In November GFS is running TÜV Functional Safety courses for engineers as well as Technicians. The courses are arranged in collaboration with EFSTAS UK. The courses will provide the participants with detailed knowledge of the principles and requirements of functional safety according to IEC 61508 and IEC 61511. All courses [...]
The meetings were held in collaboration with the companies Adding Engineering and GasDetect. On our trip around the country we have visited Aalborg, Middelfart and Glostrup. The individual events have addressed topics such as: – Functional Safety Introduction to IEC 61508 – Basic principles – Functional Safety Introduction to IEC [...]
Invitation to go-home meeting The GFS will inform about the basic principles of the IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 standards, while giving an indication of the significant changes in the new 2016 edition of IEC 61511. Sign up by Friday 17th of June - we look forward to welcoming you [...]
GFS has organized their first TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety courses for engineers and technicians in Copenhagen. The courses are provided on behalf of EFSTAS with GFS as TÜV Rheinland approved Functional Safety instructor. The course is very intensive, and the students worked really hard for three days before the examination [...]
GFS can now offer TÜV Rheinland certified Functional Safety courses in Denmark on behalf of EFSTAS an internationally recognized course provider based in the UK. Courses are offered for safety engineers working with design of safety systems as well as technicians, who maintain and test safety systems. Successful participants receive [...]
The Functional Safety Expert Certificate states knowledge and expertise in Safety Instrumented Systems and is a part of the TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Program which offers engineers or persons who have been working in the field of functional safety for many years, the opportunity to achieve a formal proof of their [...]
GFS is attending an IEC Technical Committee meeting in Lyon, France. The purpose of the meeting is to evaluate the comments collected pertaining to the first committee draft (CD1) of the ongoing revision of IEC 61511 (rev. 2).
GFS held a one-day functional safety course at DuPont Danisco in Grindsted, focusing on practical application of IEC 61511. DuPont is well known for a high level of safety awareness in the organization, and the course included some very inspiring discussions for GFS to learn from. Let us know if [...]
GFS has spent four days in Helsinki, Finland with the IEC Technical Committee, evaluating the current comments issued on the 2nd edition of IEC 61511. The standard is planned for release in 2015.
Our GFS course ‘Practical application of IEC 61511’ was held at Trinity Hotel & Conference in Fredericia with all participants contributing with relevant inputs and comments in the discussions. The overall evaluation was good, especially highlighted was the performance of our course lecturers, together with the evaluation of the venue. [...]