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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 designed to deliver expert instruction on how to successfully plan and execute Safety Integrity Level (SIL) Determination studies efficiently, effectively and in accordance with the IEC 61511 standard.
This includes understanding the principles behind two of the most commonly used SIL Determination methods (Layer of Protection Analysis and Calibrated Risk), and learning how to avoid common pitfalls and traps so your studies run smoothly.
Note: The SIL Determination / LOPA course maybe be taken in conjunction with the SIL Validation Workshop to gain a more thorough understanding of the Safety Lifecycle process.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Where does LOPA fit into the safety lifecycle of the facility and create clarify regarding SIL determination.
- Learn about the most common SIL determination methodologies.
Course Benefits
- To provide individuals with the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively participate in SIL determination / LOPA risk assessments.
- How LOPA and HAZOP are interrelated to provide the necessary identification of risk and the layers of protection (safeguards) that ensure that the identified risk can be reduced to acceptable limits.
- A comprehensive workbook and reference guide will be supplied.
Prerequisites or Related Courses
Participants should be well versed in reading P&ID's and familiar with the fundamentals of instrumentation and controls.
Additionally, participants should understand the process of executing a HAZOP study and be familiar with typical HAZOP reports. Some understanding of critical protection systems is an asset for this course as well.
Who Should Attend
This course teaches all the requirements to prepare team leaders to facilitate and document SIL Determination studies, including:
- Risk Assessment specialists
- SIL / PHA / HAZOP team leaders & scribes
- Process Safety Management (PSM) / Loss Management specialists
- Supervisors, managers and engineers responsible for SIL studies
- Project managers who need to understand the concepts and principles of IEC 61508 & 61511
- Engineers involved in any aspect of the SIS Safety Lifecycle
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. 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 industry wide risk intelligence 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.