exida Academy Online Training

Online Training

exida offers convenient ways to take their world class training courses online.

These platforms of learning provide many benefits to customers. Students can to get the training they need from wherever they are in the world at their own pace. Companies with limited budgets will now be able to get valuable, functional safety training for their employees as they will save significantly in travel time and expenses.

exida offers training via online instructor-led and self-paced channels enabling the flexibility you need to get the training you need.

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Online Training FAQs

What type of platform do you use for your online training?

exida uses industry standard solutions when it comes to online training. For the self-paced training, we use the Litmos (LMS) . For the online instructor-led trainings, we use GotoTraining. More details can be found on their web site.

Do you offer certificates of completion for your online courses?

​We do. All certificates are digital pdfs.

I'm interested in taking the FSP exam. Is that offered online?

Yes, all our online, self-paced courses with Practitioner exams, offer those exams online. exida uses Proprofs to Our most popular course FSE 100, which has two sections FSE 101 and FSE 102, offers the FSP Process exam after the last section.

To find out more about our Personnel Certificate programs please see our website: https://www.exida.com/Certification/Personnel

Can I take the CFSE / CFSP exam online after I complete the FSE 100 course?

Yes, the CFSE / CFSP exam is now offered online. Please contact CFSE for more information.

How many Professional Development Hours for a PE license can I get credit for?

Each participant will receive a course completion certificate with the allotted Professional Development Hours depending on the length of the course. Courses listed as two day courses have 16 Professional Development Hours.

Do You Offer a Copy of the Course Slides?

Yes. A digital manual will be made available to you for one year.


Online Self-Paced Training

Delivered by world class safety instructors, the online, self-paced courses consist of the same high-quality material exida Academy customers have come to expect. The courses are offered though the online learning system, Litmos. Each course includes modules of recordings for each section and digital copies of the course manual and exercise solutions. The customer will have access to each course for 60 days. A course completion certificate, which can be printed, is produced after each course.

Introductory Courses

Course Number of Days Register
FSE 001: Introduction to Functional Safety 30 Register

Process Functional Safety Courses

Course Number of Days Register
FSE 100: IEC 61511: Functional Safety Analysis, Design, and Operation (delivered in 2 parts below)
FSE 101: Safety System Analysis 60 Register
FSE 102: SIS Design and Operation 60 Register
Other Courses
FSE 144: IEC 61511: Operations & Maintenance 60 Register

Functional Safety Developer Courses

Course Number of Days Register
FSE 210: IEC 61508 - Functional Safety Overview for Design & Development Leaders 60 Register
FSE 211: IEC 61508 – Functional Safety for Design & Development (Electrical, Mechanical, Software) 60 Register
FSE 212: IEC 61508 - Functional Safety for Software Design & Development 60 Register
FSE 213: IEC 61508 - Functional Safety for Mechanical Design & Development 60 Register

exSILentia Courses

Course Number of Days Register
FSE 242: Process Hazard Analysis with PHAx 60 Register
FSE 243: Layer of Protection Analysis with exSILentia 60 Register
FSE 244: SIL verification with exSILentia 60 Register

Automotive Functional Safety Courses

Course Number of Days Register
AUT 211: Automotive ISO 26262: Road Vehicles Functional Safety 60 Register
AUT 214: ISO 26262 Road Vehicles Functional Safety - Guideline on Application of ISO 26262 to Semiconductors 60 Register

Alarm Management Courses

Course Number of Days Register
ALM 102: Fundamentals of Alarm Management for the Practitioner: How to Apply ISA-18.2 / IEC 62682 60 Register

Machine Safety Courses

Course Number of Days Register
FSE 110: Machine Functional Safety Engineering 60 Register

Automation System Cybersecurity

Course Number of Days Register
CS 100: IEC 62443: Automation Cybersecurity Analysis, Design, and Operation (delivered in 2 parts below)
CS 101: IEC 62443: Automation Cybersecurity Analysis 60 Register
CS 102: Automation Cybersecurity: Applying IEC 62443 60 Register
Other Courses
CS 002: Introduction to Automation Cybersecurity for Asset Owners 30 Register
Course Number of Days Register
CS 204: IEC62443 Cybersecurity for Integrators and Solution Providers 60 Register

Cybersecurity Developer Courses

Course Number of Days Register
CS 201: IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Software Development 60 Register

Online Instructor-Led Training

exida Academy's online instructor-led training lets you learn anywhere while having the authentic live interactive experience with an instructor. This course is live.

This type of online training includes all the rich content from our classroom sessions with no need to travel.

Date Course Location
Oct 28 - Oct 31, 2024 IEC 61508 - Functional Safety for Design & Development (Electrical, Mechanical, Software)
Oct 28 - Oct 31, 2024 IEC 61508 - Functional Safety for Design & Development (Electrical, Mechanical, Software)
Jan 15, 2025 IEC 62443 for Product Marketing, Sales and Senior Leadership Training
Jan 29, 2025 Functional Safety For Managers – Overview Course
Feb 4 - Feb 14, 2025 IEC 61511: Functional Safety Analysis, Design, and Operation
Mar 19 - Mar 20, 2025 CFSE / CFSP Exam Preparation Workshop
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What Our Students Say

  • ALM 102: Fundamentals of Alarm Management for the Practitioner Online was one of the best courses I have taken.

    Jesse Salazar, Procter & Gamble

  • "The ALM102 Alarm Management course was well laid out and kept my interest the whole time. It was just what I needed to take my alarm management knowledge and skills to the next level."

    Alan Bowden - Chiyoda

  • "The ALM-102 Alarm Management course was really a resourceful course, very well presented as well, so thank you very much!"

    Khaled Abdelaal, Worley

  • I would like to thank exida for the great online course. I really enjoyed it. I just finished the course and passed the FSP process exam!

    Shervin Kermanshachi, Canadian Natural Resource Company