Introduction to IEC 61508

Course Description

The IEC 61508 standard for functional safety of electrical/electronic and programmable electronic systems explains the concepts of safety integrity levels, the safety lifecycle and many detail requirements needed to ensure functional safety. The standard is comprehensively reviewed and explained. Documentation requirements, project implications, and maintenance/operational implications are explained. Checklists and other implementation tools are presented.

• Understand the scope and general requirements of IEC 61508.
• How to apply the safety lifecycle.
• How to do SIL verification calculations.
• How to do measure alarm system performance.
• When to use fault tolerant equipment.
• How to economically justify a SIS.

• Control Engineers
• Safety Engineers
• Risk Analysts
• Safety Equipment Development Engineers

• Introduction to IEC 61508 Background, Definitions Risk, Risk duction The IEC 61508 Safety Lifecycle Project Engineering Flowchart, Exercise Safety Integrity Levels (SIL), Exercise Probabilistic Evaluation Techniques Fault Trees, Markov Models Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Verification
• General Product requirements Software Product Requirements Software Development Process Hardware Product Requirements Diagnostics, FMEDA analysis, Exercise Operational Requirements, Example Periodic Inspection Requirements IEC 61508 Company Implementation

2 Days

DOWNLOAD BROCHURE