Safety for Process and Infrastructure Systems

What is Safety for Process and Infrastructure Systems?

This course (SSTS6202) leverages examples from subsea production and transportation systems to demonstrate the practical application of technical safety. It places special emphasis on safety-critical functions, featuring examples from workover systems, High-integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS), and subsea process systems, alongside transportation systems

The student will obtain knowledge of the technical safety process, and the safety life cycle as defined by the functional safety standards (IEC 61508 for the general industry, IEC 61511 for the process industry, and ISO 26262 for road vehicles).

After the course the student will be able:

• perform technical safety analysis at different stages in a product/system life cycle, and use hazard identifications and risk analysis in the design of safety-instrumented systems (SIS).
• to design an SIS at appropriate Safety Integrity Levels (SILs).
• to create a lifecycle plan for a safety-critical system, and manage the development of such a system according to the functional safety standards.
• Furthermore, the student will obtain an understanding of how to communicate technical safety with relevant stakeholders involved in an engineering project.

Dates

• Week 35, 25.08.25 - 29.08.25, from 08:45 to 16:30

Instruction

The course is organized into 5 intensive days of lectures. During these days, the lectures last from 08.45 to 16.30 each day. The course is a mixture of lectures and work in groups. Masterstudents and others taking courses for credit will work on a written assignment which is due 10 weeks after the end of the course. A completed course with approved written assignment will give 7.5 studypoints. Full attendance during the intensive course week is obligatory. The maximum amount of hours that can be missed is 4, duly justified.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites other than general engineering mathematics. We recommend taking the course Robust Engineering in advance.

Prices

The price for attending the course is NOK 25.000,- and includes supervision and grading of the written assignment.