Process Safety & Loss Prevention#1516
Functional Safety Management Training Course
Sets out the functional safety lifecycle and the management duties, hazard assessment and independent reviews that keep safety systems effective.
5 Days·Classroom
Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Training Course
Covers designing, operating, testing and maintaining safety instrumented systems that detect hazardous conditions and bring a process to a safe state.
SAF · Process Safety & Loss PreventionAll Levels#1519ClassroomEnglish , Arabic
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Course Overview
The Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Training Course provides a comprehensive and practical framework for understanding, designing, operating, maintaining, testing, and managing safety instrumented systems in industrial and process environments. The course focuses on the role of safety instrumented systems in reducing operational risk by detecting hazardous conditions and initiating predefined protective actions when normal process control systems are unable to maintain the process within safe operating limits. The program examines the architecture, functionality, lifecycle, and management requirements of safety instrumented systems and their relationship with process control systems, field instrumentation, shutdown systems, alarms, and other independent protection layers. Participants will develop a clear understanding of how safety instrumented functions are identified, specified, designed, implemented, verified, validated, operated, tested, and maintained throughout the system lifecycle. A strong technical emphasis is placed on safety instrumented functions, safety requirements, safety integrity, sensors, logic solvers, final elements, redundancy, diagnostics, proof testing, bypass management, failure analysis, and system availability. The course also explores how engineering decisions and maintenance practices influence the ability of an SIS to perform its intended protective function when required. Through practical industrial scenarios, technical exercises, and structured workshops, participants will develop the ability to assess SIS architectures, review safety requirements, analyze potential failures, evaluate testing and maintenance strategies, and identify opportunities to improve system reliability and functional safety performance. The course is particularly relevant to high-hazard environments where reliable protective systems are essential to controlling process risks and supporting safe operations.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the purpose, architecture, and operating principles of Safety Instrumented Systems during the course.
- Evaluate the relationship between Safety Instrumented Systems, process control systems, alarms, and independent protection layers.
- Identify Safety Instrumented Functions and translate process hazards into appropriate safety requirements.
- Assess the functional requirements of sensors, logic solvers, and final control elements within an SIS.
- Apply principles for developing and reviewing Safety Requirements Specifications.
- Evaluate safety integrity requirements and their influence on SIS architecture and design.
- Analyze failure modes, diagnostic capabilities, redundancy, and common cause considerations affecting SIS performance.
- Develop effective approaches for proof testing, inspection, maintenance, bypass management, and system lifecycle control.
- Evaluate SIS performance, reliability, testing results, and maintenance practices to identify potential weaknesses.
- Develop an actionable improvement plan for the management, operation, maintenance, and lifecycle assurance of safety instrumented systems.
Who Should Attend
The Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) Training Course is designed for engineers and professionals working in functional safety, process safety, instrumentation and control, automation, electrical engineering, operations, maintenance, reliability, and industrial risk management. It is particularly relevant to instrumentation engineers, control engineers, automation engineers, process safety engineers, functional safety engineers, electrical engineers, reliability engineers, maintenance engineers, process engineers, and technical specialists responsible for safety-related systems.
The course is also suitable for engineering managers, process safety managers, operations managers, maintenance managers, reliability managers, project managers, asset managers, technical authorities, HSE professionals, auditors, and senior decision makers involved in the design, approval, operation, maintenance, testing, or assurance of safety instrumented systems. It is highly relevant to government entities, ministries, oil and gas organizations, refineries, petrochemical facilities, chemical plants, energy companies, utilities, manufacturing facilities, and other high-hazard industrial operations.
Learning Outcomes
- Explain the purpose, architecture, and lifecycle of Safety Instrumented Systems.
- Distinguish between basic process control functions and independent safety instrumented functions.
- Identify hazardous scenarios requiring safety instrumented protection.
- Define the main components and functional requirements of sensors, logic solvers, and final elements.
- Develop and review key elements of a Safety Requirements Specification.
- Evaluate safety integrity requirements and their relationship to SIS architecture.
- Analyze failure modes, diagnostic coverage, redundancy, and common cause effects on SIS performance.
- Develop practical proof-testing, maintenance, inspection, and bypass-management strategies.
- Evaluate SIS reliability and performance using testing, maintenance, and operational information.
- Prepare a practical SIS lifecycle improvement plan covering design, operation, testing, maintenance, management of change, and functional safety assurance.
