Functional Safety
What Functional Safety Certification Actually Costs in the US and Canada
Search for functional safety certification cost and you will get a confusing spread of numbers. Part of that is genuine variation...
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Process, Machinery or Industrial Automation? Picking the Right Functional Safety Certification Track
Functional safety certification is not issued in general. It is issued in an application area, and the certificate names that area...
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Functional Safety Training and Certification in Canada: Schemes, CSA Standards and the P.Eng Question
Canada has no national functional safety personnel certification scheme of its own. An engineer in Calgary, Edmonton or Sarnia cer...
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Functional Safety in Canada: CSA Z767, AER Expectations, and How They Map to IEC 61511
Canada has no federal process safety regulation equivalent to OSHA Process Safety Management in the United States or COMAH in the...
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Functional Safety in Manufacturing: ISO 13849, IEC 62061 and the January 2027 Deadline
Functional safety in manufacturing works differently from functional safety in process plants, and manufacturers who borrow proces...
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Functional Safety Standards Explained: IEC 61508, IEC 61511, ISO 13849 and IEC 62061
Four standards dominate functional safety, and applying the wrong one is a more common and more expensive mistake than most organi...
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Functional Safety Management: Building a Compliant Safety Lifecycle Program
Most functional safety failures are not really engineering failures. The SIL was determined, the system was designed, the study wa...
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Functional Safety Training and Certification in the US: CFSE, FS Eng, and What OSHA PSM Expects
In the United States, functional safety competence is not just a line on a resume. It is something OSHA effectively expects you to...
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Functional Safety Training and Certification in Canada: IEC 61508
In Canada, the functional safety standards you work to are not optional references. IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 have been ad...
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IEC 61508 Certification: The Foundation of Functional Safety Competence
If IEC 61511 is the standard process engineers cite most, IEC 61508 is the one underneath it holding everything up. It is the foun...