It's about TIME. It is hard for a professional to spend time attending courses to keep up, and retain maximum effectiveness. One solution may be custom on-site training. All exida training courses can be given at your site. In addition, exida will customize training content tailored to your particular company needs. We develop our own courses and are fully capable of specific course creation. If this approach can more effectively meet your goals, please contact us for details.
exida offers a series of training programs to provide engineers and their companies with the best way of learning about automation reliability and safety. We explain the standards, the techniques, the tools over a wide range of industrial automation industries. Our education mission is to transfer proven knowledge to industries.
Courses range from Intenational Standards (IEC 61508 & IEC 61511) to CFSE (Certified Functional Safety Expert).
Our courses are designed by experienced engineers and educators for the professional. Many practical examples, class exercises, and encouraged student participation make these classes effective professional development tools.
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Alarm Management An ALARM indicates a PROBLEM that requires an operator RESPONSE. If there is no problem and/or there is no operator response required/possible then an alarm is not appropriate. exida developed a training course that covers alarm rationalization per the latest industry standards. 
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Burner Management Systems The function of a burner management system (BMS) is to assure safe operation of the combustion associated with boilers, ovens, kilns, process heaters and furnaces. The BMS provides a safe start-up procedure and stops fuel flow if conditions are detected that affect the safety of the unit.
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CFSE (Certified Functional Safety Expert) In collaboration with industry experts, exida supports the CFSE certification program to ensure that personnel performing SIS lifecycle activities are competent.
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Control System Cyber Security This course provides an introduction to Control System Cyber Security and the Security Lifecycle for managers and engineers involved in operating, maintaining and integrating Industrial Automation and Control Systems. While the course follows the Security Level Lifecycle from ANSI/ISA-99.01.01 and ANSI/ISA-99.02.01.
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FMEDA - Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis The Failure Modes and Effects Analysis technique has been in use for several decades and has proven to be one of the best methods of finding potential design flaws in a system. The Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis technique is an extension used primarily in the analysis of safety critical electronic systems as part of the IEC61508 certification. The course teaches the basic techniques with several examples.
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Functional Safety Lifecycle Management This course provides an overview of the Functional Safety Lifecycle from ANSI/ISA-84.00.01-2004 Part 1 (IEC 61511-1 Mod) and offers guidance on the technical and management activities including mandatory requirements and best industry practice.
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Hazard and Risk Analysis Process Hazard Analysis is a crucial step in the safety life cycle. During this stage, the potential hazards that a process might pose are identified and assessed. This analysis may lead to increased risk reduction measures such as Safety Instrumented Systems. This course describes the most effective methods for PHA that are employed by the industry.
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IEC 61508 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.
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IEC 61508 Software Development The IEC 61508 standard for functional safety includes significant requirements related to software development. This course provides an in-depth explanation of what must be done to develop IEC 61508 compliant software. An overview of the standard is presented from a software developer’s point of view. The safety lifecycle as it relates to software is also explained. Details are given on each phase of the lifecycle along with practical advice as to the best way to meet the requirements from each phase. The requirements for software diagnostics are explained and techniques implementing such diagnostics are revealed.
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IEC 61511 IEC 61511 is the new process Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) standard from IEC. This international standard defines the requirements for the specification, design, installation, operation, and maintenance of SIS.
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LOPA / SIL Selection Selection of the Safety Integrity Level (SIL) for a Safety Instrumented System (SIS) is a risk assessment problem that requires understanding of the hazard. This procedure involves establishing tolerable risk guidelines and determining the risk posed by the process prior to implementing an SIS. Several methods are currently being used in industry to perform these tasks.
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Safety and Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems This course focuses on safety and the impact of cyber security on modern industrial automation and control systems. It is an introduction to safety lifecycle design and the impacts of cyber security on safety for managers and engineers involved in operating, maintaining and integrating industrial automation and control systems. The course references relevant safety industry standards and best practices, in particular drawing parallels and linkages to the well established Functional Safety Lifecycle from ANSI/ISA-84.00.01-2004 Part 1 (IEC 61511-1 Mod) as well as the Security Level Lifecycle from ANSI/ISA-99.01.01 and ANSI/ISA-99.02.01).
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Safety System Design Issues This course is intended for those who are directly involved in the preparation of detailed design specifications, detailed engineering, integration, and maintenance of Safety Instrumented Systems.
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Safety System Design Verification This course covers safety system design verification concepts including failure rates, failure modes, and fault tolerant design techniques.
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Software Training exida developed several exSILentia training courses to familiarize users with all facets of the exSILentia tool and ensuring efficient implementation of the Safety Lifecycle tasks.
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