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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Safety, Risk and Reliability Management | |||
| Reference | EN4801 | Version | 6 |
| Created | August 2021 | SCQF Level | SCQF 10 |
| Approved | March 2004 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | August 2021 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To provide the student with the ability to understand risk and safety management, utilise techniques for system reliability assessment, and evaluate strategies for optimising plant availability. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Use techniques for specifying and assessing the safety integrity level of a given system. |
| 2 | Identify ways of ensuring safety conforms to the ALARP principle. |
| 3 | Identify and assess risk, and explain how risk can be managed. |
| 4 | Derive the reliability of a system and evaluate strategies for optimising plant availability. |
| 5 | Demonstrate ability in using risk and reliability concepts by conducting a risk and reliability assessment, and provide critical analysis and recommendations. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| Causes and outcomes of industrial accidents. Role of design and management. Failure prediction and uncertainty of data. Safety life cycle. Hazard identification and control, HAZOP, Fault Tree and FMEA analysis. ALARP principle. Safety integrity levels, Human factors, Corporate responsibility, safety culture, management issues. Assessment techniques for system reliability. Design for reliability. Redundancy and standby systems. Maintenance and repair strategies. |
| Module Delivery |
|---|
| This is a lecture-based course supplemented with tutorials and student-centred learning. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 40 | 40 |
| Non-Contact Hours | 110 | 110 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | 150 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 30% | Outcomes Assessed: | 5 |
| Description: | Coursework. | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Examination | Weighting: | 70% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Description: | Closed book examination. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | ||||||||
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| Explanatory Text | ||||||||
| The module has 2 components and to gain an overall pass a minimum D grade must be achieved in each component. The component weighting is as follows: C1 is worth 30% and C2 is worth 70%. | ||||||||
| Coursework: | ||||||||
| Examination: | A | B | C | D | E | F | NS | |
| A | A | A | B | B | E | E | ||
| B | B | B | B | C | E | E | ||
| C | B | C | C | C | E | E | ||
| D | C | C | D | D | E | E | ||
| E | E | E | E | E | E | F | ||
| F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ||
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination | |||||||
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | None. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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| 1 | LEITCH, R.D., 1995. Reliability Analysis for Engineers: An Introduction. Oxford:Open University Press. |
| 2 | O'CONNOR P.D.T., KLEYNER, A., 2012. Practical Reliability Engineering. 5th ed. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley |
| 3 | BIROLINI, A., 2017. Reliability Engineering: Theory and Practice. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. |
| 4 | SMITH, D. J., SIMPSON, K. G. L., 2020. The Safety Critical Systems Handbook A Straightforward Guide to Functional Safety: IEC 61508 (2010 Edition), IEC 61511 (2016 Edition) and Related Guidance Including Machinery and Other Industrial Sections. 5th ed. London : Butterworth-Heinemann. |
| 5 | THOMSON, J. R., 2015. High integrity systems and safety management in hazardous industries. Oxford : Elsevier. |
| 6 | OSTROM, L. T., WILHELMSEN, C. A., 2019. Risk Assessment: Tools, Techniques, and Their Applications. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. |