System Safety Training
R.G.W. Cherry & Associates Limited is a U.K. consultancy company formed in 1992 from widely experienced Aeronautical Engineers. The company has achieved an excellent reputation for the quality of work delivered to airworthiness authorities, academic bodies, aircraft manufacturers, equipment suppliers and aircraft operators. In particular, it has longstanding relationships with the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Transport Canada and the European Aviation Safety Agency, having fulfilled many contracts for them.
The company has provided System Safety Assessment training courses to industry for a number of years. We provide bespoke 25.1309 training at the customer’s facilities and are now working with Hertfordshire University to offer a 5 day course to external delegates, details of which can be found here: https://www.herts.ac.uk/courses/short/safety-assessment-of-aircraft-systems. The courses specifically address the techniques involved in carrying out a System Safety Assessment. It has a large emphasis on delegate participation in order that a full understanding is achieved of how to use the techniques. The subjects addressed include: Functional Hazard Assessment, Zonal Safety Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, Enhanced Fault Tree Analysis and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis.
Courses offered
Safety Assessment of Aircraft Systems - 5 day course
The course is aimed at engineers and managers that may be involved directly or indirectly with the System Safety Assessment process, although it is formulated on the assumption that the participants have had no previous formal instruction on safety analysis techniques and processes. It will, therefore, be of interest to both the experienced practitioner and the novice.
The objectives of the course are to give participants:
- An understanding of the methodology and analysis techniques for carrying out System Safety Assessments, including Functional Hazard Assessment, Zonal Safety Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, Enhanced Fault Tree Analysis and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis.
- Familiarity with the mathematics and statistical distributions involved in the process.
- A knowledge of some of the more common errors encountered in analysing aircraft systems.
- An understanding of the interaction between the safety analysis process and systems architecture, and how the results of the safety analysis affect the maintenance and operation of transport aircraft.
The course is typically held over five days and constitutes:
- Lectures with question periods. Participants are encouraged to ask questions during the lectures to ensure a common understanding
- Tutorials and exercises where participants will be shown how to solve problems and will have the opportunity to work on problems themselves. A full set of course notes is provided to all participants and on successful completion a course certificate.
Click below to see a typical 5 day course timetable:
Typical 5 day course timetable [Download PDF]
ACCOLADES FOR THE COURSE:
"A great balance between theory and practical. Very useful practical exercises to get a good understanding of concepts."
"Ray and Maurice were both excellent and engaging lecturers and their wealth of experience and examples helped bring the course to life."
"One of the best courses I have ever participated on! The instructor had a lot of knowledge on the topic and explained it very clearly. I found it invaluable that we had many practical examples."
If you are interested in this course please contact us at karen.monk@rgwcherry.co.uk
Course presenters
Ray Cherry
Ray Cherry is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, with over 40 years’ experience in the aviation industry. In addition, as Director of R.G.W. Cherry & Associates Limited, he regularly runs system safety training courses worldwide on aircraft reliability and safety assessment techniques to airworthiness authorities, manufacturers and airlines and is recognised worldwide as an expert in this field.
Maurice James
Maurice has over 40 years of experience in the aviation industry having previously held many senior positions managing teams of project managers and engineers. He specialises in system safety analysis, engine and powerplant design and development, flight test engineering and project management. He has a wide understanding of the safety analysis process in the context of aircraft design.
Maurice is also a holder of a Commercial Pilots Licence with an Instructors Rating. Since partnering with R.G.W. Cherry & Associates, Maurice has presented many system safety training courses and worked on a wide range of system safety projects and benefit analyses. Maurice is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Durham