Certificate 3: ISA84 SIL Verification Specialist (ISA84 SVS)

Requires the completion of the 2-day training course (EC54) with an exam. 75% of the training is focused on practical applications and exercises.

Prerequisites for this certificate include:

• The ISA84 Certificate 1: ISA84 SIS Fundamentals Specialist (ISA84 SFS)
• 5 years related experience in the process industry with a minimum of 2 years experience in:
  • Process safety in specifying instruments and control systems
  • Programming PLCs
  • SIL verification calculations
  • Creation/modification of I&C design documents
  • Supporting start-up
  • Operation of process plants/facilities fesglobal

This 2 day course is a follow on to ISA's EC50 course (Safety Instrumented Systems - Design, Analysis, and Justification). It focuses on more detailed design issues and further hands-on examples of system analysis/modeling. Students will better understand and be able to perform system design and analysis, thus saving their companies time and money in optimizing system designs.

This course is required for the ISA84 Safety Instrumented Systems Certificate Program 3. You can register for the course only or for the certificate program which includes course and exam. If you are registering for the certificate program, you should complete an application and document eligibility criteria to sit for the certificate exam prior to taking the course.

Those who successfully complete this course and pass the exam receive the designation of ISA84 SIL Verification Specialist (ISA84 SVS).

You will be able to:

• Analyze any system technology and configuration to see if it will meet the required SIL (Safety Integrity Level)
• Determine if existing systems are safe enough (or whether they need to be upgraded) and whether proposed systems will meet the performance requirements
• Determine the optimum manual test interval for any system, saving your company time and money by not over- or under-testing systems

You will cover:

• Multiple Examples with Different Field Device Technologies • Configurations • Diagnostic Levels • Test Intervals • Common Cause Factors and more
• Fault Tolerance • Safe Failure • Fraction • Diagnostic Coverage • Confidence Limits • System Response to Faults • Using Devices for Control and Safety • Non Fail-safe Design Requirements • Interface Requirements

Classroom/Laboratory Exercises:

• The course consists of multiple application exercises of system modeling/analysis

Students should bring a hand-held/scientific calculator to class.

Prerequisites:

• ISA Course Safety Instrumented Systems—Design, Analysis, and Justification (EC50)
• Meets eligibility criteria for ISA84 Certificate 3: ISA84 SIL Verification Specialist (ISA84 SVS), if applying for this certificate program.

This course is required for ISA84 Certificate 3: ISA84 SIL Verification Specialist (ISA84 SVS).

Register your interest in the certificate program by completing the online registration form.

For application forms or more information, please contact FSE Global Training.

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