Overview

Functional Safety Management is a key requirement of good practice standards (eg IEC 61511 for the process industries) for managing safety instrumented systems (SIS) to minimise systematic failures during the lifecycle. Functional safety management requirements are defined in good practice standards. However, the standards are focussed on new SIS and it is not clear how to apply the standards to installed SIS whether they be recently installed or legacy. Guidance has been developed through the Chemicals and Downstream Oil Industry Forum (CDOIF) in colloboration with the regulator HSE to define how to manage installed SIS. This webinar will set out the background to the guidance and some of the key requirements.

Speaker

Nic Butcher, HSE

Nic is a Chartered Chemical Engineer who has worked for 10 years as a Specialist Inspector for HSE inspecting and investigating safety incidents at major hazard regulated sites. Prior to HSE, Nic had an industrial background working as a Control and Safety Engineer for a leading control system vendor and for a major bulk chemical manufacturing company in the process sectors.

The material presented in this webinar has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Process Management and Control Special Interest Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

Format

A one-hour online session: 40 minutes' presentation + 20 minutes' Q&A.

Webinar archive

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