SGS-TÜV Saar – Certified Functional Safety Application Expert (CFSAE) Training – 5 Days – Traralgon
- July 21, 2025 - July 25, 2025
- 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Century Inn - Traralgon 5 Airfield Road, Traralgon Vic 3844
- 0418 684 614
Event description
In conjunction with SGS-TÜV Saar, SICK is now offering training toward the qualification of Certified Functional Safety Application Expert in the topic of functional safety of machinery. Those who complete the training should not only satisfy legal requirements relating to functional safety, they will also have the skills to perform substantiated evaluations of machine safety and be familiar with all the steps involved in the process. The training is aimed at engineers, electricians, system integrators and developers, as well as safety officers and those responsible for machinery safety.
Course Information
The standards regarding Functional Safety as well as the European Machinery Directive and Australian and New Zealand OH&S law, demand that persons and organisations performing responsible (accountable) tasks during the life cycle phase of a machine have to acquire and be able to prove their competency in machinery safety.
Within this training, the requirements for the design as well as the proof of functional safety for machinery applications are described and discussed in detail based on the relevant current standards.
The procedure for the selection of protective devices for machinery in order to achieve the required risk reduction is shown. Examples of safety functions are explained. The main requirements of ISO 13849 and IEC 62061 for the design of safety-related parts of machine control systems are presented and application examples illustrating the quantitative assessment of safety functions are discussed.
Eligibility Requirements
In order to participate in the program, we suggest applicants should have a minimum of three year’s experience in the field of functional safety of machinery and be knowledgeable on the international standards as mentioned above. When you register your interest to participate, a registration and eligibility form will be provided for you to complete. Your eligibility will be assessed and if necessary, discussed with you.
About the Exam
The exam consists of 70 multiple choice questions and 10 open questions. The standards ISO 13849 part 1 and 2 and IEC 62061 are essential working material for the exam. Hard copies of these should be brought along by participants. Soft copies of any reference material and computers/tablets/phones etc. are not allowed in the exam. It is suggested that participants are familiar with the European Machinery Directive which is available for download from the European Union Law website. Additionally a calculator should be brought along for some calculations. Other standards you should have a good working knowledge of and should have available for reference are ISO 12100, ISO 13854, ISO 13855 & ISO 13857 or their relevant AS or AS/NZS equivalents. SICK’s very valuable “Guide for Safe Machinery” will be provided as part of the preparation material.
RSVP: 17th May
Topics covered during the coaching include:
- European Machinery Directive
- Safety of Workers at Work Directive
- Work Equipment Directive
- Risk Assessment, Risk Estimation, Risk Reduction
- Safety of Machinery – standards structure
- Types of Guarding and Technical Protective Devices
- Positioning of Safeguards
- Electro Sensitive Protective Equipment
- Muting Requirements
- Quantification to ISO 13849 & IEC 62061
Optional:
(Day 5 – Half Day)
Registration information
All seminars will be held from 8.30am to 5.00pm and include morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
Agenda
- European legislation: What is an EU Directive?
- Benefits of technical standards and standardisation
- Strategy for risk assessment and risk reduction (ISO 12100)
- Safeguarding and complementary protective measures
- Requirements for the design of fixed and movable guards
- Application of protective devices
- Determining minimum distances of safeguards
- Miscellaneous protective measures
- Integrating protective devices into control systems
- Technical and organisational measures for safety-related systems
- Principles for the design of safety-related parts of the control system (SRP/CS) acc. to ISO 13849-1
- Principles for the design of safety-related electrical control systems (SRECS) acc. to IEC 62061
- Requirements for safety-related application software
- Principles for verification and validation (ISO 13849-2)
- Quantification of SRP/CS acc. to ISO 13849-1
- Quantification of SRECS acc. to IEC 62061