This learning path is aimed at process industry managers, technicians, engineers and operations professionals. Gain a solid understanding of functional safety and SIS in the process industry sector. The course was developed in line with the latest version of international standard IEC 61511 edition 2 (2016/17), with cross references to IEC 61508 edition 2 (2010).

Course Type: Self-paced
Status: Course fully available
First publish date: April 2017
Last Update: 29 April 2024

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.

Practical lessons about functional safety management. This self-paced module includes useful templates that can be a helpful starting point for setting up initial functional safety procedures in your company.

This short course introduces some of the SIL standards and explains major milestones leading to today's increasing number of "SIL capable" devices.

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.

This short course defines what a hazard is and how harm to people, the environment and finances drive the way in which we approach risk estimation. This is ideal preparation for PHA, HAZOP or LOPA.