Overview

This course is for engineers and technicians who wish to develop their knowledge of the design and implementation of safety instrumented systems as applied to industrial processes. Safety control systems are widely used in hazardous processes to protect people, the environment and equipment against serious harm. Many countries look for compliance to international standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 as a benchmark of acceptable quality in design and management of safety controls.

This course will explain the key requirements of the IEC 61511 standard for all stages of the safety project from hazard and risk assessment studies through to hardware and software engineering and on to the maintenance and proof testing regimes. Practical examples and discussions will assist you to develop your skills in this most important aspect of instrument engineering.

Course Outline

UNIT 1: Overview of Safety Instrumented Systems

Safety system basics with an example SIS
Hazards, risks and risk reduction
Principles of safety management
Functional safety standards IEC 61508/61511
Setting SIL targets
Designing to meet SIL targets
Cost of ownership

UNIT 2: Safety Life Cycle Models

Purpose of life cycle models
IEC 61511 requirements
Step by step activities

UNIT 3: Hazard Study Methods

Hazard studies and project stages
Hazard identification methods
HAZOP method
Developing SIS requirements
Fault tree analysis

UNIT 4: Risk Reduction by SIS

Deciding risk targets
Principle of ALARP and tolerable risk
Layers of protection and role of alarms
Risk reduction models
Preparing a safety requirements Specification

UNIT 5: SIL Determination Methods

Quantitative and risk matrix methods
Risk graphs
Layers of protection analysis
Practical examples

UNIT 6: Designing SIS Structures

Design procedure steps
IEC 61511 guidelines
Architectures and fault tolerance
Choosing the right structures for the job

UNIT 7: Selecting Instruments for Safety Duties

Switches versus transmitters
Failure modes of sensors and actuators
Minimising dangerous failures
Qualification by design and certification
Qualification by prior use
Smart instruments and diagnostic
Coverage

UNIT 8: Reliability Analysis

Purposes of reliability calculations
SIS failure modes, safe and dangerous
Formulae and how to use them
Worked examples
Obtaining reliability data and the
problems
Review of software tools

UNIT 9: Safety-certified PLCs

Logic solvers, old and new
Development of safety PLCs
Hardware and software features
Review of industry types
Communications and networking
Integrated basic and safety control

UNIT 10: Application Software for Safety Duties

The problem with software
IEC software life cycle models
Application software steps
Factory acceptance testing
Quality assurance and certification

UNIT 11: Documentation and Management

Documents needed for the SIS project
Verification and validation
Operations
Management of change

UNIT 12: Diagnostics and Proof Testing

Proof testing and why it is needed
Testing of sensors
Partial closure testing of valves
Optimising the proof test interval

NB: The course description of all EIT "Certificate" courses has been changed to "Professional Certificate of Competency". Some course brochures are not yet updated. The actual certificate received by successful students will include the new title.

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Please contact us with your location for certificate fees in the relevant currency. Certificate fees include all live webinars with a professional instructor, 4 technical manuals (as searchable eBooks), course materials, software, postage, assignments and ongoing support. All you need to participate is an internet connection, computer and headset. We have group discounts available for our 3 month certificates.
 

Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT) Advanced Diploma Course Payment Options

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Pay total amount upfront to receive a 5% reduction in fees.

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Pay in 6 equal instalments over 18 months. First payment at least two weeks before the course starts, then the remaining five every 3 months. Payment dates will be set ahead of time and provided at the start of the course. You would receive the 30 technical reference eBooks in batches over the duration of the course.

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Pay in even installments for 18 months. First payment at least two weeks before the course starts, then one on the same date every month for the remaining period. This option incurs a 2% administration fee. You would receive the 30 technical reference eBooks in batches over the duration of the course.

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Courses

1. Vocational Graduate Diploma of Project Management in Industrial Automation
2. Master of Business and Project Management in Industrial Automation
3. Advanced Diploma of Industrial Automation 
4. Advanced Diploma of Electrical and Instrumentation (E & I) Engineering for Mining
5. Advanced Diploma of Electrical and Instrumentation (E & I) Engineering for Oil and Gas Facilities
6. Professional Certificate of Competency in Hazardous Areas for Engineers & Technicians
7. Professional Certificate of Competency in Instrumentation, Automation and Process Control
8. Professional Certificate of Competency in Process Control Incorporating Loop Tuning, and Advanced Control Strategies
9. Professional Certificate of Competency in Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and SCADA Systems
10. Professional Certificate of Competency in Safety Instrumentation Systems for Process Industries
11. Professional Certificate of Competency in Control Valve Sizing, Selection and Maintenance

In order to meet the exacting demands of the oil and gas, mining, manufacturing and downstream processing industries, modern plants are equipped with systems and devices which are needed to measure and regulate variables such as temperature, pressure, flow, humidity, liquid level, velocity and density.  Industrial Automation provides the technology to control and monitor a process plant using such concepts as feedback, cascade, feedforward and advanced process control. Here at the EIT, we have developed advanced training and diplomas in Instrumentaion and Control.

There is a critical shortage of automation, instrumentation and control engineers, technicians and technologists around the world now due to the retirement, restructuring and rapid growth in new technologies and industries.  The respected ISA organisation estimated that at least 15,000 new automation engineers are needed annually in the USA alone.  In keeping with the philosophy of the EIT, students in this school are exposed to the practical, up-to-the-minute knowledge and skills demanded by leading industries worldwide, with online instrumentaion courses - The EIT doesn't just cater to a generic student body, instead all of our instrumentation courses online are specific to industry, for example mining engineering.

Students in the Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT) School of Automation study subjects which include: process control, instrumentation, control valves, process plant layout and piping design, tuning of process loops, SCADA, PLCs, advanced process control (APC), boiler control, hazardous areas, safety instrumentation (IEC 61511 and IEC 61508), HAZOPs, industrial data communications, networking, deviceNet and Fieldbus, industrial wireless, radio telemetry systems, shielding/EMC/EMI and noise reduction. 
 

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