Course Outline
Course Outline:
Safety Instrumented Systems Fundamentals and Industrial Risk
- Introduction to Safety Instrumented Systems and functional safety
- Role of SIS in industrial risk reduction
- Relationship between SIS and process safety
- Basic Process Control Systems and Safety Instrumented Systems
- Independent Protection Layers
- Hazardous scenarios and safety-related functions
- Safety Instrumented Functions and protective actions
- SIS architecture and major components
- Sensors, logic solvers, and final elements
- Practical application: Analyze a representative process and identify hazardous scenarios, protection layers, and potential Safety Instrumented Functions
SIS Requirements, Architecture, and Safety Integrity
- Safety lifecycle and SIS management
- Identification and allocation of Safety Instrumented Functions
- Safety Requirements Specification
- Functional and safety requirements
- Safety Integrity Level concepts
- Risk reduction requirements
- SIS architecture selection
- Redundancy and voting arrangements
- Diagnostic capabilities and system availability
- Practical application: Develop a simplified Safety Requirements Specification and evaluate an appropriate SIS architecture for selected safety functions
SIS Design, Failure Analysis, and Performance
- Design principles for safety instrumented systems
- Sensor selection and configuration
- Logic solver functionality
- Final elements and shutdown devices
- Failure modes and failure behavior
- Safe and dangerous failure concepts
- Diagnostic coverage and fault detection
- Common cause and common mode failures
- Independence and separation requirements
- Practical application: Analyze a Safety Instrumented Function and identify potential failure modes, diagnostic requirements, redundancy options, and performance considerations
SIS Testing, Maintenance, and Lifecycle Management
- Proof testing principles and objectives
- Proof-test planning and intervals
- Inspection and maintenance requirements
- Bypass and override management
- Functional testing and validation
- Failure reporting and corrective actions
- SIS availability and reliability
- Configuration management and documentation
- Management of change for safety instrumented systems
- Practical application: Develop a proof-testing and maintenance strategy for a representative SIS and evaluate the impact of testing intervals and bypasses on system performance
SIS Assessment, Assurance, and Continuous Improvement
- Evaluating SIS performance and reliability
- Reviewing safety integrity requirements
- SIS verification and validation
- Functional safety assessments and technical assurance
- SIS audit principles and lifecycle compliance
- Operational performance monitoring
- Incident investigation and lessons learned
- Modernization and lifecycle improvement
- Developing SIS performance indicators
- Final workshop: Develop a complete SIS lifecycle improvement plan covering requirements, architecture, design, testing, maintenance, bypass management, change control, assurance, and continuous improvement
Upcoming Dates
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Rome · 23 – 27 Nov 2026 · Classroom
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| City | Dates | Price per Participant | Early Bird | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GenevaScheduled | 2 – 6 Nov 2026 | €7,300 | — | |
MuscatScheduled | 2 – 6 Nov 2026 | €6,300 | — | |
OnlineScheduled | 8 – 12 Nov 2026 | €2,700 | — | |
AmmanScheduled | 9 – 13 Nov 2026 | €4,000 | — | |
IstanbulScheduled | 9 – 13 Nov 2026 | €5,300 | — | |
AmsterdamScheduled | 16 – 20 Nov 2026 | €6,000 | — | |
ParisScheduled | 16 – 20 Nov 2026 | €6,700 | — | |
Kuala LumpurScheduled | 16 – 20 Nov 2026 | €4,700 | — | |
LisbonScheduled | 23 – 27 Nov 2026 | €6,000 | €5,400until 2 Nov | |
RomeScheduled | 23 – 27 Nov 2026 | €7,000 | €6,300until 2 Nov | |
BarcelonaScheduled | 23 – 27 Nov 2026 | €6,000 | €5,400until 2 Nov | |
LondonScheduled | 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026 | €5,800 | €5,220until 9 Nov | |
CairoScheduled | 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026 | €3,800 | €3,420until 9 Nov | |
SalalahScheduled | 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2026 | €6,300 | €5,670until 9 Nov | |
Sharm El-SheikhScheduled | 7 – 11 Dec 2026 | €5,300 | €4,770until 16 Nov | |
CasablancaScheduled | 7 – 11 Dec 2026 | €4,700 | €4,230until 16 Nov | |
MadridScheduled | 7 – 11 Dec 2026 | €6,000 | €5,400until 16 Nov | |
ViennaScheduled | 14 – 18 Dec 2026 | €6,400 | €5,760until 23 Nov | |
DohaScheduled | 14 – 18 Dec 2026 | €4,700 | €4,230until 23 Nov | |
ManamaScheduled | 14 – 18 Dec 2026 | €5,300 | €4,770until 23 Nov | |
DubaiScheduled | 20 – 24 Dec 2026 | €4,700 | €4,230until 30 Nov | |
MilanScheduled | 21 – 25 Dec 2026 | €7,000 | €6,300until 30 Nov | |
MuscatScheduled | 28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027 | €6,300 | €5,670until 7 Dec | |
GenevaScheduled | 28 Dec 2026 – 1 Jan 2027 | €7,300 | €6,570until 7 Dec | |
OnlineScheduled | 3 – 7 Jan 2027 | €2,700 | €2,430until 14 Dec | |
IstanbulScheduled | 4 – 8 Jan 2027 | €5,300 | €4,770until 14 Dec | |
AmmanScheduled | 4 – 8 Jan 2027 | €4,000 | €3,600until 14 Dec | |
ParisScheduled | 11 – 15 Jan 2027 | €6,700 | €6,030until 21 Dec | |
AmsterdamScheduled | 11 – 15 Jan 2027 | €6,000 | €5,400until 21 Dec | |
Kuala LumpurScheduled | 11 – 15 Jan 2027 | €4,700 | €4,230until 21 Dec |
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