6 Hot Topics Announced for Free Functional Safety / Process Safety Webinars

HITCHIN, U.K. - March 28, 2025 - PRLog -- Specifically designed for those involved in the Process Industries, these seminars are designed to help educate engineers and managers, provide free CPD hours, and demonstrate =Methods competence in these important topics. There are no sales pitches - just the development of good will.

Each topic will consist of a 20 minute presentation plus 30 minutes Q&A between the audience and presenters. We use the Teams webimar tool which means all attendees are hidden from each other. We communicate via chat. The event will be delivered UK time.

These events are delivered every 6 months.

The 6 topics that will be disc

Early hazard studies - Introducing the Early Stage Hazard Studies
Hazard studies 0 and 1 take place right at the start of a project and have four important functions. Evaluating whether any changes can be made to make the process "inherently safer".
Start time: 09:30 am BST

When Should You Use Machinery Safety Instead of Functional Safety?
Machinery Safety (IEC62061 and ISO13849) and Functional Safety (IEC61511) are often considered as variations on the same theme and sometimes used interchangeably.
Start time: 10:30 am BST

What's new in ISA TR84.00.09:2024 "Cybersecurity Related to the Safety Lifecycle
In this presentation Dr. Steve Essery of Method Cyber Security Ltd. will discuss the new content and changes made since the 2017 version of this useful guidance document for the integration of cyber security throughout the safety lifecycle.
Start time: 11:30 am BST

ALARP Explained (as simply as reasonably practicable)
"ALARP" is short for "as low as reasonably practicable". In this talk, David Sparkes, our Process Safety Technical Director will attempt to explain ALARP and how it works, as simply as is reasonably practicable in a half hour webinar!
Start time: 01:00 pm BST

Functional Safety: More Than a PFD Calculation
In this presentation, the speaker will highlight some other steps of the lifecycle which are often overlooked, or poorly executed, sometimes negating the PFDavg/reliability of the SIF completely.
Start time: 02:00 pm BST

What's happening with IEC 61511 Edition 3?
A review on progress on the development of IEC Edition 3, some thoughts on the likely changes and a review on how you can be involved in commenting on the draft standard.
Start time: 03:00 pm BST

To reserve your place visit https://www.methodfs.com/seminar