Engineering Professional Programs

System Safety Management

The System Safety Management course provides you with an in-depth review of system safety management principles and system safety engineering tools and techniques. You will obtain the knowledge necessary for applying system safety management and engineering techniques over the system’s acquisition life cycle.

The course structure will include lecture, class discussion, and group exercises and projects. The limited class size encourages active interchange between you and the instructor.

Get an in-depth review of system safety management principles and system safety engineering techniques.

Obtain an in-depth knowledge of system safety management and engineering techniques applicable for both government and commercial systems.

Learn the process steps necessary to apply system safety management and engineering techniques over a system’s life cycle.

Learn to tailor the system safety management and engineering tasks commensurate with system complexity, customer requirements, and design team expectations.

Gain an understanding of the function of hazard analyses in system requirements definition, preliminary and detailed design, test, operations, and maintenance activities.

Participate in discussions and practical workshops with respected safety professional and educator, Steven F. Mattern.

Learn to create a system safety program tailored to ensure a level of safety consistent with mission requirements, contractual obligations, and customer expectations.

Understand the function and application of hazard analyses tools and techniques in the correct system and engineering environment.

Who Should Attend

Program managers responsible for the overall safety of the system from design, to fabrication, test, operations, maintenance, and disposal.

System safety managers responsible for the establishment, management, and implementation of a system safety engineering program through any or all phases of the system acquisition life cycle.

System safety engineers responsible for performing the analyses required for a system safety program.

Individuals responsible for, or interested in, product loss prevention and the reduction of product liability risk.

You Will Learn

The essential elements and tasks of a system safety management and engineering program.

The elements of risk identification and management.

The integration of system safety tools and techniques into the acquisition life cycle phases of the system.

How to apply MIL-STD 882 (or other system safety standards) with emphasis on hazard identification, documentation, elimination, mitigation/control through the design engineering process.

How to comply with government and commercial requirements with emphasis on regulations, policy, and responsibilities.

How to plan, coordinate, direct and evaluate system safety engineering activities.

How to prepare and evaluate system safety program data.

How to accomplish many of the traditional safety analyses techniques to include Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA), Sub-system Hazard Analysis (SSHA), System Hazard Analysis (SHA), Operations and Support Hazard Analysis (O&SHA), and Health Hazard Analysis (HHA).

The relationships between safety, reliability, human factors, and mission criticality in the design and development of complex systems.

The benefits, limitations, and costs of various system safety analyses techniques including fault tree analysis, sneak circuit analysis, fault hazard analysis, common cause analysis and many others.

How to prepare, document, and present the Safety Case for system certification or customer acceptance.

Instructor

Steven F. Mattern is a respected system safety professional with 20+ years experience in systems integration, safety engineering, and safety risk analyses for major research and development acquisition programs for DOD, NASA, and FAA systems. He has extensive safety risk analysis experience in ballistic missiles, military aircraft, military ships self-defense, space systems, and commercial navigational systems design, test, operations, and support. Currently, Mr. Mattern is Vice President, Software and Systems Analysis Division, Apogen Technologies, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This position includes managing and leading a team of design, test, software, and safety engineers in the performance of systems, safety, and software engineering for a wide variety of government and commercial customers.

Mr. Mattern is the primary and integrating author of the Software System Safety Handbook for the Tri-Services under the direction of the Joint Software Safety Committee. Mr. Mattern has been a member of the International System Safety Society and holds a BS in Electronic Technology from the University of Wyoming and a MA in Computer Resource Management from Webster University.

Continuing Educations Units

Course participants will earn 3.6 CEUs upon successful completion of this course. The CEU is a nationally recognized measure of participation in a noncredit continuing education program that meets established criteria for increasing knowledge and competency.