Personal Development
Two classroom or remote training days
Providing 1.6 CEU (Continuing Education Units) or 16 PDH (Professional Development Hours)
Course Overview
This course is available by private training only. Please contact us at info@riskalive.com to discuss training options.
This 2-day workshop will give Operations and Maintenance personnel an understanding of “Functional Safety”, and the relationship of Safety Instrumented System (SIS) with respect to process and operational related hazards.
The course introduces the concepts and definitions related to Process Hazards, Risk Analysis, Safety Instrumented Systems, and Functional Safety Management. It will provide details on maintaining Safety Instrumented Systems and Safety Instrumented Functions in accordance with latest IEC 61511:2016 standards and encapsulate the concepts of Safety Integrity Level with a hands-on workshop on the afternoon of day 2.
The course starts by giving important information on how to capture and present risk at your facility, using best practice in industry, then addresses, using the results of your Process Hazard Analyses, SIL Determination (LOPA), as well as SIL Verification methodologies, and ends by looking at ways of managing risk in real time during operations and maintenance.
From a good P&ID to a great contingency safety plan for operations and maintenance, many people are involved in this process and it’s important to understand where the information is transferred and how each phase of the project relates to the next until it arrives with Operations and Maintenance, all being managed with the use of dedicated safety best practices methods and tools.
The data collected in the initial stages of your new or existing project will ultimately have an impact on how your operators run the plant, so it is important to know how to ensure nothing is missed or forgotten, so you can prevent hazardous scenarios from occurring.
This course is not just for the experts but is a valuable overview for anyone involved in hazard prevention and risk management at any level. No knowledge of the IEC 61511 guidelines or other standards is required to participate. Past course participants have ranged from Vice Presidents to Project Managers and Engineers.
Course Benefits
- What is a Safety Instrumented System and what do we use it for?
- Why do we have a SIS?
- How do we use and maintain an SIS?
- SIS/SIL for Operations & Maintenance
Prerequisites or Related Courses
There are no prerequisites for this course. However, this course is an ideal prerequisite for Operations and Maintenance personnel to show leadership in process safety.
Who Should Attend
Anyone who works in close proximity to hazardous processes such as Operations and Maintenance Personnel, Supervisors, Engineers and Safety Professionals who require a sound understanding of risk and risk management.
- Maintenance Personnel
- Field and control room operators
- Instrument and Electrical technicians
- Technicians involved in the commissioning, testing, operation, maintenance support, modification and change management of Safety Instrumented System for process plant applications
Why Choose Risk Alive?
Risk Alive is a specialized process safety firm providing expert PHA facilitation services, industry-leading training, along with the Risk Alive Platform and Risk Intelligence Companion software solutions.
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Senior facilitators with 30+ years of active field experience. Most of our instructors are practicing process safety professionals with decades of hands-on expertise. You learn through real case studies, live examples, and hands-on facilitation exercises drawn from situations our facilitators have actually encountered - the conflicts, the missing information, the design errors caught at the last minute.
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Flexible delivery. In-person in Calgary, in-person on your site, online live, or online on-demand.
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Tailored to your processes, units, and data. For onsite and private sessions, Risk Alive can customize training content to your company's specific processes, units, and operational data, so your team learns on material that reflects their real working environment.
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End-to-end partnership. From senior-led PHA/HAZOP facilitation services, to training your internal team, to equipping them with the analytics and AI software, Risk Alive supports the full process safety competency journey.
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Professional development credits. Participants earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or Professional Development Hours (PDHs) to support ongoing professional certification and career development.
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Government grant eligibility. Many participants and companies qualify for government training grants that can help offset course costs. Contact us to learn which programs may apply to you.
- Complimentary software access. Every course graduate will be given access to our Risk Intelligence Companion on our beta environment which allows you to search through anonymized industry PHA data – causes, consequences, safeguards, and risk rankings from real studies.