Safety Basics: Fundamentals of Functional Safety
Fundamentals of Functional Safety According to IEC 61508
- Duration:
- 2x 0.5 days
- Price:
- From €500 / person
Functional safety is a central component of modern product development. Failures in safety-related systems can pose a significant risk to people, the environment, and companies, while also resulting in legal, economic, and reputational consequences. With the ongoing advancement of automation and digitalization, safety-related electronic systems have grown in importance and complexity. This trend is continuing.
This training course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of functional safety according to IEC 61508 and its application in technical product development. It covers basic concepts, methods, and processes for the development and implementation of safety-related electronic systems and provides a solid understanding of functional safety.
Objectives and Benefits
You will gain a basic understanding of functional safety. This training course provides a comprehensive overview of the regulatory requirements for safety-related electronic systems and introduces you to the process of deriving these requirements. You will be introduced to the basic methods for implementing safety requirements in accordance with IEC 61508 during the development and implementation of these systems.
Agenda
- Legal Framework (Directives, Standards, Conformity Assessment Process) for Placing Technical Products on the Market in the European Union
- Risk Analysis, Risk Mitigation, and Derivation of Requirements for Safety-Related Electronic Systems
- Overview of Standards for Functional Safety
- Terms and Metrics of Functional Safety (SIL, 𝛌, MTTF, PFD, PFH, SFF, HFT)
- Faults/failures of safety-related electronic systems (systematic faults, random hardware failures)
- Functional safety management (process, supporting processes, responsibilities)
- Design measures to prevent and control failures of safety-related electronic systems (redundancy, diagnostics, fail-safe)
- Verification and validation of safety-related electronic systems (tests, inspections, analyses—FMEA, FMEDA)
- Development of safety-related electronic systems, subsystems, and components (V-model, safety lifecycle, parts of IEC 61508)
Target Audience
Developers, project managers, technical specialists, and product managers involved in the development and implementation of safety-critical systems.
Prerequisites
None.