Miami, FL April 15th, 2012- We at Abhisam Software, were pleased to make a short video explaining the HAZOP Training Course on our main site. The video will engage with visitors who want a quick overview of the HAZOP training course and do not want to (or do not have sufficient time) to read through all the text contents of the HAZOP course that have been displayed on our main website.

So in the space of a few minutes they can understand what’s in the Abhisam HAZOP Training Course and why it makes eminent sense to download it and learn HAZOP at your own pace, without having to attend some boring classes or to refer to outdated books.

This new video explains what’s inside the Abhisam HAZOP e-learning course including topics such as guide words, real life examples of HAZOP studies, hazard and risk analysis, CHAZOP,all kinds of HAZOP formats, what does a HAZOP leader or HAZOP Chairman do, documenting HAZOPs and so on.

Do take a look at it and let us know if you have any questions about our HAZOP course!

As always you can find all the details about our HAZOP course here and you can also take a look at our free HAZOP demo too!

Click here to Buy the HAZOP e-learning course now!

Within a minute, you will have it installed and ready on your desktop.

So go ahead and BUY IT NOW!

Miami April 10th, 2012- The process industries (Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Chemical, Power Generation and so on) have a lot to gain from adopting e-learning as a way to swiftly upgrade the skills of their employees. Traditionally these industries, being more conservative have been slow to switch to e-learning. Now however there are several factors that make e-learning VERY attractive to the process industries. These are:

1. Difficulty of sparing employees for training-what do you do when there are just a few employees that run a plant? Shut it down while employees attend training?

2. Difficulty of finding skilled technical trainers-first you have to find an engineer/technician who is technically good AND who has a knack of teaching AND then get him/her to come to your plant/facility AND then do No 1 above. Hard,eh?

3. The easy availability of PCs/Laptops/Smartphones/tablets with broadband connectivity.

Connect all the dots together and it is VERY attractive for process industries to switch to e-learning. Watch video below.

Call us on (407) 965 1387 to find out how e-learning can slash your training budgets, provide flexibility and ease your tasks of skilling your employees.

Mumbai, April 2, 2012- Abhisam Software is pleased to announce it’s third workshop on Functional Safety and SIL (Safety Integrity Level) in Mumbai at Hotel Meluha on 16th April 2012. The last two ones that we did were  resounding successes and hence a third one now.

So join us on 16th April 2012 and learn  about Functional Safety and SIL from the world renowned expert on the subject, Dr. Michel Houtermans! Dr. Houtermans is traveling to India only for this workshop (and the subsequent events which are the TUV Certification Course that starts from the 17th and the Practical Workhop on Safety Instrumented System calculations on the 23rd and 24th of April 2012), so this is your opportunity for a face-to-face discussion with him on all matters related to SIL and Functional Safety. Grab it now with both hands!

So if you are an Instrumentation manufacturer, who would like to get your product SIL certified, or you are an engineering or safety or process consultant,   who would like to know about Safety Instrumented Systems, Safety Integrity Level, SIL study and how it is carried out, hardware and software system constraints, or you are an Instrumentation sales engineer who gets several questions from customers and consultants about SIL Certification,  this is your opportunity to join us and learn about it, right from the horse’s mouth.

Dr. Michel Houtermans, who studied engineering at the world renowned Eindhoven Technical University has served with organizations such as FM Global and TUV in the past and also has handsomely contributed to the development of  International Standards such as IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 is the person , who can definitely impart the most authentic knowledge about Functional Safety, SIL and Safety Instrumented Systems.

Do not miss this opportunity!

Topics covered will be mainly (but not limited to):

Covers the following topics at an introductory level:
 * SIL and functional safety
* The role of functional safety management
 * Hazard and risk analysis as basis for SIL
* SIL Hardware concepts
* The importance of reliability analysis
 * SIL Software concepts
* SIL Certification (what’s all this SIL 3, SIL 1 and so on)
* International Standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511

Registrations are limited, on a first come first serve basis, so hurry up if you are interested. Send your request to sil@abhisam.com or call us to book your seat now!

Mumbai, Feb 27th, 2012- Abhisam is pleased to announce that registrations for a new training workshop on
” Practical Calculations for Safety Instrumented Systems” are now open. This course is being organized for the first time in Mumbai, with Dr. Michel Houtermans of Risknowlogy being the lead trainer. If you have ever wondered whether you can have any practice in calculating all that SIL and PFD related stuff, this is your chance!

The workshop is only for those who are familiar with Safety Instrumented Systems, Functional Safety and Safety Integrity Level  concepts, with a few years experience in industry. You need to also know about IEC 61508 and related standards. Ideally those with an FSEng pr FS Professional or CFSE would find this very useful.

