Training

The System Safety Engineering course builds upon your knowledge as a safety professional or a supervisor/manager, to develop competence and sharpen skills in the techniques that support hazard discovery, the assessment and control of risk, and in reviewing work of this kind performed by others. You will receive guidance in the management of limited resources for the optimum control of risk.

APT is now offering the following System Safety courses:

• System Safety Engineering
• System Safety for Decision Making

The System Safety Engineering Training Course will be available at our Huntsville, AL location on the following dates:

• September 20-24, 2010
• December 13-17, 2010

APT also conducts on-site system safety classes for clients who request them. These classes can be specially tailored to the needs of the students. Contact Melissa Emery at 256.327.3396 or memery@apt-research.com for information regarding on-site training courses.

Downloads & Links:

• System Safety Page
• System Safety Brochure
• System Safety Training Brochure
• Registration Form

Designed primarily for individuals who develop, assemble, test, inspect, approve, transport, store or in some other way handle explosive items or material, the Explosive Safety Course is an overview of hazards inherent to explosive operations; associated safety precautions; and methods to analyze, test and obtain approval for explosive activities. The instructors are Mike Swisdak and Jerry Rufe. The subjects covered in this 3-day class include:

The Explosives Safety Training Course will be available at out Huntsville, AL location on the following dates:

• November 8-11, 2010

Contact Melissa Emery at 256.327.3396 or memery@apt-research.com to register or for more information.

Downloads & Links:

• Explosives Safety Page
• Explosives Safety Brochure
• Explosives Safety Training Flyer
• Registration Form

To set the stage for the Software System Safety (SwSS) process, this course will provide an introduction and review of Risk Management, System Safety, and Software Development.  Following the introduction and review, the course will provide details of the SwSS process, beginning with a discussion of the importance of integrating SwSS activities into the System Safety Program, the Software Development activities, and Systems Engineering activities.  The relationship of the Software Hazard Criticality Matrix (SHCM) and Level of Rigor (LOR) to the overall System Safety effort will be included, as well as the importance of identification and tracking of safety-critical requirements. Specific analyses and evaluation tools will be discussed and illustrated by examples.  Details of the SwSS process will be discussed for each of the Software Development phases:  1) concept refinement, 2) requirements and architecture development, 3) design and coding, 4) test, validation, and verification, and 5) software release (delivery). The course will also cover developing safety related metrics and supporting software safety technical reviews.

The Software System Safety Training Course will be available at our Huntsville, AL location on the following dates:

• November 16-18, 2010

Contact Melissa Emery at 256.327.3396 or memery@apt-research.com to register or for more information.

Downloads & Links:

• Software System Safety Page
• Software System Safety Brochure
• Training Brochure
• Registration Form

The course is presented over 3 days with 8 hours of mixed lecture and discussion each day, for a total of 24 classroom hours.  Daily class hours are from 8am to 5pm with an hour for lunch and breaks mid-morning and mid-afternoon. A competency test will be given at the end of the course.

IMESAFR training is available at our Huntsville, AL, location on the following dates:

• October 19-21, 2010

If you would like to attend, but are unavailable for the dates listed, or are interested in training at your facility, or want more information about IMESAFR training, contact Brad Watson, 256.327.4009, bwatson@apt-research.com.

Downloads & Links:

• IMESAFR Page
• IMESAFR Brochure
• IMESAFR Training Brochure
• Registration Form
• Purchase IMESAFR

The course is presented over 2 days with mixed lecture and discussion each day.  Daily class hours are from 9am to 5pm with an hour for lunch, and mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks.  A competency test will be given at the end of the course.

Training participants will need a laptop computer with administrative rights to install the software and run reports.  Laptop rentals are available for the 2-day course for a fee of $75 (see Registration Form).

SAFER training is available at our Huntsville, AL location on the following dates:

• October 12-13, 2010

Mail, fax, or e-mail registration and fee to Megan Stroud, 4950 Research Drive, Huntsville, AL  35805; Telephone: 256.327.4005; Fax: 256.837.7786; mstroud@apt-research.com; or contact for more information.

Downloads & Links:

• SAFER Page
• SAFER Brochure
• SAFER Training Brochure
• Registration Form