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  • by Ted Stewart, CFSP, exidaCSP
  • Friday, February 22, 2013
  • Certification

Why Personnel Functional Safety Certification Programs are Needed

The publication of the international functional safety standards IEC 61508 (1999), IEC 61511 / ISA-84 (2004) and IEC 62061 (2005) were significant milestones in the effort to increase equipment and process safety. 1,2,3  Unfortunately, the release of safety standards does not by itself make the world a safer place.…

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