protection.

-What is an independent protection layer (IPL)? SIS principle of independence and shared elements. Examples.

-Risk Analysis Techniques. 

-HAZOP Methodology and Risk Graph

  • Definition of nodes and identification of deviations.
  • Definition of Causes and Consequences.
  • Evaluation of the consequences.
  • Identification of safeguards (IPLs) and assigned credits.
  • Is a SIS layer necessary?
  • Determination of «SIL» with Risk Graphs.
  • Examples with Excel template.

-LOPA methodology

  • Identification of initiating events.
  • Frequency of causes and conditioning modifiers.
  • Identification of non-SIS IPLs and PFDs.
  • Calculation of the scenario frequency.
  • Comparison with the tolerable frequency defined by the Plant. Example of the risk matrix.
  • Is a SIS layer necessary? SIL assigned to the SIF.
  • Examples with Excel template.

-Exercises: HAZOP, Risk Graph and LOPA.

-Safety Requirements Specification (SRS).

Documentation: PDF + Excel templates + SRS + videos

Phase of Design & Implementation

-Most used architectures and examples.

-Principles of safety system design. Safety versus Availability.

-IEC requirements and key parameters to calculate the SIL.

-Data sources of failure rates.

-Formulas to calculate PFDavg and MTTFS.

-Examples of real industry SIFs:

  • Design assumptions (transmitter configuration, used models, architecture degradation, etc.)
  • Example of tank level.
  • Example of pressure vessel.
  • Calculate the SIL achieved by Logic Solver.

-SIL Verification Report. Example.

-IEC 61511 requirements: FAT / SAT, Validation and FSA tests.

Documentation: PDF + Verification report + videos

Phase of Operation & Maintenance

-Concepts and reasons for maintaining the SIS.

-Main clauses of IEC 61511:2016 on Operation & Maintenance.

-Use of the bypass and its impact.

-Proof Tests and their impact. Examples.

-Repair of the SIF and its impact.

-SIS modifications.

Documentation: PDF + videos

Review of the main concepts

-General considerations to design the SIS.

-How to minimize hardware failures.

-How to minimize systematic failures.

Documentation: 10 pages

Aimed at

Students, technicians, designers, system integrators and engineers who want to learn about Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) in the process industry.

The objective is to acquire the necessary knowledge to start working in Functional Safety. If you already have knowledge, the course will help you better understand the concepts and give you a real insight into the importance of the different phases of the life cycle.

Documentation for the student

  • PDF files with the contents.
  • Excel Templates (HAZOP, LOPA, example of SRS).
  • Example of SIL Verification Report (MS-Word + Annexe)
  • Possibility of downloading some videos.
  • Certificate.