Foundations of System Safety Engineering (FSSE)

This course is suitable for:

• Practitioners across all domains including aerospace, military, railway, automotive, civil nuclear, civil maritime, medical devices and healthcare;
• Developers of equipment safety cases during design for software, hardware, procedures, systems and/or platforms;
• Developers of safety cases for operational safety and disposal;
• Reviewers of safety cases within an organisation or as an independent activity;
• Developers and reviewers of changes to existing safety-critical / safety-related equipment and operations;
• Project managers where development of a safety case is a significant element of projects they manage;
• Regulators of safety critical domains.

Prerequisites

A basic understanding of system safety terminology and lifecycle via prior learning or industrial experience.

If you are unsure about your previous experience, please email the CPD Admissions Team at cs-safety-courses@york.ac.uk so that we can assess your suitability for this course.

The key dates for this course in the 2023/24 academic year are as follows:

Registration closes: 04/09/2023

Preparatory materials released: 18/09/2023

Face-to-face teaching: 26/09/2023 - 28/09/2023

• Perrow, C., Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies, Princeton University Press, 1999
• Roland, H.E. and Moriarty, B., System Safety Engineering and Management (2nd ed), Wiley, 1990
• Perrow, C., The Next Catastrophe, Princeton University Press, 2007
• Leveson, N.G., Engineering a Safer World, MIT Press, 2011
• Leveson, N.G., Safeware: System Safety and Computers, Addison Wesley, 1995
• Lancaster, J., Engineering Catastrophes (2nd Ed), CRC / Abington, 2000
• Kritzinger, D., Aircraft System Safety, CRC / Woodhead, 2006
• Vaughan, D., The Challenger Launch Decision, University of Chicago Press, 1996

Booking Conditions

• Acceptance onto a short course is at the agreement of the course leader. They will want to assure themselves that you have the relevant level of background knowledge. You may therefore be asked to provide a CV detailing your knowledge / experience in particular areas.
• Course fees quoted include all relevant course materials, tuition and examinations, lunch and refreshments.
• A completed booking form with Purchase Order or payment is required no later than one month before the course starts, or immediately for bookings made within one month of the beginning of the course.
• Fees are payable to The University of York. 
• Payment can also be made by credit or debit card. 

Cancellations

We regret that a fee must be charged when confirmed bookings are cancelled or transferred to future dates. In the event of a cancellation, you may nominate a substitute
(acceptance of this substitution is subject to academic and availability conditions). If a suitable substitute cannot be found the following scale of charges will apply:

• 56 days or more before the programme starts ‐ full refund
• 55 days or less ‐ 50% refund
• 28 days or less ‐ 25% refund
• 14 days or less ‐ no refund

Transfers to a postgraduate award

Students who attend any short course(s), and subsequently choose to undertake a full MSc, Certificate or Diploma, will be entitled to some credit of the fees already paid, which can be used towards the cost of the full award. The credit a student is entitled to is calculated as follows:

You should apply for your chosen postgraduate award after taking no more than 40 credits of modules. All components, including modules taken as CPD short courses, must be taken within a five year time period.

We reserve the right to amend published information.

Before you make your booking, please ensure that you have read our Booking Conditions.

Enrolling on your course

Please complete the CPD Booking Form and return it to cs-safety-courses@york.ac.uk. Once this form has been processed, you will be able to use e:Vision to access your student record. Please include your name in the 'subject' of your email.

• CPD Booking Form 2023-24 (MS Word , 72kb)

Paying for your course

If your employer will be paying for your training and you would like us to raise an invoice, please complete the CPD Payment Form and return it to cs-safety-courses@york.ac.uk. Please include your name in the 'subject' of your email.

• CPD Payment Form 2023/24 (MS Word , 66kb)

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