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IEC 61508 Industrial Functional Safety Professional (IFSP) Training
Our flagship program, delivered directly as an approved SGS-TÜV Saar partner. We systematically simplify the 10-part structure of the master standard so working engineers can apply it on real hardware — with practical guidance on risk assessment, Safety Integrity Level (SIL) determination, and software safety requirement validation.
What you’ll learn
Outcomes your team can apply on real hardware.
01
Navigate the 10-part structure of IEC 61508 with confidence
02
Run risk assessments and determine the correct Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
03
Specify and validate software safety requirements
04
Build audit-ready evidence that satisfies third-party assessors
Curriculum
Module outline.
A structured path from fundamentals to audit-ready evidence. Expand any module to see its lessons.
- Why IEC 61508 exists
- The overall safety lifecycle
- Roles, competence & independence
- Hazard identification
- Risk parameters & tolerability
- Allocating safety functions
- Risk graph & LOPA methods
- Target failure measures
- Worked SIL examples
- Architectural constraints
- PFH / PFDavg calculation
- Safe failure fraction
- Avoiding & controlling systematic faults
- Techniques & measures
- Compliant development flow
- Software safety lifecycle
- Requirements & architecture
- Verification & validation
- Functional safety assessment
- Building the safety case
- Preparing for the assessor
7 modules · 21 lessons · Certificate of completion
Standards covered
Grounded in the standards that matter.
IEC 61508·ISO 13849·ISO 26262
Your instructor
Taught by a principal safety engineer.
Ben Twombly
Founder & CEO · Principal Safety Engineer
Ben Twombly is the founder of Critical Systems Analysis and the principal engineer behind every CSA program. He holds an FS Engineer certification from TÜV Rheinland and the Industrial Functional Safety Professional (IFSP) certification.
Before founding CSA in May 2023, Ben spent six years as a Senior Safety Engineer at TÜV Rheinland, preparing clients for safety assessments across a wide range of safety-critical systems. He earned his degree in robotics from the Colorado School of Mines. At CSA he works with robotics companies, autonomous vehicle manufacturers, industrial machinery firms, battery management system developers, and rail transit organizations across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
FS Engineer · Certified by TÜV Rheinland IFSP · Industrial Functional Safety Professional B.S. Robotics · Colorado School of Mines
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