=Method hosted the IEC working group looking at IEC63187. This is the new safety framework developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission for the defence sector.
11.11.2024=Method is now taking reservations for our SIL Verification & PFD Calculation Workshop that is often seen as the next stage in competence development for our TUV trained delegates.
19.08.2024At our October 2024 Free Live Online CPD Seminar in October Simon Sheehan MD of Method Functional Safety discussed the issues when machinery safety devices are used instead of functional safety devices.
22.07.2024Our free live online CPD seminar on Functional Safety, Process Safety and OT Cyber will take place twice a year.
20.05.2024Method discussed taking the stress out of HSE visit at its Free CPD Seminar in April 2024.
24.03.2024The Agenda for the April 2024 =Method Free Live Online Seminar on Functional Safety, Process Safety and OT Cyber contained six hot topics plus 30 minutes Q&A for each.
20.02.2024What would it look like if you turned your team into Christmas wrapping paper?
05.12.2023Management, Operations, Process Safety and Control & Instrumentation need to speak the same language and support each other to efficiently and effectively comply with regulations.
27.11.2023Our last online TUV training course for 2023 will take place on December 11th.
02.11.2023Our TUV Certified 61511 Functional Safety training, and both of our HazOp Training Courses are now IChemE approved.
27.04.2023We have now published the 8 topics that we will be discussing at our April CPD Seminar.
28.03.2023With TUV Sud you aren't expected to re-do the 61511 course / exam - but there is an expectation that you will do CPD to keep yourself up-to-date.
22.03.2023On the 25th of March Method's Jeni Lewthwaite will start running from the London Eye and cover 420km over the next 8 days to get to Notre Dame in Paris.
17.03.20232023 is =Methods 10th birthday. What better way to celebrate than spending time with engineers and managers talking about Functional Safety, Process Safety and OT Cyber?
13.01.2023We are really pleased for our Marketing Manager Roger Taylor who this weekend became the England Athletics Running Club Leader of the year 2022.
21.11.2022​Did you know that TUV SUD Certified 61511 Functional Safety training is valid for life?
26.10.2022Wouldn't it be wonderful to work from a blank sheet of paper? To design a solution from scratch? I wouldn't know - all the work I've ever done has been on existing facilities. The nearest I ever got to greenfield was expansion.
06.06.2022Method Compliance Assessment Ltd is exhibiting at Nuclear Solutions 2022.
25.04.2022Functional Safety Standards tell you what to do, how to do it and include an approach that covers all three ways that a failure might occur. It is comprehensive, but proportionate - it works.
22.02.2022​Method has been working closely with The Institute of Measurement and Control for many years. Several of our team are active participants in the Institutes influential Special Interest Groups and speak at Institute events.
01.02.2022With IEC 61511-1 Edition 3 targeted for release in 2023 we felt it was a good time for Dil Wetherill Managing Director of Method Functional Safety to present a paper at Hazardex on the subject.
13.10.2021Have you seen our latest advert on the back cover of the InstMCs Precision Magazine?
14.09.2021Managing risk in hazardous process environments involves process safety, functional safety and cyber security. Each of these functions depends on, influences and may conflict with, the needs of the others.
14.09.2021​Method Compliance Assessment are specialists in Prior Use assessment of legacy SIF components as per IEC 61511.
28.06.2021Human operators are a central part of the control, monitoring and maintenance of complex systems. However, humans can and do make mistakes.
15.06.2021Woohoo... we have been working as consultants and trainers for 8 years!
20.03.2021​A fun little shortcut to our TUV certified 61511 training course. https://www.61511.co.uk
09.03.2021=Method has moved all of its training courses onto the popular Live Online format until September 2021.
17.02.2021Method Functional Safety helped create the Pirton Boxing Day Run in 2002 and has been the main sponsor ever since.
23.12.2020​Focus on Functional Safety Assessments (FSA) is increasing. The standards now make it mandatory to carry out a FSA at given points in the lifecycle and the HSE will often ask to review the FSA’s that you have carried out.
08.12.2020Jeni Lewthwaite, MD of Method Compliance Assessment talks to Alan Carole at Stratus Recruitment as part of his Safety Matters Series.
14.10.2020=Method are now able to delivery our TUV Certified Functional Safety Training Course in IEC 61511 as a Live Online course.
11.08.2020FREE Safety and Security Online Roadshow 10th and 12th November 2020
30.07.2020The Method Competency Register is a web tool for recording activities that contribute to an individual’s competence
20.07.2020Since the lockdown we have been carefully adapting our training courses to make it possible to take our courses from your home / workplace.
01.07.2020Please see below the latest 2020 =Method training schedule. Please click the links or call 01462 713313 for course descriptions or event details.
10.03.202021 years ago IEC 61508 was first published. Today it is regarded as the measure of good practice by the HSE.
08.11.2019​Method will be exhibiting at the InstMC's "Transforming Controls Safety and Security – How Safe is your Asset?" Conference in Aberdeen on October 30th.
18.10.2019The test method suggested in OG54 could help improve the coverage of your proof testing and assist in your performance in future compliance assessment and audits.
06.06.2019The last piece in puzzle – developing competency and maintaining the SIL of your SIS.
06.03.2019Method Functional Safety were main sponsors at FS2018. This year leading names in Functional Safety gathered for a 1 day Conference entitled “hints tips and pitfalls of Functional Safetyâ€.
21.11.2018Most Engineers responsible for Industrial Control and Safety System Cyber Security are not IT experts
25.07.2018Method Functional Safety are delighted to announce that we are main sponsor to the InstMC's November Functional Safety Conference FS2018.
14.06.2018​ =Method’s Dil Wetherill attended the “MT61511†(the international maintenance team for IEC 61511) in Florence as an expert representing the UK.
31.05.2018​Another successful in-house training course helping our clients develop their understanding of functional safety and SIL.
06.04.2018Method Functional Safety are delivering a free presentation for Engineers Ireland on 28th November 2017 in Dublin.
07.11.2017Method Functional Safety was commissioned to conduct a Prior Use Assessment, according to IEC 61511, on a pilot burner flame detector, to determine if the component was suitable for use in a SIL 1 Safety Instrumented Function.
05.10.2017=Method can help manufacturers establish the reliability of product designs by carrying out a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
25.09.2017Our MD Dil Wetherill is a frequent speaker at conferences on the subject of Functional Safety. In March 2017 Dil gave a talk at the Hazardex Conference on legacy systems asking - are they really providing the risk reduction that they should?
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