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ALL CAREER STAGES | UK-SPEC: A,B,E | FOUR DAYS | LIVE VIRTUAL | CPD: 32 HOURS | COST FROM £999
Safety Critical Systems (SCS) technical training course
Advance your career in safety-critical industries through our CPD-accredited course
We can run additional and in-company courses dependent on demand. Please contact us if you're interested.
About the technical training course
Focusing on the requirements for functional safety through in-depth discussions and practical training course exercises.
This four-day course provides you with an exhaustive and authoritative description of the criteria for functional safety considering the rapidly increasing system complexity.
The course will allow you to interpret and apply IEC 61508 understanding; combat specific issues for designing and managing safety systems and integrating cybersecurity into overall safety strategy.
The course is comprised of three parts, spread over two weeks and taking place virtually.
Intensive learning in three parts:
- Part one: Introduction to functional safety
- Part two: Management, design, assessment, and maintenance
- Part three: Software safety and cyber security
Key themes
- Introduction to IEC 61508, RISK and SILs
- Risk concepts and cost benefit analysis
- Fundamentals of functional safety
- Operation and maintenance
Who should attend
- Control and Instrumentation Engineer
- Electrical Design Engineer
- Electrical and Control Engineering Surveyor
- Loss Prevention Consultant
- RF and Microwave Systems Engineer
- Safety Consultant
- Senior System Engineer
- Specialist Inspector / Safety Assessor
- Nuclear Safety Engineer
- Lead Control and Instrumentation Engineer
- Senior Hardware Engineer.
Don't just take our word for it…
“Good to hear from some of the industry champions involved in delivering this course.”
General Dynamics UK Ltd
“An excellent introduction to the world of IEC 61508 for those who would like to become practitioners.”
Sellafield
“An excellent course covering many aspects of functional safety.”
University of Oxford
“This course is a good generic approach to functional safety. The course covers everything from fundamentals to practical examples to some very specialist areas such as AI.”
Magnox
Ron Bell
Ron Bell
Functional Safety Specialist
Chantal Sealey
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Chantal Sealey
Principal Consultant
ERM
Dewi Daniels
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Dewi Daniels
Director
Software Safety Limited
Dave Green
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Dave Green
Associate Director
RPS | Consulting UK & Ireland
Dr Patrik Feth
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Dr Patrik Feth
Senior Safety Consultant
Rhodri Morgan
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Rhodri Morgan
Principle Safety Consultant, AtkinsRealis
Damian Marsden
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Damian Marsden
Principal EC&I Engineer
ERM
Esteban Bernechea
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Esteban Bernechea
Principal Consultant
ORS Consulting (ORS)
Declan Staunton
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Declan Staunton
Principal Engineer, Analog Devices
- Part one: Introduction to functional safety
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Part one - day one
08.55
Teams open
09.00
Introduction to the Course
- Module 1: The basics of functional safety 1
- Module 2: The basics of functional safety 2
- Module 3: The basics of functional safety 3
- Module 4: Safety Lifecycles & Compliance
Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist
Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS | Consulting UK & Ireland
12.30
Lunch
13.20
- Module 5: Random Hardware failures, Systematic Failures & Modes of operation
- Module 6: Strategy to achieve Functional Safety: Hardware Safety Integrity: Part 1
Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist
Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS | Consulting UK & Ireland
17.00
Open forum
17.30
Close
Part one - day two
08.55
Teams open
09.00
- Module 7: Strategy to achieve Functional Safety: Hardware Safety Integrity: Part 2
- Module 8: Strategy to achieve Functional Safety: Systematic Safety Integrity
Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist
Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS | Consulting UK & Ireland
12.30
Lunch
13.20
- Module 9: Functional Safety Assurance Measures
- Module 10: Management of Functional Safety and Competence
- Module 11: SIL Determination and ALARP Demonstration
Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist
Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS | Consulting UK & Ireland
17.00
Open forum
17.30
Close
- Part three: Software safety and cyber security
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Part three - day four
08.55
Teams open
09.00
Session 5: Machinery Safety Applications, using IEC 62061
Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS | Consulting UK & Ireland
10.00
Break
10.10
Session 6: IEC 61508: Software Requirements
Dewi Daniels, Director, Software Safety Limited
11.40
Break
12.00
Session 7: Complex Semiconductors and Functional Safety
Declan Staunton, Principal Engineer, Analog Devices
13.00
Lunch
14.00
Session 8: Cyber Security and Safety
Rhodri Morgan, Principle Safety Consultant, Atkins Realis.
15.00
Break
15.10
Session 9: Artificial Intelligence: The Challenges
Patrik Feth, Senior Safety Consultant
16.10
Break
16.20
End of course open session Q & A
Chair: Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist
17.00
Close
- Part two: Management, design, assessment, and maintenance
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Part two - day three
08.55
Teams open
09.00
Introduction to the course
Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist
09.10
Session 1: Walkthrough example from Hazard and Risk Analysis to final design: Part 1
Esteban Bernechea, Principal Consultant | ORS Consulting (ORS)
10.25
Break
10.45
Session 2: Walkthrough example from Hazard and Risk Analysis to final design: Part 2
Chantal Sealey, Principal Consultant, ERM
11.45
Lunch
12.45
Session 3: Operation and Maintenance
Damian Marsden, Principal EC&I Engineer, ERM
13.45
Break
13.55
Session 4: Case Studies Including Interactive Examples
- Case study 1: BP Texas City incident
- Case study 2: CAPECO incident
- Case study 3: Boeing 737 Max
- Case study 4: Deepwater Horizon
Dave Green, Principal Consultant RPS | Consulting UK & Ireland
15.55
End of day open session Q & A
Chair: Ron Bell, Functional Safety Specialist
16.00
Close
Please note that the programme is subject to change.
November 2026
Part one: 3 - 4 November 2026
Part two and three: 10 - 11 November 2026
Early-bird
(Until 11 September 2026)
IET Member - £2059
Non-Member - £2259
Military / Government - £999
Student/Apprentice - £999
Standard tickets
(From 12 September 2026)
IET Member - £2159
Non-Member - £2369
Military / Government - £999
Student/Apprentice - £999
Group booking discounts
10% discount for 3 - 5 delegates – SCSGR3T05
15% discount for 6+ delegates – SCSGR6PLUS
What's included in registration?
- Four days of interactive training delivered by Safety Critical System experts
- Access to the trainer presentation slides
- CPD hours and a certificate
Overseas participants
If you are attending the course from outside of the UK and are paying for your booking using a company payment card where the company is VAT Registered and is the registered card billing address, please use the registration link for a VAT registered overseas company.
This form will capture your Company VAT Registration number and will be subject to Out of Scope VAT. Otherwise, VAT is charged at the UK rate of 20%.
If you are from outside the UK but paying with a personal payment card, please use the overseas individual link.
Terms and conditions
All prices are per person. If you require a proforma invoice before booking and/or wish to pay via purchase order, please contact us: events@theiet.org. We regret that we cannot accept AMEX for online payments.
*All students must provide a copy of their student pass or letter of enrolment from their college or University.
Once registered please email your documentation to events@theiet.org along with your booking confirmation number.
Discount codes are for member and non-member delegate registration only, and not applicable to student bookings.
If you need to pay for your group by proforma invoice, please contact events@theiet.org.
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