FUNCTIONAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT
- Understand the purpose of FSM and expected results from a good FSM program
- Describe the essential elements of document control
- Know FSM auditing techniques
- Draw and explain an example of the Safety Lifecycle
- Describe a personnel competency evaluation system for functional safety
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CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS
- Understand how consequence analysis fits into overall risk analysis
- Describe common quantitative consequence analysis techniques
- Understand receptor vulnerabilities
- Understand possible incident outcomes
- Evaluate the impact of dispersion variables
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PROCESS HAZARD ANALYSIS
- Demonstrate knowledge of common PHA techniques and their associated strengths and weak- nesses
- Understand the purpose and objectives of a PHA program
- Describe minimum PHA documentation
- Understand tolerable risk criteria, meaning, and usage in the PHA process
- List hazard identification techniques
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LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS
- Demonstrate ability to identify valid independent protection layers (IPL)
- Describe the attributes of an IPL
- Understand the proof testing requirements for protection layers
- Estimate probability of failure for a protection layer
- Describe rules for human reliability analysis
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SIF DESIGN
- Understand the impact of various types of redundant architectures on reliability, availability, maintainability, etc.
- Understand SIS equipment justification
- Describe the impact and significance of functional safety “Certification” for a product
- Describe the requirements for an Limited Variability Language (LVL) software process
- Explain how different proof testing techniques impact diagnostic coverage
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SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
- Understand the minimum requirements of an Safety Requirements Specification (SRS) and its purpose
- Define typical requirements such as “process safety time”
- Know when an SRS is required in the Safety Lifecycle
- Understand the impact of SRS changes in other Safety Lifecycle activities
- Understand SRS requirements that are added before and after conceptual design
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PROOF TEST PLANNING
- Understand the tradeoffs in various proof testing techniques
- Understand the concept of proof test coverage
- Describe proof test result documentation requirements
- Demonstrate ability to calculate the impact of proof test coverage on PFDavg and SIL
achieved
- Understand lifecycle cost impact of proof testing
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MAINTENANCE DATA ANALYSIS
- Understand proof test “as found” documentation requirements
- Recognize common problems in failure data analysis
- Demonstrate ability to calculate failure rates from a complete set of field failure data
- Define minimum incident documentation requirements
- Describe failure mode taxonomies for common instrumentation
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APPLICATION SOFTWARE
- Understand various types of software classifications
- Describe the process requirements for LVL software
- Explain the process requirements for Fixed Program Language (FPL) programming
- Understand software testing techniques
- List minimum documentation requirements for various types of software
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FACTORY ACCEPTANCE TESTING / INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING, AND VALIDATION
- Describe the purpose and objectives of the installation and commissioning process
- Understand installation requirements and verification techniques
- Write a commissioning/validation test for common instruments
- Describe commissioning/validation test documentation requirements
- Understand FAT versus SAT requirements and objectives
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SIS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
- Describe the objectives of an SIS operation and maintenance process
- Ability to estimate “Maintenance Capability” and its impact on PFDavg
- Describe the essential requirements of an effective maintenance capability program
- Describe the impact of delayed proof testing
- Understand proof test coverage and how it effects the reliability of a SIF
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SIL TARGET SELECTION / LOPA
- Understand common SIL target selection techniques and the strengths and weaknesses of each
- Calculate frequency of an incident using quantitative Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) tech-
niques
- Show how LOPA can used to complement other SIL target selection techniques
- Demonstrate ability to estimate probability of failure for a layer of protection
- Calculate required risk reduction using quantitative tolerable risk criteria
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Webinar
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PHAx, exSILentia, and SILAlarm Integration |
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IEC 61511 - Process Hazard Analysis, Engineering Tools |
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IEC 61511 - LOPA, Engineering Tools |
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Practical SIL Target Selection Risk Analysis per the IEC 61511 Safety Lifecycle, Heidi Hartmann, Dr. Eric Scharpf & Hal Thomas
SIL VERIFICATION / SIF VERIFICATION
- Understand architecture constraints and when they apply
- Explain the concept of SIL Capability
- Demonstrate ability to calculate simple PFH / PFDavg for a set of equipment
- Describe the various sources of failure rate data
- Know when to use “cycle test” data
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SIF Verification – Scaling the Three Barriers |
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Improving Reliability and Safety Performance of Solenoid Valves by Stroke Testing |
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Meeting Architecture Constraints in SIF Design |
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FMEDA Results - Using the Best Possible Source of Failure Rate Data |
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Using B10d Cycle Test Failure Data in SIF Verification - High Demand Only! |
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Collecting Good Field Failure Data |
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Understanding FMEDA Results |
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Accurate Failure Data – Field Calibrated FMEDA Results |
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ALARM MANAGEMENT
- How the alarm management lifecycle can be used to create an effective alarm management program
- How to design an alarm so that it is valid, useful, and effective at preventing an unwanted consequence
- How to perform alarm rationalization, prioritization, classification, analyze alarm system performance, and resolve common alarm management issues
- The contents and considerations for creating an effective alarm philosophy document
- Best practices associated with management of change, alarm system maintenance, alarm suppression, and HMI Design
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CONTROL SYSTEM CYBERSECURITY
- Understand differences between IT security and control system security
- Describe how cyber security practices and principles can be applied to safety instrumented
systems (SIS)
- Evaluate cyber security risk
- Define the key considerations for creating secure SIS architecture
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Understand Risk of Cyber Threats to an Industrial Process with a Cyber PHA |
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Approaches to Cybersecurity Lifecycle for Existing and New Facilities |
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Lessons Learned From Actual Control System Security Incidents and Assessments |
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The 7 Things Every Plant Manager Should Know About Control System Security |
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Introduction to Process Control Cyber Security |
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