The TÜV Functional Safety Program supports engineers or any person working in the functional safety business. It supports the professional development of practitioners in the field of functional safety by incorporating the principles of IEC 61511 and other relevant international standards into a training course designed to add to their depth of knowledge and understanding of the subject. The program also offers engineers who possess significant work experience in the field of functional safety the ability to obtain a certificate verifying their expertise. For more information, refer to www.tuvasi.com ACM’s Safety Instrumented Systems – Functional Safety Engineering training course within the TÜV Functional Safety Program has been reviewed and accepted by TÜV Rheinland Industrie Service GmbH - Automation, Software and Information Technology (ASI). For more information, refer to www.acm.ab.ca 

This course is well suited to engineers and technologists who aim to follow the best engineering practices with regard to the application of Safety Instrumented Systems in the process industry, including:

• Risk professionals responsible for establishing corporate tolerable risk targets
• Managers / Team Leaders responsible for determining Safety Instrumented Systems design standards
• Engineers and technicians responsible for ensuring that Safety Instrumented Systems have been designed to appropriately mitigate the level of risk identified
• Project Managers who need to understand the concepts and principles of IEC 61508 & 61511
• Engineers involved in any aspect of the Safety Instrumented Systems Safety Lifecycle

Mr. Malcolm Harrison, B.Sc. Mech. Eng., P.Eng., TÜV F. S. Expert

Mr. Harrison is a P. Eng. with over 38 years experience in Instrumentation and Controls. Malcolm spent over 35 years with Shell and has diversified upstream and midstream experience in the heavy oil, offshore, refining and gas processing sectors. He is an experienced SIL Determination facilitator and has worked on billion dollar projects ensuring horizontal I & C alignment between multiple EPCMs.Malcolm is a TÜV Functional Safety Expert and leads training workshops globally for ACM.

Ken Bingham, CET, TÜV F. S. Expert

Mr. Bingham is the Principal of ACM Facility Safety and a TÜV certified Functional Safety Expert. His background is in engineering design and management, involving safety, instrumentation, electrical and control systems. With Ken’s 27 years on the client side, integration side and the SIL consulting side, he brings a holistic and practical perspective. Mr. Bingham has participated on ISA S84 SIL standard committees, has presented numerous papers and courses on SIL Analysis and is the Chief Technical Architect for ACM’s field proven, IEC 61511 compliant Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Life Cycle tool, SilCore™.

• Three (3) days of classroom instruction by a TÜV Functional Safety Expert
• Morning of Day Four – Final Exam (4 hours) - 100 multiple choice and 5 working problems

PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

In accordance with the TÜV Functional Safety Program guidelines, students should possess:

• A minimum of 3 to 5 years experience in the field of functional safety
• University degree or equivalent engineer level responsibilities status as certified by employer

Participants are eligible to receive a TÜV certificate and to use the title "TÜV Functional Safety Engineer" concerning Safety Instrumented Systems within the TÜV Functional Safety Program provided that they:

• Attend ACM’s TÜV Functional Safety Program training in Safety Instrumented Systems;
• Pass the Final Exam after attending ACM Automation Inc. training; Meet all other eligibility criteria according to the TÜV Functional Safety Program.

Note: Participants who meet these requirements without a professional engineer designation (ie. Technologists) will be given the option of selecting either the “TÜV Functional Safety Engineer” or ““TÜV

Functional Safety Qualified” title. These individuals alone are responsible and liable for the use of the protected logo / mark / title in the jurisdiction of their registered residence.

The course follows the framework of the Safety Instrumented Systems Lifecycle within the IEC standards.

Day 1 Overview of TÜV Program Why are we here? Introduction to Safety Instrumented Systems Overview of IEC 61511 Standard Phase 10 - Management of Functional Safety Phase 1 - Hazard & Risk Analysis Phase 2 - Allocation of Safety Functions to Protection Layers SIL Determination Methods Fault Tree Safety Layer Matrix

Day 2 SIL Determination Methods (continued) Calibrated Risk Graph LOPA Phase 3 - Safety Requirements Specification Phase 4 - Safety Instrumented Systems Design & Engineering

Day 3 Phase 4 - Safety Instrumented Systems Design & Engineering (Cont’d) Phase 5 - Installation, Commissioning & Validation Phase 6 - Operation & Maintenance Phase 7 - Modification Phase 8 - Decommissioning Phase 9 - Verification Phase 10 - Assessment & Auditing Phase 11 – SLC Structure & Planning

Day 4 Morning – 4.5 hr exam