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Certification COURSE
Course Name: DATES: 
F.S. ENG. SIS TÜV
SHARE
(Rheinland) Certification March. 22-26, 2021

(Remote Online Training)
REGISTER June 14-18, 2021 
(Remote Online Training)
Location: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:  September 20-24, 2021

Institute of Hazard
Four classroom or live remote training days, with 1/2 day exam (Remote Online Training)
Prevention
Suite #300, 926 5 Ave SW providing 3.2 CEU (Continuing Education Units) or 32 PDH December 6-10, 2021
Calgary, AB T2P 0N7 (Professional Development Hours). Includes course  

Canada Exam Details:

registration, course materials, exam, and a submission to TÜV

[email protected]
Fee: $4,300.00 (Rheinland).

This course qualifies for

COURSE BENEFITS:  reimbursement under
the Canada Job Grant
The TÜV (Rheinland) Functional Safety Training Program is the
program.
only worldwide extended vocational training program in the
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area of Functional Safety, where knowledge and competencies  

are evaluated by a neutral third party, and where certificates
are issued.

TÜV (Rheinland) has institutionalized this training program in

2004 together with national and international companies like
ACM Facility Safety, and experts of the Functional Safety field.
As of today more than 14,000 engineers have participated in
 
the various training topics, and have become a “Functional
Safety Engineer TÜV (Rheinland)”.

Keep up to Take advantage of this course, examination and certificate to

date with prove to your clients, peers and management, your
What's New competency in the field of Functional Safety. Success in the
final examination confirms your functional safety knowledge,
Stay up-to-date with what adding a great value to your professional credentials and
matters to you!
career.
I am interested in receiving
information that cover the
COURSE OVERVIEW: 
following categories:
The TÜV (Rheinland) Functional Safety Program supports
Software engineers or any person working in the functional safety field.
It supports the professional development of practitioners in
Education – Courses & Workshops
the field of functional safety by incorporating the principles of
Events REVISED IEC 61511:2016-2nd EDITION and other relevant
international standards into a technical training course,
New Publications designed to add depth of knowledge and understanding of the
E-mail * subject. The program, also, offers engineers who possess work
experience in the field of functional safety the ability to obtain
a certificate, demonstrating their expertise. For more
information, refer to www.tuvasi.com
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SUBSCRIBE ACM’s TÜV (Rheinland) Functional Safety Engineering training

course within the TÜV (Rheinland) Functional Safety Program
has been reviewed and accepted by TÜV (Rheinland) Industrie
Service GmbH - Automation, Software and Information
Technology (ASI). 

PREREQUISITES OR RELATED COURSES: 

In accordance with the TÜV (Rheinland) Functional Safety
Program guidelines, students should possess:

A minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience in the field of

functional safety
University degree or equivalent engineer level
responsibilities status as certified by employer

It is strongly suggested that participants also possess: 

A working understanding of Layers of Protection Analysis

(LOPA) Methodology and Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
The ability to read P&ID's and understand the
Instrumentation and Controls involved

Participants are eligible to receive a TÜV (Rheinland) certificate

and to use the title “Functional Safety Engineer TÜV
(Rheinland)” concerning Safety Instrumented Systems within
the TÜV (Rheinland) Functional Safety Program provided that
they:

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Attend ACM’s TÜV (Rheinland) Functional Safety Program

training in Safety Instrumented Systems;
Pass the Final Exam, after attending ACM Facility Safety
training;
Meet all other eligibility criteria according to the TÜV
(Rheinland) Functional Safety Program.

Note: Participants who meet these requirements without a

professional engineer designation (i.e. Technologists) will be
given the “TÜV (Rheinland) Functional Safety Qualified” title.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: 

This course is well suited to engineers and technologists who
aim to follow the best engineering practices with regard to the
application of Safety Instrumented Systems in the process
industry, including:

Risk professionals responsible for establishing corporate

tolerable risk targets
Managers / Team Leaders responsible for determining
SIS design standards
Engineers and technicians responsible for ensuring that
SIS have been designed to appropriately mitigate the
level of risk identified
Project Managers who need to understand the concepts
and principles of IEC 61508 & 61511
Engineers involved in any aspect of the SIS Safety
Lifecycle.

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COURSE OUTLINE: 
DAY 1

Overview of TÜV (Rheinland) Program

Why are we here?
Introduction to Safety Instrumented Systems
Overview of REVISED IEC 61511:2016-2nd EDITION
Standard more depth
Phase 10 - Management of Functional Safety
Phase 1 - Hazard & Risk Analysis
Phase 2 - Allocation of Safety Functions to Protection
Layers

DAY 2 

Phase 3 - Safety Requirements Specification

SIL Determination Methods (more depth):
Fault Tree
Safety Layer Matrix
Calibrated Risk Graph
LOPA

DAY 3 

Phase 4 - SIS Design & Engineering (more depth)

DAY 4

Phase 5 - Installation, Commissioning & Validation

Phase 6 - Operation & Maintenance
Phase 7 - Modification
Phase 8 - Decommissioning

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Activity 9 - Verification

Activity 10 - Assessment & Auditing
Activity 11 - SLC Structure & Planning

DAY 5

Morning – 4.5 hr exam

FINAL EXAM:

A passing mark of 75% is required on the Final Exam. Students

must bring a complete, unmarked copy of the full REVISED IEC
61511:2016-2nd EDITION- Functional safety - Safety
instrumented systems for the process industry sector standard
to the course. It is the only reference material allowed into the
exam. The standard is readily available from various sources,
including the ISA web site http://www.isa.org/

THE ACM EXPERIENCE: 

Our courses and workshops are experiential, interactive and
provide participant’s with practical knowledge and tools that
can be immediately applied back at work.

COURSE TESTIMONIALS: 

COURSE INSTRUCTORS: 
 

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Mr. Malcolm Harrison

B.Sc. Mech. Eng., P.Eng., TÜV

(Rheinland) F.S. Expert / Instructor

Mr. Harrison is a P.Eng. with over 40 years’

experience in Instrumentation and
Controls. Malcolm spent over 35 years with
Shell and has diversified upstream and
midstream experience in the heavy oil, offshore, refining and
gas processing sectors. He is an experienced SIL Determination
and CHAZOP facilitator and has worked on billion dollar
projects ensuring horizontal I & C alignment between multiple
EPCMs. Malcolm is a TÜV Functional Safety Expert and leads
training workshops globally for ACM.

DOWNLOAD COURSE SYLLABUS: 

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