course | Advanced Alarm Management in Control Systems
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ICC-998 | Advanced Alarm Management in Control Systems
Course Sector : Instrumentation & Controls
| Duration | Date from | Date to | Course Venue | Course fees | Book a course |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Days | 16/11/2026 | 20/11/2026 | Dubai | $4,250 | Book now |
| 5 Days | 01/02/2027 | 05/02/2027 | Dubai | $4,250 | Book now |
| 5 Days | 13/06/2027 | 17/06/2027 | Riyadh | $4,250 | Book now |
| 5 Days | 02/08/2027 | 06/08/2027 | Madrid | $4,950 | Book now |
Course Introduction
Currently, process plants face significant challenges that significantly affect their productivity, efficiency, product quality, safety, integrity, and security. A well-designed alarm management system can address these challenges, whereas a poorly designed alarm management system can cause serious consequences and also become a nuisance to plant operators and other personnel. Plant personnel dealing with the above issues need to attend this seminar to learn and apply best practices of alarm management using real-world examples and tools.
Delegates will return to their jobs not only with a better understanding of alarm management best practices but equipped with a set of practical set of techniques, procedures, and tools to optimize their alarm management system to increase the productivity, efficiency, product quality, safety, integrity, and security of their processes.
Course objective
- Understand the fundamentals of Alarm Management and Alarm Philosophy
- Apply procedures for Alarm Rationalization
- Apply procedures for Alarm Design, Implementation, Operation, and Maintenance
- Apply procedures for Alarm Performance Monitoring and Assessment
- Implement Alarm Management Procedures using hands-on tools
Course audience
The Advanced Alarm Management training seminar should be of interest to a wide range of professionals interested in learning and applying alarm management for improving the productivity, efficiency, product quality, safety, integrity, and security of their processes.
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:
- Automation, Chemical, and Process Engineers
- Installation and Maintenance Technicians
- Instrumentation and Control Engineers
- Process Operators
- Production and Project Managers
- Other Professionals who want a better understanding of the subject matter
Course Outline | 01 Day One
Introduction to Advanced Alarm Management and a Review of P&ID and Process Control Safeguarding
- What is Advanced Alarm Management?
- Main standards for Advanced Alarm Management: ISA 18.2, EEMUA 191, IEC 62682
- Review of P & ID Diagrams
- Review of Process Control Systems, BPCS
- Review of Process Control Safeguarding
- Hazard Analysis
- Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
- Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
- Safeguarding Examples
- Advanced Alarm Management as a layer of LOPA
- Benefits of Alarm Management
Course Outline | 02 Day Two
Alarm Issues, Alarm Principles and Philosophy
- What is an Alarm?
- Alarm Issues
- Alarm Proliferation
- Nuisance Alarms
- Operator Overload
- Alarm Management Principles
- Alarm Management Philosophy
- Alarm Philosophy Document
- Alarm Management Lifecycle
- Alarm Identification
Course Outline | 03 Day Three
Alarm Rationalization
- Alarm Objective Analysis
- Documenting Operator Response Time
- Assigning Alarm Priorities
- Classifying Alarms
- Defining Alarm Attributes
- Assessing the Need for Advanced Alarming
- Procedures and Configuration Examples
Course Outline | 04 Day Four
Alarm Design, Implementation, Operation, and Maintenance
- Basic Alarm Design
- Application of Alarm Dead band (hysteresis)
- Application of On/Off Delays
- Alarms and Interlocks
- SIS / ESD Alarms
- HMIs for Alarms
- Advanced Alarm Design: Dynamic Alarm Suppression
- Alarm System Testing
- Alarm Maintenance
- Alarm Dhelving
- Alarm Response Procedures
Course Outline | 05 Day Five
Alarm Performance Monitoring and Assessment
- Alarm Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Alarm System Performance Reporting
- Alarm Analysis
- Annunciated Alarm Rate
- Alarm Floods
- Out of Service Alarms
- Chattering, Redundant, Shelved Alarms
- Alarm Reporting
- Alarm Audits
- Course Summary
BOOST’s Professional Attendance Certificate “BPAC”
BPAC is always given to the delegates after completing the training course,and depends on their attendance of the program at a rate of no less than 80%,besides their active participation and engagement during the program sessions.
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