System Safety

Instruction is given in both system safety engineering and management with emphasis on complex, high technology systems. Engineering methods are illustrated with practical, numerical examples. The principal system safety analysis method is taught with classroom and homework problems. Preparation of a system safety program plan and management of the system safety process in all phases of the system life are examined in depth. A classroom project provides students with the opportunity to apply system safety management and engineering methods while working as a team. Enrichment lectures in special areas of knowledge essential to the system safety process will also be presented. Each student should bring a calculator with statistical functions.

Objectives: To provide a level of knowledge of system safety sufficient to manage a system safety program and to perform associated system safety engineering tasks.

Who Should Attend: Individuals who have safety responsibilities in the design and operation of complex systems in which an accident can cause substantial loss. Emphasis is upon military projects and contracts.

Course Outline

1. Quantitative Methods
       System Safety Fundamentals
       Set/Probability Theories
       Bernoulli Process and Binomial Distribution
       Poisson Analysis
       Series/Parallel Networks
       Fault Tree Analysis
       Event Tree Approach
       Boolean Algebra
       Failure Data Analysis
       Decision Theory
       Risk Ranking
2. Management
       System and System Safety Life Cycle
       Hazard Analysis Techniques including:
           Logic/Change Analysis
           Energy/Trace
           FHA/FMECA
           FTA
           SCA
       Hazard Analysis Types including PHA/SSHA, SHA and OSHA
       System Safety Order of Precedence
       Amelioration
       System Safety Management Tasks
       Objectives/Life Cycles
       System Safety Program Plan
       Types of Risks/Assumption of Risks