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• System dependability

  Définie comme « l'aptitude d'un système à fonctionner quand et tel que requis » (IEC), la Sûreté de fonctionnement (dependability en anglais) est aussi la science permettant de s'assurer de cette aptitude et d'acquérir une confiance justifiée à son sujet. Liée à la maîtrise des risques et souvent résumée sous le terme de FMDS (Fiabilité, Maintenabilité, Disponibilité, Sécurité), elle est devenue indispensable dans les domaines industriels (énergie, transport, ...) où des défaillances peuvent avoir des conséquences importantes pour les personnes, l'environnement, l'économie et plus largement, la société. Pour apporter des arguments scientifiques à la conception de nouveaux systèmes nous vous invitons, à entrer dans l'univers de la sûreté de fonctionnement : « connaître ce qui est » (retour d'expérience) pour « prévoir ce qui sera » (méthodes et outils d'analyse et de calcul développés dans ce module) afin de « l'améliorer autant que possible » (aide à la décision pour choisir les meilleurs compromis).
  

  • Unité 1. Contexte, concepts et démarche générale

• Functional Safety
  • We are all familiar with the hazards of energy (thermal, electrical, kinetic, etc.) and toxicity. But functioning is also a source of danger. Yet, this functioning concerns many systems such as industrial installations or transport means (plane, train, car). This new hazardous phenomenon is revealed, for example, by the malfunctioning of these systems (failures or deviations), but also by their misuse, both of which can have dramatic consequences. 

    Functional safety offers an original approach to controlling this new hazard. Its interest is demonstrated by its adoption by all industrial sectors: process, automotive, railway, aviation, machine, nuclear, etc. This module will allow you to discover this new perspective on safety.

    • Unit 1. Functional safety for the process industry sector IEC 61511
    • Unité 1. Sécurité fonctionnelle des procédés IEC 61511 (version française)

• Human & organizational factors
  • Humans are strange “machines” whose errors cause many disasters, but whose actions prevent many more. Safety and risk are themselves relative and subjective human concepts, and not universal attributes as proposed by Physics for example. Understanding the human factors is therefore essential to improving safety and ensuring safety.

    Humans are not just isolated individuals. They make decisions and act within an organisation, whether it is small one, like a team, or huge one, like an international company, an industrial sector or a country. Furthermore, the organisation itself is an entity that drives many decisions. The organisational context of these decisions and actions influences the effectiveness and efficiency of safety. Understanding organisational factors is the second objective of this module.

    • Unit 1. Management and leadership for safety: key concepts Part 1
    • Unit 2. Management and leadership for safety: key concepts Part 2
    • Unit 3. Management and leadership for safety in practice: key challenges Part 1
    • Unit 4. Management and leadership for safety in practice: key challenges Part 2

• Process Safety
  • Process Safety is about saving lives, avoiding injuries and protecting the environment. News bulletins remind us constantly that accidents occur all too often in industrial processes. The industries concerned range from small-scale fine chemical production to oil refining to food processing to processing agricultural waste products. 
    The problems can be summed up as the “big three”: fires, explosions and releases of toxic materials. Understanding the causes of such accidents is essential to avoiding them in the future. 
    Your role, if you accept it, is to do just that and to advise plant managers and designers of industrial installations on how to avoid such accidents. As a Process Safety Engineer you will have a pivotal role in risk management. Following the online course is your first step on the road to getting there.

    • Unit 1. Introduction to hazards of chemical industry

    • Unit 2. Various explosions

    • Unit 3. Reduction of risk of fires and explosions

    • Unit 4. Consequence modeling

    • Unit 5. Risk assessment principles

    • Unit 6. Risk assessment details and tools

    • Unit 7. Risk assessment of fire and explosion scenarios

    • Unit 8. P&ID Diagram 

    • Unit 9. Instrumentation

• Safety Management
  • Ensuring safety involves the use of models and techniques to identify, assess and treat the impacts of multiple hazards. It also requires the organization of activities that concern the people in charge of operations, as well as product designers and project managers. These activities take place in an environment including many other stakeholders (administration, subcontractors, etc.). The overall management of these activities is therefore very complex. A weakness in this managerial activities leads to a high probability of accidents. Control of this management is therefore fundamental.

    • Unit 1. ISO 9001. Quality Management

    • Unit 2. ISO 31000. Management du risque (version française)  

    • Unit 2. ISO 31000. Risk management (English version)

• Toxic Risks
  • Mark as done

    Thanks to this module, you will be able to identify chemical, radiation and biotechnology hazards that have an impact on humans and the environment, and then analyze and mitigate their effect.
    

    • Unit 1. Nuclear safety