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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Four standards dominate functional safety, and applying the wrong one is a more common and more expensive mistake than most organi...
In Canada, the functional safety standards you work to are not optional references. IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 have been ad...
If IEC 61511 is the standard process engineers cite most, IEC 61508 is the one underneath it holding everything up. It is the foun...
Functional safety certification is not issued in general. It is issued in an application area, and the certificate names that area...
TUV Rheinland certification is the credential most often named in North American process and oil and gas job specificati...
Canada has no national functional safety personnel certification scheme of its own. An engineer in Calgary, Edmonton or Sarnia cer...
SIL determination tells you what integrity a safety function needs. SIL verification proves the system you actually built delivers...
Canada has no federal process safety regulation equivalent to OSHA Process Safety Management in the United States or COMAH in the...
In the United States, functional safety competence is not just a line on a resume. It is something OSHA effectively expects you to...
If you work in functional safety and you are ready to certify your competence formally, you will quickly run into two names: the C...