Functional Safety Handbook

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CONTENTS
1.0 Introduction Page 3
2.0 Background Page 4
3.0 Putting the basics in place Page 6
4.0 Defining the boundaries Page 8
5.0 Specifying competency requirements Page 11
6.0 Benchmarking current practice Page 13
7.0 Selecting the certification body Page 14
8.0 Developing the safety lifecycle model and Page 15
functional safety management system
9.0 Executing the certification process Page 26
10.0 Training courses Page 28
11.0 Establishing Supporting activities Page 29
12.0 Managing channel partners and third-party integrators Page 29
13.0 Final Comments and Conclusions Page 30
Appendices Page 31-33
References Page 34
About the author Page 35
For more information, contact Stuart Nunns, UK Safety Lead Competency Centre at