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Industry Systems - Functional Safety Expert Examination (IEC 61508)

Instructor-led Training2.5 HoursAdvanced

The more complex the technology, the more functional safety experts are needed. Our Functional Safety Certification Program (FSCP) offers you the best opportunity to certify your personal expertise and functional safety competence according to IEC 61508. The Functional Safety Certification Program (FSCP) is a personnel certification program that demonstrates a person's competence in the IEC 61508 functional safety standard. You will receive proof that you meet all the prerequisites and expertise requirements to provide the necessary responsibility and skills at the right time in the security lifecycle.

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Who Should Attend?

Managers, safety managers, software developers, hardware developers, project managers, quality officers, test engineers and all users of IEC 61508 who focus on the development of programmable electronic safety systems and want to carry out this development on the basis of the internationally recognized standard IEC 61508.

Course Agenda

Functional Safety Professional Exam - Level 3

Course Description

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Benefits

We qualify you or your employees to work with functional safety according to IEC 61508.
This exam provides proof that you understand the security lifecycle correctly.
Proof is very important for you with regard to product liability.
If you do not achieve the necessary score for Level 2 or Level 3 in the multiple-choice tests, you have the option of obtaining the Level 1 certificate upon reaching the necessary score for Level 1.

Methodology

Online proctored examination.

Live Proctoring

The examination is monitored online in real time by a proctor. Participants can contact the online examination supervisor via the chat function. The instructions of the online examination supervisor must be followed.

Requirements for Live Proctoring Examination:

Students need to connect to the examination session from an internet accessible location.
Webcam and Microphone are REQUIRED.
The examination venue must be a self-contained private room or office.
When prompted by the online exam proctor, the complete work environment/room must be shown using the camera.
There must be no other people in the room.
No other materials are allowed in the vicinity of the PC/laptop other than permitted resources.
No texts on the walls or desk.
Quiet surroundings and no music, television or other sources of noise.
No other computers or devices in the room are to be switched on.
The room must be sufficiently lit (equivalent to daylight).
Participants are not permitted to create or distribute transcripts of the examination contents (electronically and/or manually).

The participant undertakes to meet these requirements in full. Failure or refusal to meet these requirements may cause the certification body to issue a result of attempted cheating, deception or disqualify the participant when they review the examination.

Examples:

Participant makes/receives a telephone call during the examination.
Another person appears in the room.
During the examination, the browser displaying the examination is left and answers are researched online despite this being prohibited by the examination regulations (closed book).
Documents/notes are positioned on or around the laptop/monitor that enable the participant to cheat.

In the event of technical problems with the laptop/PC (e.g. PC crashes during the examination) or the Internet connection is disrupted, the examination is deemed terminated and must be repeated. Should this happen, please get in touch with us.

Every examination from TÜV SÜD Academy has its own examination regulations that describe the permitted resources, for instances. There may be supplementary regulations for online examinations. The examination regulation/s and any supplementary regulations shall apply.

Learning Assessments

Certificate "Functional Safety Expert" of the TÜV SÜD Academy.

Prerequisites

10 years of industrial experience in functional safety technology
Proof of a responsible position in 2 functional safety projects

The following evidence of formal qualifications will be credited to...

Bachelor's degree 2 years
Master's degree 3 years
Ph.D. degree 4 years

It is recommended to participate in the corresponding TÜV SÜD training modules.

FAQs

What is a proctored exam?

A proctored exam is an assessment supervised by a proctor or test monitor.

What is an online proctored exam?

An online proctored exam is a timed assessment via an online platform in which the candidates’ activity, webcam video, and audio are monitored. In our case, there is a human proctor that supervises the exam taking place via a webcam to ensure the authenticity of the test taker and prevents them from cheating.

What is a proctor?

A proctor is simply an invigilator whose job is to overlook test takers during examinations for the main purpose of ensuring that they don’t cheat. This is done with the help of a real-time test proctor present online during the duration of the assessment via webcam surveillance.

What is proctoring?

Also known as invigilation, proctoring is the act of supervising candidates during an examination. The purpose of this is to ensure that the exam process is fair and equal for all candidates. When the stakes are high, it’s crucial to guard against cheating, impersonating a candidate, or copying questions to share with others.

How do proctored online exams work?

Online proctored exams are timed exams that are taken online while the proctor monitors the test takers’ computer browser activity, webcam video, and audio during the exam.

But before the test begins, the candidate is required to fill in their details like name, date of birth, age, and gender to ensure their authenticity. The test taker is expected to show ID proof for facial recognition. In the same step, the microphone and webcam are tested to avoid any errors during the assessment.

Once the ID verification has taken place, checks are conducted on the candidates’ exam environments to prevent any cheating from taking place.

The rules of the online proctored exam are explained to the candidates. This typically includes things like no speaking, referring to notes, using other software on a computer or copying down exam content to share with others. Once that is done, then the real assessment can begin.

During the assessment, the candidates are monitored to ensure that they follow the rules.

Each of these steps is designed to ensure that the assessment is completely fair and prevent any test fraud from taking place.

The proctor will authenticate students’ IDs, keep track of time, and watch students to make sure that they are following test guidelines and instructions.