System Safety Assessment Training

As part of our portfolio of services to industry we have developed and are currently successfully running courses in Aircraft System Safety Assessment techniques that have been presented worldwide to airworthiness authorities, operators and manufacturers.

We are able to offer complementary courses in theoretical and practical system safety training:

SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS - 3 or 5 day course

APPLIED SAFETY ASSESSMENT - 3 day course

APPLIED SAFETY ASSESSMENT is also offered as a 4.5 day workshop in conjunction with Cranfield University

Details of each of these courses are given below.

SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS - 3 or 5 day course

The course is aimed at engineers that may be involved directly or indirectly with the System Safety Assessment process, although it is formulated on the assumption that the participants have had no previous formal instruction on safety analysis techniques and processes.

The objectives of the course are to give participants:

  • An understanding of the methodology and analysis techniques for carrying out System Safety Assessments on Civil Transport Aircraft.
  • Familiarity with the mathematics and statistical distributions involved in the process
  • A knowledge of some of the more common errors encountered in analysing aircraft systems
  • An understanding of the interaction between the safety analysis process and
  • systems architecture and how the results of the safety analysis affect the maintenance and operation of transport aircraft.

The duration of the course can be tailored to suit customer requirements, but typically is spread over three or five days, and constitutes:

  • Lectures with question periods. Participants are encouraged to ask questions during the lectures to ensure a common understanding
  • Tutorials where participants will be shown how to solve problems and will have the opportunity to work on problems. A full set of course notes will be provided to all participants

Click below for links to extracts from the course presentation and notes. There is also a link to a typical course timetable.
• Extract from course notes [Download Adobe Acrobat document]
• Extract from course presentation [Download Power Point document]
• Typical 3 day course timetable [Download Adobe Acrobat document]

APPLIED SAFETY ASSESSMENT - 3 day course

This course covers the practical aspects of conducting safety analysis in the aircraft industry. It takes the form of a series of hands-on tutorials to reinforce the process and techniques involved.

Delegates will carry out analyses of aircraft systems in order to ensure an understanding of both Fault Tree Analysis and Failure Mode & Effect Analysis techniques.

This course interfaces and builds on the ‘Safety Assessment of Aircraft Systems’ course.

The primary learning objectives are to enable the participants to:

  • Use Fault Tree Analyses on redundant aircraft systems to identify:
    • Active and Dormant failures
    • Common Cause failures
    • Failures that might result from the system installation
    • Systematic and Non-systematic failures
    • Failures resulting from Human Error
    • Identify critical aspects of the system design
  • Understand the benefits and limitations of the analytical technique
  • Use Failure Mode & Effect Analyses on aircraft designs in order to gain an understanding of:
    • Failure Modes & Effects Analysis Methodology
    • The benefits and limitations of the analytical technique

R.G.W. Cherry and Associates are pleased to be presenting an APPLIED SAFETY ASSESSMENT workshop, in conjunction with Cranfield University, over an extended 4.5 days in 2011. The next scheduled course date is 27th June - 1st July 2011.

Delegates are given an opportunity to gain practical experience in carrying out a comprehensive System Safety Assessment. The Workshop takes the form of a series of hands-on tutorials to describe the process and techniques involved, over 4.5 days. Delegates will work in groups to carry out the System Safety Assessment and will use various methods including the following safety analysis techniques:

  • Functional Hazard Assessment
  • Particular Risks
  • Enhanced Fault Tree Analysis
  • Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
  • Zonal Safety Analysis

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Our company would be most pleased to discuss how we can tailor our services to your requirements. Contact us at training@rgwcherry.co.uk

Last updated March 2011