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Exercises are designed to demonstrate key principles applied in real situations. “Lessons learned” are shared from numerous successful alarm management projects around the world and from being an “insider” during the development of the standards. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples are shown from different control systems including: Emerson DeltaV, Siemens PCS 7, Rockwell PlantPAx, Honeywell Experion, ABB System 800xA, and Yokogawa Centum \/ CAMS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you Will Learn by Attending:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to create and structure an effective alarm philosophy document\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstablishing objective criteria for determining what is a valid alarm vs. an alert, prompt, or message.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to rationalize alarms to ensure every alarm is meaningful to the operator and results are documented in a Master Alarm Database (cause, consequence, corrective action, time to respond) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEffective alarm prioritization based on potential consequences of inaction and allowable time to respond \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEstablishing alarm setpoints based on design constraints, operating boundaries, process dynamics, and safe operating limits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEffective use of alarm classification for administration, reporting, testing, performance evaluation, and MOC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimilarities and differences between alarm rationalization and process hazard analysis (PHA); when to leverage PHA results during rationalization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to treat system \/ instrument diagnostic alarms and alerts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEffective design and implementation of safety (related) alarms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to apply alarm deadband and on \/ off delays to prevent nuisance alarms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBest practices for implementing conditional alarming, state-based alarming, and alarm flood suppression\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeys to effectively implement \/ allow operators to manually suppress alarms (alarm shelving)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to evaluate alarm system performance vs KPIs \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to identify and resolve common alarm management issues (e.g., nuisance alarms and alarm floods)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImplementing an effective and useful management of change process\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlarm system maintenance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho Should Attend:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcess engineers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperators and their supervisors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eControl system engineers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSafety, risk management, and environmental personnel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaintenance technicians \u0026amp; engineers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCourse Length:\u003c\/strong\u003e This course will be presented in 4-half day (4hour) sessions. 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