Safety training courses

exida announce autumn 2006 training course schedule to be held in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK.

exida, consultants in high-integrity safety and maximum-availability control systems have announced some forthcoming training courses in the United Kingdom.

Alarm Management: Effective Operator response to abnormal situations can be a valuable layer of protection in a risk management program.

However, the failure to effectively deal with these situations is a key contributing factor in numerous, serious process accidents.

With the advent of modern distributed control systems, a comprehensive alarm management program is becoming increasingly important to ensure plant safety, reliability and productivity goals are achieved.

Millions of dollars and pounds are lost each year in unnecessary plant interruptions and this course teaches basic alarm management techniques founded on industry best practice - including EEMUA 191.

The dates for this course are:Oct 11 and 12 and Dec 12 and 13, 2006.

CHAZOP: A highly structured hazards identification tool for instrument control and computer systems Control (or Computer) Hazard and Operability Study (CHAZOP) is a procedure for carrying out safety and reliability analysis of existing or planned Control and Computer systems.

CHAZOP is based on the methodology used in HAZOP studies and goes through the programmable electronic systems building up a detailed view of how the system is intended to work, and what will happen if it fails.

The dates for this course are to be confirmed - please enquire for latest schedule.

Functional Safety Engineering - CFSE: The CFSE (Certified Functional Safety Expert) concept was originally developed by TUV and exida with the support of other international safety experts to ensure that personnel performing Safety Systems lifecycle activities are competent as required by the IEC61508 (all industries),and IEC61511(Process industry).

This course is aimed at process applications and runs for four days which may be taken concurrently or in blocks of 2 days at different times.

Safety Engineering I - Risk Analysis and Safety Requirements: This course provides an overview of Safety Engineering from the Process Engineer point of view.

Covering in moderate depth, the first half of the safety life cycle, the course explains risk analysis, requirements creation and management, SIL determination, Layer Protection of Analysis, and basics of SIS design.

Dates for this course are: Nov 27 and 28, 2006.

Safety Engineering II- System Design and Verification: This course provides an overview of Safety Engineering from the Control Engineer, Maintenance Engineer point of view.

Covering the second half of the safety life cycle, the course covers the basics of risk analysis and provides details of SIS design, SIL verification, Periodic Inspection Techniques, and Management of Change.

The dates for this course are: Nov 29 and 30, 2006.

The CFSE process applications exam is offered on as an option for those seeking full CFSE accreditation from TUV.

Optional Exam Date: Friday December 1st 2006 For more information of this internationally recognised, independent accreditation, please visit www.cfse.org HAZOP: A rigorous and systematic method for identifying hazards and operational problems from process deviations.

HAZOP uses a Guideword based principle to identify Causes and Consequences of deviations from the design intent of the process and equipment.

The course give an introduction to the technique based on the international standard IEC-61882 as well as an explanation of the role of HAZOP in functional safety management and its relationship to IEC-61511.

A strong emphasis is placed on OPerability problems as well as HAZards throughout the course to identify threats to equipment, production and quality.

The dates for this course are: Nov 14 and 15, 2006.

Machine Safety: To protect operators and other personnel from being injured by machines.

IEC-62061 (Safety of machinery - Functional Safety of electrical, electronic and programmable electronic control systems) is a recent international standard which provides clear guidelines on the management of safety for machine applications from initial risk assessment, through specification, design and implementation to operation and maintenance.

It is particularly relevant to professionals who are responsible for validating the safety of machines that use complex systems such as PLC's for safety duties.

The dates for this course are to be confirmed - please enquire for latest schedule.

Safety Requirement Specifications: The UK HSE identified that 44% of accidents related to control and safety systems are due to poor specification.

An effective and efficient Safety Requirement Specification (SRS) is vital to ensure information and communication is maintained throughout the lifecycle of a control or safety system and this course focuses on the key requirements of achieving an IEC-61511 compliant specification.

The course offers practical guidance to develop clear, concise, consistent and correct project and plant documentation.

The dates for this course are to be confirmed - please enquire for latest schedule.

SIS Operations and Maintenance: Even the best designed and built safety system can fail if not properly operated and maintained.

Competence of site personnel is paramount to preserving system integrity throughout its lifetime.

This course covers the needs of operations and maintenance staff to be considered when specifying, designing, and installing Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS).

It covers in detail the responsibilities and activities of operators and maintenance teams on a day-to-day basis to ensure that the integrity of SIS is sustained.

COURSE DATES: Dec 5 and 6, 2006.

Venue and Booking Details: All courses are provided at our UK offices in Nuneaton, located close to Birmingham International Airport (BHX) and 5 minutes from Junction 3 of the M6 motorway: exida, Eliot Park Innovation Centre, Eliot Park, Barling Way, Nuneaton, CV10 7RH.

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