Summary
The goal of this course is to learn the principles and requirements of Functional Safety of Machinery (FSoM) including the practical application of the requirements in accordance with the machinery standards ISO 13849 and IEC 62061.
Course attendance is open to all interested parties, application engineers and system integrators, also designers and safety specialists working in Machinery applications. Achieving the threshold mark for the examination and meeting the prerequisites as detailed below will result in the candidate obtaining a TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Engineer (Machinery) certificate.
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participants should be able to:
- Describe the principles of functional safety management, key features and requirements of both ISO 13849 and IEC 62061 standards
- Describe the requirements of the machinery safety lifecycle
- Understand the methods and strategies for risk reduction in machinery applications
- Understand the relevant requirements from A and B-standards for the technical design, selection of machinery safety equipment, design, engineering, configuration, organisational requirements, quality system, documentation, verification and validation
- Describe the selection of protective devices for Machinery to achieve the required risk reduction with examples of safety functions
- Understand the quantitative assessment of machinery safety functions
Topics covered:
- TÜV Rheinland FS training program
- Machinery Directive, Regulations, Safety Standards A, B and C
- FS standard in Machine safeguarding
- Machinery Directive list of machines and safety components
- Risk analysis methods (ISO 12100)
- Risk assessments acc. to ISO 13849 and IEC 62061
- Comparison of safety classifications
- Introduction to ISO 13849 and safety categories
- Deterministic fault consideration, faults and fault exclusions acc. to ISO 13849-2
- Selection of safety devices, installation and configuration
- Guards, interlocking devices
- Safety functions - Start / re-start interlock
- Emergency off, emergency switching off, stop categories & muting
- Connection of safety devices to controls & interface circuits
- ISO 13849-1 requirements for application area, restrictions, documentation, quality management, regarding software
- Use of standard components in safety functions
- Validation acc. to ISO 13849-2
- IEC 62061 requirements for application area, documentation, quality management, life cycle model, safety relevant application software
- Concepts of SIL, SIL CL, HFT and SFF
- Proof of safety, verification and validation of safety functions
Duration
The duration is 4½ days consisting of 4 days of tuition with an examination on the 5th day.
Course type and methods
This is an instructor led course with interactive classroom discussions and practical examples of machinery safety implementation.
Certificate
Participants, who fulfil the requirements, attend the complete training and pass the exam successfully will receive the Functional Safety Engineer - Machinery (TÜV Rheinland) certificate with an individual ID number. Holders of this certificate will be listed at the TÜV Rheinland website www.tuvasi.com ‘List of Functional Safety Engineers - Machinery’.
When
Monday 16 November 2026, 09:00-17:00
Tuesday 17 November 2026, 09:00-17:00
Wednesday 18 November 2026, 09:00-17:00
Thursday 19 November 2026, 09:00-17:00
Friday 20 November 2026, 09:00-12:00
