ECQA Functional Safety Manager (SafEUr) | |
Description: Functional safety of modern products and industry systems containing embedded systems has become a first priority in several industrial sectors. The IEC61508 group of standards require companies to have in place "Functional Safety Management". Domain specialized standards like ISO 26262 for the passenger cars complement IEC 61508. The objective of SafEUr is to create a European-wide accredited training and certification program for Functional Safety Managers, based on a skill card which is compliant to the European Qualification Framework. SafEUr delivers modern e-learning based training, that is based on practical case studies and best industry practices. This training will be complemented by a world-wide unique web-based integration platform for industry and academia in the domain of Embedded Systems. Certified SafEUr trainers are available all across Europe, assuring a major impact and sustainability of this ECQA job role. The goal of SafEUr is to develop a europe-wide agreed syllabus and skills set for a Certified Functional Safety Manager with a clear focus on practice. The need for qualified safety personnel is obvious also the need for a commonly agreed skills set for a Functional Safety Manager. As SafEUr is designed as a modular course, a trainee can attend course Units and Elements separately and independently, although it is recommended to attend the entire SafEUr course. After the course you can take an exam and become certified as ECQA Functional Safety Manager. This certificate is valid across Europe and is respected globally. The Skill card comprises the following thematic learning units 1. Introduction to Functional Safety Management 2. Management of Functional Safety 3. Engineering Aspects of Functional Safety 4. Functional Safety on product and production level 5. Legal Aspects of Functional Safety Browse through the detailed content/skill card of the ECQA Functional Safety Manager
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Target Group
Managers responsible for Functional Safety on System and Component Level System Architects and Designers on System Engineers involved in functional safety - relevant engineering projects Students involved in (industry or university) programs related to Integrated/Systems Engineering Quality Managers | |
Qualification and Certification: European Qualification Framework SafEUr certification and training systems comply with guidelines for European Qualification Framework, aimed to assure that trainings offered all over Europe are comparable in relation to content and outcomes. Accreditation of exam organizations, training organizations and trainers assure that the same level of service quality is assured all over Europe. The ECQA Certified Functional Safety Manager is one of the many ECQA job roles, for which this certification and training schema is effective all over Europe. The ECQA is a non-profit association and provides an examination and certification system. Training is provided by several authorised bodies. Certification as Proof of Knowledge Course attendees can take the ECQA Functional Safety Manager exam that is based on clearly defined performance criteria - linked to the SafEUr skill card. The exam is managed by an ECQA online test system. After successfully passing the exam, attendees receive an ECQA® Functional Safety Manager Certificate.
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Training plan
Summary The training will be based on assignments, active elaborations by the course participants, and discussions. All course participants will work on examples specific for their own organisation. Specifically the following exercises will be emphasised:
The Training Comprises 5 Units with 15 Elements 1. Introduction to Functional Safety Management 2. Management of Functional Safety 3. Engineering Aspects of Functional Safety 4. Functional Safety on product and production level 5. Legal Aspects of Functional Safety | |
Hints for Exam
To be accredited as an ECQA Functional Safety Manager, ALL elements need to be passed. The multiple choice exam will be online on the ECQA Skill & Exam System. The exam is modular, which means that if a participant passes a certain element that element is recognised as “successfully passed element” on the long term. On the certificate all elements, which the participant passed, are listed. For examination of missing elements participant may apply to a new exam, independently of previous exams.
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Registration Course Registrations Please register first in the system Registration will be possible for the below listed EU project partners. Online System | |
Bibliography: Andreas Riel, Ovi Bachmann, Klaudia Dussa-Zieger, Christian Kreiner, Richard Messnarz, Risto Nevalainen, Bernhard Sechser, and Serge Tichkiewitch (2012) EU Project SafEUr - Competence Requirements for Functional Safety Managers, in Dietmar Winkler, Rory V. O'Connor, Richard Messnarz (eds), Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer. EuroSPI 2012 Presentations: Andreas Riel, Ovi Bachmann, Klaudia Dussa-Zieger, Christian Kreiner, Richard Messnarz, Risto Nevalainen, Bernhard Sechser, and Serge Tichkiewitch (2012). EU Project SafEUr - Competence Requirements for Functional Safety Managers. ECQA Days 2012 Presentations: Richard Messnarz, "Application of Functional Safety in the Design of Complex Systems". ECQA Conference, Krems, AT, 11.10.2012. |
Contact Points for ECQA Functional Safety Manager Education / Job Role Committee Members: | |
EMIRAcle – European Manufacturing and Innovation Research Association, a cluster leading excellence (Belgium and France) Andreas Riel, andreas.riel(at)grenoble-inp.fr | ![]() |
Graz University of Technology, Institute for Technical Informatics (Austria) Christian Kreiner, Christian.kreiner(at)tugraz.at | ![]() |
International Software Consulting Network ISCN GmbH, ISCN Ltd. (Austria and Ireland) Richard Messnarz, rmess(at)iscn.com | ![]() |
Method Park Software AG (Germany)
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SIBAC Gmbh (Germany) Ovi Bachmann, info(at)sibac.de | ![]() |
Spinet Oy (Finland)
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This project (Project number: 518632-LLP-1-2011-1-AT-LEONARDO-LMP) is carried out with the financial support of the Commission of the European Communities under the Lifelong Learning Program. | |
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