May 30, 2012: TÜV Rheinland India, a subsidiary of the TUV Rheinland Group, Germany and a worldwide leader in testing, inspection, certification and training, has announced a four-day vocational qualification training of the ‘TUV Functional Safety Programme’ at Pune in August 2012.
This programme is targeted at developers, product architects, designers, project leaders, quality managers and testers involved in the development of safety related systems for use in cars on the basis of the draft international standard ISO/DIS 26262.
Engineers working in the field of functional safety for years have the opportunity to obtain an official verification and testimonial of their expertise. By passing a final exam successfully they will receive a TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Engineer certificate. This certificate, which is acknowledged worldwide, states that specific knowledge within the automotive field has been achieved.
According to Enrico Ruhle, managing director of TUV Rheinland India (pictured), “The training under this programme would support engineers to deepen their knowledge and their experience in order to achieve a worldwide acknowledged know-how and practical experience within the area of functional safety according to the ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 International Standard. The ISO 26262 standard governs functional safety in the automotive industry. It applies specifically to the use and functional safety of electrical/electronic systems in motor vehicles and to suppliers of generic products such as hardware and software components or development tools that are primarily used in the automotive sector”.
The TÜV Rheinland Functional Safety Program is the only worldwide extended vocational training program in the area of Functional Safety where knowledge and competencies are approved of by a third neutral party and where certificates are issued.
TÜV Rheinland has institutionalized this training program in 2004 together with national and international companies and experts of the Functional Safety business. More than 3,500 engineers worldwide have participated in trainings on topics like Safety Instrumented Systems, Hardware/Software Design, Machinery and Automotive and have become TÜV Functional Safety Engineers.