This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of SIL Determination and Hazard Assessment. It covers the role of SIS in hazard mitigation and the definition and purpose of SIL; the relevant safety standards covering IEC 61508 and IEC 61511; the risk and safety management, hazard and operability study (HAZOP), failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) and layers of protection analysis (LOPA); the risk reduction and SIL selection as well as initiating events, consequences, and existing safeguards.

 

Further, the course will also discuss the risk graphs for SIL determination, verification process and the design principles and architectures that influence SIL levels; how quantitative risk assessment (QRA) supports SIL determination; the advanced HAZOP and FMEA techniques, fault tree analysis (FTA) and event tree analysis (ETA); the dynamic risk assessments and safety requirements specification (SRS) for SIS; and the impact of human error and organizational factors on safety.

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the SIL verification process and techniques including reliability analysis for SIS components; the software tools used in the industry for SIL verification and reliability calculations; the functional safety assessment and auditing, management of change and best practices for integrating SIS design and SIL considerations into daily operation; the effective strategies for the operation and maintenance of SIS; monitoring SIS performance including SIL performance indicators and continuous improvement practices; conducting incident investigations and using findings to improve safety and SIL determinations; the SIS lifecycle from concept to decommissioning; and the importance of lifecycle management for maintaining SIL.