
This introduction covers three topics:
My expertise in this subject and in teaching safety;
The benefits of the course, namely that you will:
Gain knowledge about system safety risk analysis;
Be able to create and tailor an effective and efficient risk analysis program; and
Feel confident with the tools to analyze the risks of almost any system.
How to get further learning resources (at the end of the course).
Topics for this Course:
Module 1 – Recap: Risk Basics;
Module 2 – System Safety Risk Analysis;
Module 3 – Understanding Your Standard;
Module 4 – Designing Your Program; and
Module 5 – More Resources.
The aim of this module is to gain a common understanding of safety risk and the meaning of the words used to describe it. This will help you understand the later modules, but if you are familiar with these concepts then you can skip to the next module.
The terms explained are, as follows:
Risk & Mishap;
Probability & Severity;
Hazard & Causal Factor;
Mishap (accident) sequence; and
Hazards: Tests & Example.
The aim of this module is to answer the question: How do we deal with real-world complexity? It introduces system safety concepts that allow us to break down complex problems and analyze them effectively.
The system safety topics covered are, as follows:
What is System Safety?
The Need for Process;
A Realistic, Useful, Powerful process:
Context, Communication & Consultation; and
Monitoring & Review, Risk Treatment.
Required Risk Reduction.
In this module you will learn to answer the question: Am I Doing the Right Thing, and am I Doing it Right? You will learn about the system safety standard that we are using, what it was designed to do, and for whom. This pedigree explains its advantages and disadvantages.
The topics covered are:
Standards: What and Why?
System Safety Engineering pedigree;
Advantages – systematic, comprehensive, etc: and
Disadvantages – cost/schedule, complexity & quantity not quality.
In this module, you will learn how to design an effective and efficient risk analysis strategy for any system.
The topics included are, as follows:
The essentials:
Preliminary Hazard Identification;
Preliminary Hazard Analysis (HA); and
System Requirements HA;
Design & Integration – System/Subsystem HA;
Human Factors & Impact – Operations/Support & Health HA;
Programmable electronics – Functional HA;
Systems of Systems HA; and
Environmental HA.
Students will find out where to get more information on the ten risk analysis Tasks.
The system safety risk analysis Tasks are, as follows:
T201. Preliminary Hazard Identification;
T202. Preliminary Hazard Analysis;
T203. System Requirements HA;
T204. Sub System HA;
T205. System HA;
T206. Operating & Support HA;
T207. Health HA;
T208. Functional HA;
T209. System of Systems HA; and
T210. Environmental HA.
N.B. This course was formerly known as System Safety Risk Assessment Programs (SSRAP), which was an accurate description, but a bit unwieldy as a title!
So what are the BENEFITS of this course?
First, you will learn about basic concepts, system safety, what it is, and what it does. You will know how to apply a risk analysis program to a very complex system and how to manage that complexity. You will be able to tackle complex problems that you were not able to do before.
Second, you will be able to take the elements of a risk analysis program, the different tasks, and select the right tasks that you need to put together in a program to suit your application. Whatever it might be, you might: have a full, high-risk bespoke development system; be taking a commercial system off the shelf and doing something new with it; or be taking a product and using it in a new environment. You'll know how to tailor your risk analysis program to what needs to be analyzed and to meet your legal and regulatory requirements. And once you've learned how to do this, you can apply it to almost any system.
Third, you will feel confident doing this because, rather than just reading a standard and not knowing whether you've understood it correctly, I will be there interpreting some of the terminology, applying my experience, and showing you how you can get good results and avoid some of the pitfalls.
Topics for this Course:
Module 1 – Recap: Risk Basics. A Common Understanding of Risk
Module 2 – System Safety Risk Analysis. How do we deal with real-world complexity?
Module 3 – Understanding Your Standard. Am I Doing the Right Thing, and am I Doing it Right?
Module 4 – Designing Your Program. A Systematic, Effective Approach that isn’t Wasteful
Module 5 – More Resources. How to get more Resources and Help
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