The Safety Artisan

Safety Engineering Academy Webinars

Safety Engineering Academy Webinars are on vital topics. I run them live every month, and you can get them all at the Safety Engineering Academy here.

They draw on my practical experience of these tools and techniques, from my 25-year-plus career. I have personally used all of these techniques, and I have seen them used on multiple programs in different industries and countries.

In these webinars, I provide not only theory but also pragmatic tips. I include the slides, as well as videos and sometimes templates and other aids. I hope that you find these packages helpful.

Next Webinar: HAZOP & SHARD

Welcome to my Webinar: HAZOP & SHARD! Join me online for an informative session on these crucial topics. I will delve into Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) and Software Hazard Analysis and Resolution in Design (SHARD). Gain valuable insights and practical knowledge to enhance your understanding of these essential concepts. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your expertise from the comfort of your own home. Register now to secure your spot!

There will be tickets for the webinar on Eventbrite.

The webinar will be at a NEW TIME of 15:30 p.m. (ACST) on Thursday, April 25th, 2024.

Webinar Series: Tools to Get the Job Done

A new series of webinars started in November. They will cover the most sought-after safety tools and techniques – and explain how to do them! Here they are:

HAZOP – Apr 24;
Event Trees – May 24;
Claim Argument Evidence & GSN – Jun 24; and
Fault Trees – Jul 24.

Previous Webinars

Past webinars are listed below. Again, they are always available in the Safety Engineering Academy on Thinkific.

Safety Audits

What is a Safety Audit? When and why do you use them? Which practices are recommended or to be avoided? Who can be an auditor? Independent Safety Audit, Assessment, and Advice are commonly confused terms: what are the differences between them? This webinar will cover all that – and more!

Safety Audit Process – Webinar Highlights

Causal Analysis

As well as answering FAQs, I will be talking about how we put causal analyses together. Webinar contents:

Cause Analysis:
- Eight popular Tools/Techniques/Methods;
- With (sometimes cynical) commentary; and
- Resources.
Q&A Session; and
A Deeper Dive into Data for Causal Analysis.

Risk Registers & Hazard Logs

I’ve shared some content on this subject before (here and here), but in this webinar, I’m going to add to it substantially. As well as answering FAQs, I will be describing ‘full-function’ hazard logs, as provided by purpose-built databases (as opposed to mere Excel spreadsheets).

Risk Matrices

Highlights from the Risk Matrices Webinar

Learn how to use them properly! I covered a lot of content:

The most common questions;
What you do/don’t need a Risk Matrix for (and why); and
Problems with Risk Matrices and how to fix them!

Get the recordings here.

Failure Modes Effects Analysis

Get the free slides and FMEA template here.

Five Ways to Identify Hazards

Links to lesson discounts, and other resources:

The associated lesson (inc. this webinar & more) is here;
Free PHIA Guide here; and
Free email subscription with more discounts here.

Foundations of Safety Assessment

In this webinar ‘Foundations of Safety Assessment’, I look at Mil-Std-882E, Tasks 201, 202, and 203. The associated lesson (inc. this webinar & much more) is here.

Identify & Analyze Functional Hazards

In this webinar ‘Identify & Analyze Functional Hazards’, I look at Mil-Std-882E, Tasks 201 and 208. The associated lesson (inc. this webinar & much more) is here.

Workplace Hazard Analysis

Workplace Hazard Analysis (Mil-Std-882E, Tasks 206/207) Let’s look at How to implement common workplace Hazard Analysis Tasks.

System Safety in Systems Engineering

Hazard Analysis in Systems Engineering (Mil-Std-882E, Tasks 204, 205 & 209). How do we conduct Hazard Analysis in a Systems Engineering framework?

Meet the Author

My name’s Simon Di Nucci. I’m a practicing system safety engineer, and I have been, for the last 25 years; I’ve worked in all kinds of domains, aircraft, ships, submarines, sensors, and command and control systems, and some work on rail air traffic management systems, and lots of software safety. So, I’ve done a lot of different things!

System Safety Engineering Process

You Will Learn to:

Know the system safety process iaw Mil-Std-882E;

List and order the eight elements;

Understand how they are applied;

Skilfully apply system safety using realistic processes; and

Feel more confident dealing with this and other standards.

System Safety Process – this is the free demo.

Topics: System Safety Engineering Process

Applicability of Mil-Std-882E tasks;

General requirements;

Process with eight elements; and

Application of process theory to the real world

Transcript: Preliminary Hazard Identification

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System Safety Process

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the Safety Artisan. I’m Simon, your host. Today I’m going to be using my experience with System Safety Engineering to talk you through the process that we need to follow to achieve success. Because to use a corny saying, ‘Safety doesn’t happen by accident’. Safety is what we call an emergent property. And to get it, we need to decide what we mean by safety, decide what our goals are, and then work out how we’re going to get there. It’s a planned systematic activity. Especially if we’re going to deal with very complex projects or situations. Times where there is a requirement to make that understanding and that planning explicit. Where the requirement becomes the difference between success and failure. Anyway, that’s enough of that. Let’s get on and look at the session.

Military Standard 882E, Section 4 General Requirements

Today we’re talking about System Safety Process. To help us do that, we’re going to be looking at a particular standard – the general requirements of that standard. And those are from Section Four of Military Standard 882E. But don’t get hung up on which standard it is. That’s not the point here. It’s a means to an end. I’ll talk about other standards and how we perform system safety engineering in different domains.

Learning Objectives

Our learning objectives for today are here. In this session, you will learn, or you’ll know, the system safety process in accordance with that Mil. Standard. You will be able to list and order the eight elements of the process. You will understand how to apply the eight elements. And you will be able to apply system safety with some skill using realistic processes. We’re going to spend quite a bit of time talking about how it’s actually done vs. how it appears on a sheet of paper. Also known as how it appears written in a standard. So, we’re going to talk about doing it in the real world. At the end of all that, you will be able to feel more confident dealing with multiple different standards.

The focus is not on this military standard, but on understanding the process. The fundamentals of what we’re trying to achieve and why. Then you will be able to extrapolate those principles to other standards. And that should help you to understand whatever it is you’re dealing with. It doesn’t have to be Mil. Standard 882E.

Contents of this Session

We’ve got four sets of contents in the session. First of all, I’m going to talk about the applicability of Military Standard 882E. From the standard itself and the tasks (you’ll see why that’s important) to understanding what you’re supposed to do. Then other standards later on. I’m going to talk about those general requirements that the standard places on us to do the work. A big part of that is looking at a process following the eight elements. And finally, we will apply that theory of how the process should work to the real world. And that will include learning some real-world lessons. You should find these useful for all standards and all circumstances.

So, it just remains for me to say thank you very much for listening. You can find a free pdf of the System Safety Engineering Standard, Mil-Std-882E, here.