HIMA will host a TÜV functional safety course in Brisbane from 8–11 December 2009, which will cover industrial safety standards AS 61508 and AS 61511.

The TÜV Functional Safety Program offers engineers or persons, who have been working in the field of functional safety for many years, the possiblity to achieve a formal proof of their competencies and knowledge.

The document Functional safety and IEC 61508 provides an introduction to functional safety and gives an overview of IEC 61508.