B. Competency Assessment

International standards and Regulatory Agencies require that the organizations and the personnel involved in the safe operation of the plant demonstrate and document their competence for the activities for which they are accountable.

IEC 61511-1 clause 5.2.2 makes the following statement:

As a minimum, the following items should be addressed when considering the competence of persons, departments, organizations or other units involved in safety life-cycle activities:

1. engineering knowledge, training and experience appropriate to the process application.
2. engineering knowledge, training and experience appropriate to the applicable technology used (for example, electrical, electronic or programmable electronic).
3. engineering knowledge, training and experience appropriate to the sensors and final elements.
4. safety engineering knowledge (for example, process safety analysis).
5. knowledge of the legal and safety regulatory requirements.
6. adequate management and leadership skills appropriate to their role in safety life-cycle activities.
7. understanding of the potential consequence of an event.
8. the safety integrity level of the safety instrumented functions.
9. the novelty and complexity of the application and the technology.

PCS has developed the PFSE "Premier Functional Safety Engineering" training program as a service to plant operators, engineering contractors and integrators, with the objective of addressing the requirements of the standards in the area of competency in safety engineering knowledge and safety regulatory requirements.

PFSE - Premier Functional Safety Engineering Program One Week Mastering Training Program Instructor – Classroom setting Working examples and discussions Written tests and exams Compliance To: IEC 61508-1 Paragraph 6.2.1(h) and IEC 61511-1 Paragraph 5.2.2

Invensys-Premier Consulting Services offers the PFSE training course addressing Functional Safety in the field of Safety Instrumented Systems. Contents, material and final exams for this course have been reviewed and assessed positively by TÜV Industrie Service GmbH, Automation, Software and Information Technology, ASI.

Participants of the Premier Consulting Services PFSE training course will receive, upon successful completion, a TÜV certificate including a TÜV Functional Safety Engineer logo and ID number. See details of the TÜV Functional Safety Program at: http://www.tuvasi.com