- by Ted Stewart, CFSP, exidaCSP
- Friday, January 30, 2015
- Certification
CFSE/CFSP: Why and How to Become One
As an engineer responsible for critical industrial processes, we face a variety of challenges:
- coping with new and changing standards
- increased pressures for process uptime and plant safety
- a growing list of responsibilities
- decreased availability of support personnel
This makes…
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- by Todd Stauffer
- Tuesday, January 07, 2014
- Certification
Know Your Value
Typically a person’s salary reflects the value of their skillset and the importance of their role to their company. If that’s TRUE, then there is some good news for safety practitioners. A recent salary survey conducted by ISA and published in InTech magazine benchmarked the average salary…
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- by Steve Gandy, CFSP
- Tuesday, October 29, 2013
- Certification
Obtaining My CFSE/CFSP Certification: Why Bother?
It’s an interesting question and one I asked myself. For any engineer and/or professional working in the controls business or process industries where safety-related equipment is required, it is essential (per IEC61511-1 Clause 5.2.2: Organization and Resources) to prove competency to carry out any safety-lifecycle activities. So what does…
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- by Ted Stewart, CFSP, exidaCSP
- Tuesday, November 12, 2013
- Certification
You Have Been Endorsed
When current Certified Functional Safety Professionals and Experts (CFSP/CFSEs) come to us seeking further education, we commonly point them to the recently established CFSE Endorsement Program. However, we are often posed questions in return:
- What’s an Endorsement program?
- Is there a test involved?
- If…
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