Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE)
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Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE) is an independent Functional Safety
certification governed by the not-for-profit[1] CFSE Governance Board. As of July 15, 2009, The CFSE Governance Board reports over 700 members who hold the CFSE certification in 39 countries.
A Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE) is someone who has met the criteria and passed an exam administered by the CFSE Governance Board. These required competencies are derived from the various phases of the IEC 61508
standard's lifecycle and the activities involved in each of those phases. Core competencies are also derived from IEC 61511
for process safety and IEC62061 for machine safety. A list of these competencies in the various areas can be found on the CFSE Governance Board website.
Functional Safety
Functional Safety is the part of the overall safety of a system or piece of equipment that depends on the system or equipment operating correctly in response to its inputs, including the safe management of likely operator errors, hardware failures and environmental changes.- Objective of Functional...
certification governed by the not-for-profit[1] CFSE Governance Board. As of July 15, 2009, The CFSE Governance Board reports over 700 members who hold the CFSE certification in 39 countries.
A Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE) is someone who has met the criteria and passed an exam administered by the CFSE Governance Board. These required competencies are derived from the various phases of the IEC 61508
IEC 61508
IEC 61508 is an international standard of rules applied in industry. It is titled "Functional Safety of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic Safety-related Systems"....
standard's lifecycle and the activities involved in each of those phases. Core competencies are also derived from IEC 61511
IEC 61511
IEC 61511 is a technical standard which sets out practices in the engineering of systems that ensure the safety of an industrial process through the use of instrumentation. Such systems are referred to as Safety Instrumented Systems...
for process safety and IEC62061 for machine safety. A list of these competencies in the various areas can be found on the CFSE Governance Board website.