FS Tools and Training
Functional safety software tools and online training in one place: digital tools for LOPA and functional safety assessment, self-paced IEC 61511 courses, live webinars and member resources from practising functional safety engineers.
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FSAintegrity: audit-ready functional safety assessment
A multi-user tool for planning, running and reporting FSAs to IEC 61511 and IEC 61508, with locked sign-offs and a permanent audit trail.
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LOPA studies with checks and flags, from terms of reference to signed report. We are inviting UK and Ireland operating sites to join as design partners.
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Read on efunctionalsafety.com ↗Online courses
Learn at your own pace
Self-paced learning paths written and supported by practising functional safety engineers. Open a course to see what it covers.
This learning path is for process industry managers, technicians, engineers, and operations professionals.
Course Type: Self-paced
Status: Course fully available
First publish date: April 2017
Are you new to the topic of process industry functional safety?
Follow this guide to help you navigate through the different life-cycle steps of IEC 61511 edition 2.
A fully narrated video about Functional Safety Assessment and Audit (FSA), with a focus on the key stage of FSA 4 in process industry applications.
Inside the member platform
What you get as an INSIDER member
With every course or tool purchase
Member downloads
Templates, checklists and reference documents, including an FSA checklist template sample, a LOPA exercise risk matrix and our course terms and abbreviations.
Live webinars
Book a seat at live INSIDER webinars on Zoom and ask your questions on the day.
Video Hub
Webinar replays, software demos and short tutorials, available on demand.
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Testimonials
I have previously done Functional Safety Awareness courses, but the knowledge learned in this course far surpassed what I have learned in the past.
Trevor P.
Good course, giving a clear understanding of SIS life cycle and IEC61511 requirements. Recommended to anyone working with SIS design and Functional Safety Assessment.
Gil R.
The course provides strong foundational knowledge and competency for technical personnel new to functional safety. Thank you Jon and team for such a wonderful course!
Zachary B
Very good course for anyone looking to improve their knowledge of functional safety. Online nature means you can complete at your own pace, which I found beneficial.
Alexander B.
Excellent course for operation, design and process engineering. Subjects are well designed, organised and presented perfectly with practical examples.
Krishnan J.
Meet Your Coach, Jon Keswick, CFSE
My coaching philosophy centers on open sharing of knowledge, stuctured workflows, and solid foundation of functional safety standards.
What is functional safety?
The international standard IEC 61508 introduced functional safety to industry more than 20 years ago to help design better, more reliable systems with embedded electronics and software.
However, many companies have struggled to implement these standards in real projects because they are technical and must be woven into existing processes and quality systems.
We're keen to help companies implement better, more practical systems, backed by years of experience. That starts with building a solid understanding of what functional safety is all about.
We've developed numerous eLearning modules to help teams develop new skills. By creating lessons across the entire safety lifecycle, we offer course modules for industry professionals working across multiple disciplines.
From hazard and risk assessment to design, engineering, testing, maintenance, and management, we offer modules that teach how safety systems are implemented and sustained over time.