Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis, and Justification (EC50E) -

Monday, 17 March 2008 through Friday, 9 May 2008

The last day to register online was 31 March 2008.

ISA’s CyberU online instructor-led training course offers the benefit of a high quality ISA training course with the added advantage of studying at your own pace in the office, at home or while traveling.

This CyberU course runs for seven (7) weeks. Your course syllabus will guide you through the course modules, provide assignments, and the schedule for live Q & A sessions.

Course Modules

Each course modules has been pre-recorded by your instructor, so that you can access on your schedule. Each module is a web/audio session that takes approximately 60 minutes.

Understanding & Implementing ANSI/ISA84 (IEC61511)

Module 1/Week 1: Introduction and Background
Covers high profile process industry accidents, the legislation that resulted and various lessons learned

Module 2/Week 2: Hazard, Rick Assessment and Determining SIL
Covers concepts and benefit of independent safety layers, hazard identification, risk assessment and safety integrity levels (SIL)

Module 3/Week 3: Layer of Protection Analysis – LOPA
Covers the semi-quantitative method of determining safety integrity levels called LOPA

Module 4/Week 4: Reliability and Modeling Issues
Covers reliability issues and helps make sense of the minimum hardware fault tolerance requirement tables in the standard

Module 5/Week 5: Logic System Technologies
Covers the safety requirements specification (SRS) and the pros and cons of pneumatic, relay and microprocessor logic systems

Module 6/Week 6: Field Devices and Their Impact
Covers field devices, their impact and the differences between using certified vs. proven-in-use devices.

Module 7/Week 7: Installation and Beyond
Covers factory acceptance testing, installation, commission, validation, operations, maintenance, testing, bypassing and management of change

Course Materials VALUED at over $300

With registration you will receive:

Course noteset with slides from course modules and course syllabus
Textbook: Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis and Justification, 2nd Edition, by Paul Gruhn & Harry Cheddie
ANSI/ISA91.00.01-2001: Identification of Emergency Shutdown Systems and Controls that are Critical to Maintaining Safety in Process Industries
ANSI/ISA84.00.01-2004, Part 1: Framework, Definitions, System Hardware and Software Requirements
ANSI/ISA84.00.01-2004, Part 2: Functional Safety: Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry Sector
ANSI/ISA84.00.01-2004, Part 3: Guidance for the Determination of the Required Safety Integrity Levels – Informative

Course Information

Course Number: EC50E
CEUs: 2.1

Price: $1,310 ISA Members, $1,395 List

Ask the Expert

Interact with your expert instructor, via email throughout the course and through scheduled live Q& A sessions. You can expect a reply to your email within 24 hours. This email address is active during the entire course duration.

There are four live telephone Q&A sessions scheduled during this seven-week course. The Q&A sessions provide an opportunity for you and your classmates to speak one-on-one with the instructor. You will have an opportunity to ask any questions you may have about the course material and interact with your fellow classmates.

Class Discussions

You will be invited to subscribe to a course listserve that includes course participants. You can use this listserve to post questions and share experience relevant to the course with other class members.

Course Assignments and Exams

Take the course pre-test before you begin studying the course material to get a better understanding of areas that you will want to focus on more during the course.
Homework assignments for all modules will be indicated on the syllabus. The homework assignments are designed to help expand your understanding of the course material.
Complete the final exam for the course in order to receive Continuing Education Units (CEU) credit. The final exam will be taken and scored online. You must receive at least 80% on the course exam to receive CEU credit.
Continuing Education Units (CEU) credits in the amount of 2.1 units are awarded to all students who successfully complete the final course exam.

This course is offered online and utilizes online training modules, additional text materials, online evaluations, and email discussions. Students will have access via email to an instructor and have an opportunity to participate in live Q&A sessions with the instructor and other class participants. This CyberU course focuses on the engineering requirements for the specification, design, analysis, and justification of safety instrumented systems for the process industries. Students will learn how to determine safety integrity levels and evaluate whether proposed or existing systems meet the performance requirements.

This course is required for the ISA84 Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Program

Online: Understanding & Implementing ANSI/ISA 84 (IEC 61511)

ISA Member:	$1,310.00
Non-Member:	$1,395.00

Complete Course Description