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About this Technical and Professional Network

What are the Network's scope and objectives? What are the benefits of joining this Network? How can you contribute?

Scope and objectives

Safety is an integral part of a wide range of activities, and this Technical andProfessional Network includes the following topics in its scope:

  • Development of the safety requirements to identify the safety functions to be performed and the safety integrity of the various safety functions
  • Hazard analysis and risk assessment techniques
  • Design and implementation including consideration of: systems architecture, hardware failure mechanisms (both systematic and random), software engineering, verification and validation techniques
  • Operations/maintenance/modification phases
  • Management of functional safety
  • Assessment of functional safety
  • Human factors issues as they relate to functional safety
  • Conformity assessment schemes
  • Education and training
  • Competency of safety practitioners


Benefits

Enhance your professional competence by making use of the TPN's resources. The latest news will keep you up to date, a library of technical articles can provide detailed information, or you can find training and networking opportunities through the events calendar.  You can view past lectures and interviews on iee.tv and put forward your point of view in the discussion forums.

In order to join this Network, and take advantage of the benefits offered, you will need to either:

Register

Registration is free to all visitors and enables you to:

  • View and contribute to the discussion forums
  • View and contribute to the Network wiki (when launched)
  • Receive our Network News email newsletters
  • Join and use our contacts database to network with other members of this Network

Become a member of the IET

Membership of the IET entitles you to a wide range of online and offline benefits, including of course, access to all the premium content within our industry sector resources.


How you can contribute

If you are interested in participating further, we are always happy to hear from people who would like to take a more active role. Please get in touch with Jacquie Lee, our TPN manager.

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PEOPLE & CONTACTS

Key contacts for this Network. Plus information on the Executive Team, and the the Technical Advisory Panel

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