Through Life Safety - COM00059M
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 2 2025-26 |
Module aims
This module addresses the safety issues that arise after system deployment including:
- Safe management of operational systems
- Procedures required to maintain the safety of systems when maintenance or modification is required.
- Safety monitoring and advanced safety monitoring.
Module learning outcomes
- Compare equipment and operational safety cases
- Describe the relationship between equipment and operational safety cases
- Review operational procedures for safety implications
- Describe and participate in processes for the maintenance of ALARP in operation
- Plan data collection using information from the design safety case
- Describe the role and different levels of health monitoring in operational safety
- Describe and participate in analysis of operational data for safety
- Identifying and discuss issues relating to multiple organisations interacting in a safety programme
- Describe and participate in the application of the principles of obsolescence and change management
- Describe and participate in the application of techniques for accident modelling
- Critically compare techniques for accident modelling
- Explain the role of emergency planning in through life safety
- Discuss the state of the art and future directions in Through Life Safety
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
Individual written feedback is provided via the online feedback system. There will be a general feedback on the answers I was expecting and individual feedback on how well you did for each question.
Indicative reading
**** Barry Turner, The Organizational and Interorganisational Development of Disasters, Administrative Science Quarterly, 1976
*** Sidney Dekker, Just Cluture, Ashgate, 2007
*** Charles Perrow, The Next Catastrophe, Princeton, 2007
*** Diane Vaughan, Challenger Launch Decision, Chicago, 1996
*** Leveson, Nancy, et al., Applying STAMP in accident analysis, Nasa Conference Publication, NASA, 2003