All Ireland
Webinar: What Process Engineers Should Know about Functional Safety

- Date From 19th August 2025
- Date To 19th August 2025
- Price From Free. Open to all.
- Location Online: 12:00 BST. Duration 1 hour.
Overview
Functional safety refers to the life cycle that can be applied to safety instrumented systems. This life cycle begins at the initial safety assessment of any process and ends with instrument decommissioning. Process engineers will gain an understanding of how they can consider functional safety when they attend safety assessments and when, for example, they partake in specification of safety instrumented systems.
Speaker
David Sparkes, Technical Director, Method Process Safety Ltd
David is the Technical Director of Method Process Safety Ltd. He is an experienced process safety engineer, registered as an IChemE professional process safety engineer and TÜV Functional Safety Engineer. After graduating from Newcastle University, David worked on capital projects and control systems design, until a project to rebuild a chemical plant after an incident led him to pursue a career in process safety.
The material presented has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter’s own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the All Ireland Member Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.
Time
12:00 –13:00 BST.
Software
The presentation will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. We recommend downloading the app from the Microsoft website, rather than using the web portal.
Price
Price includes VAT.
- IChemE member: Free
- Non-member: £10.00
*After registering, please make sure to also sign up for the Teams webinar using the link provided in the confirmation email.
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