In this workshop you will learn to make lots of calculations without getting lost in the theoretical background. After a short introduction you will:

• Make your own safety models to make probability calculations
• Calculate the probability of dangerous failures (PFD, PFDavg, PFH) – SIL
• Calculate the probability of safe failures (PFS) – STL
• Calculate safety availability and unavailability
• Calculate process availability and unvavailability
• Model random, common cause and systematic failures
• Model hardware and software failures and human error
• Understand which reliability data needs to be collected

The workshop will take place on April 23rd and 24th in Mumbai (both days inclusive). Contact Abhisam Software for details and registration.

Mumbai, Feb 14, 2012- Abhisam is pleased to announce that enrollments for the fourth batch of the highly popular TUV Certified Functional Safety Engineer (or Professional) Course has started now! This batch is from 17th April 2012 to 20th April 2012 and will be held at Hotel Meluha at Hiranandani Gardens, Powai. Additionally an introductory course has also been organized on 16th April 2012 at the same location. This ideal for those who wish to bring themselves upto speed on the concepts of Functional Safety and SIL, before jumping headlong into the TUV Course.

At the risk of sounding repetitive, here are the benefits of this course.

—Get certified as a Functional Safety Engineer (FSEng) from TUV SÜD, Germany
– Get the coveted title of FSEng from TUV SÜD, Germany
–Demonstrate your competency to the world with this globally recognized title in Functional Safety, SIL and SIS
–Lifelong certificate-no re-examination reqd like other course/certificate providers
–Get your name on the TUV website as a competent person!
–Use the TUV logo on your business card!
–Demonstrate your competency to your company, boss and your clients/customers.

Covers the following topics in detail (advanced level).

• Hazard and Risk Assessment techniques
• Safety Integrity Level (SIL) in detail
• SIL Assessments and Verification
• Validation of Safety Instrumented Systems
• SIS Lifecycle Management
• International Standards IEC 61508 and IEC 615111
• and much more (see attached brochure).

Faculty: Dr. Michel Houtermans of Risknowlogy GmbH, a leading global authority on Functional Safety, SIL and Safety Instrumented Systems. This is an opportunity to learn from Dr. Houtermans as well as bounce off your ideas, problems that you may have encountered while designing Safety Instrumentation Systems and SIL assessments or calculations
Early Bird Discounts: Available for the first 5 persons who enroll (hurry, two have already enrolled).

Group Discounts: Possible for persons from same company attending in a group.

The earlier batch (in February 2012) was held at Aker Solutions, Kanjurmarg, Mumbai and saw a wide participation from top notch engineers working in companies such as Aker Solutions, iGate Patni, ABB, Reliance, ABS and others.

Below is a picture from the Feb 2012 batch.

Mumbai, Feb 02, 2012–The TUV Functional Safety Certification Course, starting 7th Feb 2012 is SOLD OUT.

As you’ve probably heard, Abhisam is holding the third batch of the popular TUV Certified Functional Safety Certification Course from 7th to 10th Feb 2012 at Aker Solutions Training Center at Kanjurmarg, Mumbai. This batch is now sold out.

If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines or couldn’t register in time for this one, do not worry. We are holding the fourth batch shortly in the last week of April 2012. This is ideal for people in India as well as those Indian expats in the Middle East, Singapore, Russia or elsewhere, who normally take their annual vacations at this time of the year in India and want to combine a trip that takes care of their professional development as well as personal work. This batch will also have Dr. Michel Houtermans of Risknowlogy as the trainer. Dr. Houtermans is a leading globally recognized authority on Functional Safety and Safety Instrumented Systems.

The TUV Functional Safety Certification Course is a worldwide, highly respected course that is conducted for three days and has an exam on the last day. Successful participants get the Title of Functional Safety Engineer from TUV SÜD, Germany, an ID number and a listing on the TUV website that identifies the person as a “competent” person who can work in areas requiring superior knowledge and skills in Functional Safety.

For more details contact Abhisam .

Holiday Season, 2011- To all our customers, resellers, partners, vendors, learners, experts, developers, consultants and everybody who is associated with us, we wish a warm Season’s Greetings and a VERY HAPPY New Year 2012. The new year symbolizes twenty dozen (2012) so we wish you twenty dozens of best wishes for the year ahead. A sincere thank you to all for your support during this year and looking forward to the same enthusiasm, commitment, love and support during 2012 as well!

Dec 27th, 2011- Mumbai    Abhisam Software is pleased to announce it’s second workshop on Functional Safety and SIL (Safety Integrity Level) in Mumbai at Hotel Kohinoor Continental on 6th Feb 2012. The first one that we did last year was a resounding success. There were demands for another one from people who came to know of the first one rather late, so here’s good news for all of you who have been waiting for a second one!

