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
Assessment
Task
Length
% of module mark
Essay/coursework Open Assessment
N/A
100
Special assessment rules
None
Reassessment
Task
Length
% of module mark
Essay/coursework Open Assessment
N/A
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