PS Program · Process industries
Process safety.
Built on knowledge.
Develop your understanding of functional safety, Safety Instrumented Systems, and industrial risk. Explore six courses for the people who design, supervise, and operate process plants.
Knowledge for critical responsibilities
Understand the risk.
Strengthen your decisions.
Connect safety requirements with the systems, functions, and activities intended to protect people, the environment, and industrial assets.
Recognize hazards
Develop a clearer understanding of process hazards and potential consequences.
Specify protection
Connect risk decisions with safety functions and documented requirements.
Evaluate integrity
Understand SIL assignment and the verification of safety-function performance.
Support the lifecycle
Consider design, implementation, operation, and maintenance together.
Choose your area of development
Six courses.
Practical industrial questions.
Explore each course’s focus and intended audience. These are complementary topics, not a mandatory sequence of prerequisites.
Safety Instrumented Systems for Burner Management Systems
Understand how BMS design supports safe combustion in boilers, furnaces, and process heaters.
Topics and intended audience
For professionals involved in combustion systems, controls, and process safety.
- BMS operation, safe startup, and fuel supply procedures.
- Hazards and risks associated with boilers, furnaces, and heaters.
- Programmable systems, diagnostics, and considerations for failure behavior.
- Standards and guidance relevant to BMS design.
Introduction to SIL Assignment and Verification
Develop the theoretical and practical understanding needed to assign and verify Safety Integrity Levels.
Topics and intended audience
For engineers involved in SIS projects and SIF performance evaluation.
- SIL assignment and verification within process plant projects.
- Assessment of random hardware failures in Safety Instrumented Functions.
- Probability of failure on demand (PFD) and probability of dangerous failure per hour (PFH).
- Practical examples connected with IEC 61511 and IEC 61508.
- Published format: three four-hour sessions; confirm the selected event’s schedule.
Safety Requirements Specification Workshop
Learn how to develop and write the Safety Requirements Specification that forms the design basis of an SIS.
Topics and intended audience
For professionals responsible for specifying and designing safety instrumented systems.
- Purpose and structure of the Safety Requirements Specification (SRS).
- Detailed requirements for each Safety Instrumented Function.
- Connecting the SRS with the design basis of the SIS.
- A workshop approach informed by process-industry functional safety experience.
- The published course description identifies Roberto E. Varela as instructor; confirm the instructor for your session.
Introduction to Functional Safety for Supervisors
Understand why, when, and how Safety Instrumented Systems are used in process plants.
Topics and intended audience
For supervisors and professionals seeking a foundation in SIS and its lifecycle.
- Safety requirements, risk assessment, and the identification of safety functions.
- SIL assignment and SIS architectures.
- An introduction to installation, validation, and commissioning.
- Operation and maintenance within the SIS lifecycle.
Major Accident Risk and Prevention Workshop
Explore process-plant hazards, initiating causes, consequences, and measures for accident prevention and mitigation.
Topics and intended audience
For operations, engineering, safety, construction, maintenance, and service-provider teams.
- Fundamental safety and security concepts.
- Hazards and risks in continuous-process industrial plants.
- Common measures to prevent and mitigate major accidents.
- An introduction to functional safety requirements and their application.
Safe Hydrocarbon Transportation Workshop
Explore how functional safety and SIS can support risk management in hydrocarbon transportation infrastructure.
Topics and intended audience
For engineers, technicians, and professionals with safety-related responsibilities in oil and gas.
- Process risk management applied to hydrocarbon production and transportation.
- The role of SIS in protecting people, the environment, and assets.
- Lessons from industrial incidents, including Piper Alpha and Buncefield.
- Examples of protective functions and systems using IEC 61511 concepts.
- Available in a virtual workshop format; confirm session arrangements.
Prices are reproduced from the program page. Confirm currency, taxes, availability, and applicable terms before purchasing.
From concepts to responsibilities
A shared foundation
across the plant.
Engineering and design
Connect risk assessment, safety requirements, system architecture, and verification.
Operations and supervision
Understand the purpose of protective systems and their role throughout the operating lifecycle.
Safety and maintenance
Build context for accident prevention, protective functions, and sustained system performance.
Plan your investment
Course pricing at a glance.
Individual course prices are shown below. Promotions may apply to specific training events; request a formal proposal when required.
| Course | Focus | Published price |
|---|---|---|
| PS10 | Combustion safety | $1,000 |
| PS11 | Safety integrity | $1,200 |
| PS12 | Requirements | $800 |
| PS20 | Foundations | $500 |
| PS21 | Process risk | $1,200 |
| PS22 | Hydrocarbon transport | $500 |
Tickets can usually be purchased from the relevant event page once available. Requested proposals and invoices are accessible through your user profile.
Your next step
Build a training plan
around your needs.
1. Identify your focus
Select the course that matches your responsibilities, project, or development goals.
2. Confirm the session
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For English- and Spanish-speaking professionals: confirm the teaching language of the specific session. This page does not imply that every course is currently scheduled in both languages.
Before you choose
Clarity for your
next course.
Who is the PS Program for?
The program covers topics relevant to engineers, technicians, supervisors, safety personnel, and teams involved in process-plant design, operations, and maintenance. Intended audiences vary by course.
How do SIS, SIL, and SRS relate?
A Safety Instrumented System (SIS) implements safety functions. Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) describe the required integrity of those functions. The Safety Requirements Specification (SRS) documents requirements that form the design basis.
Is this the industrial cybersecurity program?
The six courses presented here focus on functional safety, process risk, and protective systems. For dedicated industrial cybersecurity training, explore the EN Program or the ISA cybersecurity program.
Can I take the training in English or Spanish?
Confirm the language for the selected course and session before registering. Delivery language and availability must be checked for each event.
Where can I find dates and course materials?
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Does attending certify a system or organization?
No. Training attendance does not, by itself, certify a system or organization or demonstrate that a safety function meets its required integrity.
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