So join us on 6th Feb 2012 and learn  about Functional Safety and SIL from the world renowned expert on the subject, Dr. Michel Houtermans! Dr. Houtermans is traveling to India only for this workshop (and the subsequent TUV Certification Course that starts from the 7th), so this is your opportunity for a face-to-face discussion with him on all matters related to SIL and Functional Safety.

So if you are a local Instrument manufacturer, who would like to get your product SIL certified, or you are an engineering or safety or process consultant, who would like to know about Safety Instrumented Systems, Safety Integrity Level, SIL study and how it is carried out, hardware and software system constraints and many other related topics, this is your opportunity to join us and learn about it.

Topics covered will be mainly (but not limited to):

Covers the following topics at an introductory level:
 * SIL and functional safety
* The role of functional safety management
 * Hazard and risk analysis as basis for SIL
* SIL Hardware concepts
* The importance of reliability analysis
 * SIL Software concepts
* SIL Certification
* International Standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511

Registrations are limited, on a first come first serve basis, so hurry up if you are interested. Send your request to sil@abhisam.com to book your seat now!

Mumbai, Nov 11- Abhisam Software today announced that the next batch of the TUV Certified Functional Safety Training Course will take place in February 2012 in Mumbai at the iconic tower, iThink Techno Campus of Aker Solutions, Kanjurmarg . The course is from 7th Feb 2012 to 10th Feb 2012. This is the third batch of the program until now in Mumbai. Faculty for this program too, will be the world renowned expert on Functional Safety and SIL, Dr. Michel Houtermans, from Risknowlogy Middle East.

This is a three and half day review course and is meant for those engineering and safety professionals who have at least 6 years of experience in industry. Education gives credits and a Bachelor’s degree gives two years and a Master’s three years. After three days of the intense review training, the participants will take the TUV written test (four hours) that will test understanding of various aspects of Functional safety in depth. All papers will be evaluated by TUV SÜD and successful candidates will get to use the title of Functional Safety Engineer, with a listing on the TUV SÜD website and a right to use the TUV logo on their business cards!

Topics covered will include the entire gamut of Functional Safety such as SIL study, risk assessment techniques, SIL verification and validation, Functional Safety standards such as  IEC 61508, and IEC 61511,  compliance, SIL certification, Safety Instrumented Systems, hardware and software system constraints and much more.

Update

So sign up now, as the seats are already half full within hours of the announcement!  This is an excellent course to have and the title of FSEng will be a great boost to your career as nowadays many companies and clients insist that the people who do work related to Functional Safety, should be adequately qualified.

Mumbai, Sep 26- Today the training program, Basics of Functional Safety and SIL was held at Hotel Kohinoor Continental, Andheri, Mumbai which was a great success! Attended by several senior professionals from diverse sectors such as Engineering Consultants, End User industries, Instrumentation manufacturers and independent safety professionals, this training program was a universal success, with all participants being happy about their experience.

The training was organized by Abhisam Software’s India team and the trainer was none other than the world’s leading expert on Functional Safety and SIL, Dr. Michel Houtermans, Managing Partner of Risknowlogy GmbH. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Houtermans said  ” I am glad that people in India are so interested in Functional Safety and SIL. India is a growing economy and as plants, equipment and even facilities such as buildings, become more and more automated, functional safety will be very important in the coming years”.

A section of the participants in the SIL training program

Says one of the training program participants “Dr. Houtermans is very knowledgeable about the subject and I was very happy to get all my queries answered. There is a lot of information gap regarding the concept of SIL, how to certify instruments and products to SIL and the IEC standards and Dr. Houtermans provided clear answers to all my questions.”

Says Mandar Phadke, CEO, Abhisam Software about the program “We had a lot of requests from various people to do such a program. This is a very good beginning for those either new to Functional Safety or to those who are interested in getting an overall view of the subject such as local Instrumentation vendors, who want to get their local products certified as being SIL compliant.”

The program aimed at answering the following questions.

• What is Functional Safety?
• What is Safety Integrity Level? How does it affect me, my job, my products and my company?
• Why do my customers ask for SIL certification?
• Do the standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 apply to me? (to my products or industry)
• Customers want SIL compliance, why? How do we achieve it for them?
• What is a SIL study? What is a SIL assessment?
• What do we mean by terms like SIL verification and SIL validation?
• How do I get my products SIL certified?

At the end of the program, Mandar Phadke  and Dr. Houtermans,  distributed certificates to the participants. For more information about this program please contact us.