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Our Functional Safety for Railway Training offers a comprehensive overview of all the detailed aspects related to the functional safety development of systems, hardware, and software for the use in the railway area. It is designed to provide participants with a thorough understanding of functional safety principles, techniques and measures. In addition to the practice oriented examples, we delve into the EN5012x CENELEC functional safety standard serie, equipping attendees with the knowledge to develop safe railway components or subsystems.

The training lasts a total of 3 days and is held in person and virtually (hybrid).

The training includes practical exercises on most topics. After the training, you can take an online exam. Upon successful completion, you will receive a certificate.

This training is tailored to benefit a wide range of professionals, from project leaders, system engineers, hardware and software developers who are involved in railway functional safety. It is particularly important for suppliers who approach this topic for the first time or need a refresh about the latest updates based on the state of the art (EN50126, EN50716 and upcoming trends in the standard commitee).

Upon completing this training, you will gain the ability to understand the concepts related to the deployment of safety application in the railway field. You will be well-prepared in order to design, develop or test railway systems according to functional safety standard. You will understand the practical implication of the standard requirements (EN5012x serie), applied to the context of real scenarios. Additionally, you will be able to engage with assessors regarding functional safety matters.

Agenda

Day 1:

• Defining functional safety – exploring its history and principles
• Risk Based Approach
• Systematic and Random Failures
• Safety Integrity Levels and Metrics
• Standards for functional safety (overview major standards)
• Safety architectures & Fail-safe techniques ​
• Basic safety calculations
• Organizational measures
• Development processes

Day 2:

• Safe Hardware Development (EN50126-2:2018, EN50129:2018)
• • Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
  • Safety Architectures
  • Failure Rates and Metric Calculation
  • Techniques and Measures
  • Process Development Aspects

Day 3:

• Safe Software Development (EN50128:2011, EN50657:2017, EN50716:2023)
• • Software Assurance
  • Project Organization
  • Software Design
  • Software Test and Verification
  • Tools for usage in safety development
  • Safety Communication (EN50159)