Free 3-Part Webinar Series: Functional Safety for Process Safety Managers
Strengthen your understanding of functional safety’s impact on Process Safety Management (PSM) performance with our three-part Functional Safety webinar series, designed for managers who want to ensure their safeguards actually deliver the protection PHAs, LOPAs, and PSM programs assume.
About the Series
Many PSM programs thoroughly document safeguards—but often stop short of truly verifying whether Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) meet the performance levels relied on in risk assessments. This series provides practical guidance on linking PSM compliance, audits, and lifecycle activities to functional safety standards like IEC 61511 / ISA 84.
Led by Charlie Souza, MSEE, PE, PMP, CAP, Functional Safety & ICS Cybersecurity Lead at AcuTech, the series offers management-focused insights and actionable questions to take back to your teams.
Webinar 1: Functional Safety for Process Safety Managers: Verifying Risk Reduction Credit for PHA Safeguards
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM EDT / 11:00 AM CDT / 9:00 AM PDT
Overview:
This webinar explains how functional safety complements existing PHA, LOPA, and PSM programs by ensuring your instrumented safeguards actually deliver the risk reduction you are counting on. Managers will see how OSHA’s expectation to follow RAGAGEP ties safety instrumented systems to standards such as IEC 61511 / ISA 84, and why that matters for compliance, audits, and corporate risk tolerance. The session will walk through how SIS requirements can be traced back to PHA/LOPA, mechanical integrity, and management of change elements, creating a coherent safety lifecycle rather than a set of disconnected activities. Attendees will leave with practical questions to ask their teams and a clear picture of how to evolve from “PSM-compliant” to “functionally safe and verifiable.”
Webinar 2: Beyond PSM Audits: Functional Safety Assessments that Expose Hidden SIS Risks
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM EDT / 11:00 AM CDT / 9:00 AM PDT
Overview:
Traditional PSM and RBPS audits confirm that safeguards are documented, tested, and managed, but they often stop short of asking whether those safety instrumented systems truly meet their required risk reduction. This webinar introduces Functional Safety Assessments (FSAs) as a complementary deep dive that validates SIS lifecycle implementation against IEC 61511, from SRS quality and SIL verification to proof test strategy and MOC. Using examples from petrochemical, energy, chemical, and hydrogen facilities, we will show how FSAs can turn common PSM findings—like vague trip documentation, ad‑hoc testing, and unmanaged bypasses—into targeted improvement actions. Participants will learn how to position FSAs as a value-added extension of their existing PSM audit program, not an extra layer of bureaucracy.
Webinar 3: Functional Safety – You Choose the Topic
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM EDT / 11:00 AM CDT / 9:00 AM PDT
Overview:
This session will focus on the most requested topic from earlier webinars, zeroing in on the practical intersection of PSM and functional safety. Whether the emphasis is on closing audit gaps, aligning PHA/LOPA with SIL targets, or managing SIS changes and testing, we will walk through concrete examples and implementation tips. The goal is to help you turn existing PSM efforts into a performance-based, standards-aligned functional safety program that satisfies both regulators and corporate leadership.
About the PresenterCharlie Souza, MSEE, PE, PMP, CAP Charlie Souza has 25+ years of experience in instrumentation, electrical, |
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Don’t miss this opportunity to ensure your PSM safeguards truly deliver the risk reduction your organization depends on. Register now for one or all three webinars!