Dave Macdonald has throughout his career been involved in the application of instrumentation and control technology to industrial and chemical processes. As a senior instrument engineer with AECI Ltd he specialised in managing the complete design cycle for process control systems from conceptual design to commissioning. He has also developed and lectured a post-graduate course in Industrial Control Systems. Dave has been closely involved in hazard studies for new chemical plants and in the implementation of safety instrumented systems. His expertise ranging from field instrumentation to software quality assurance is particularly relevant to this subject.. In the past few years Dave has lectured on Safety Instrumentation and related topics to many hundreds of Engineers and Technicians in Ireland, Canada the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

• 1. Introduction to the machinery safety workshop2. Guide to Regulations and Standards3. Risk assessment and risk reduction4. Design procedures for safety controls5. Emergency-stop monitoring and the safety relay6. Sensors and devices for machinery protection7. Application Guidelines for Protection Devices8. Programmable Systems for Safety Controls9. Introduction to Standards for Programmable SystemsAppendix A: Reference and sources of information on machinery safetyAppendix B: GlossaryAppendix C: Notes on tolerable riskAppendix D: Notes on PUWER.Appendix E: Guide to fault-tree analysisPractical exercisesAnswers to practical exercises

'..a very practical and useful book which is well worth reading and studying'Health and Safety Review, January/February 2005

Dave Macdonald has throughout his career been involved in the application of instrumentation and control technology to industrial and chemical processes. As a senior instrument engineer with AECI Ltd he specialised in managing the complete design cycle for process control systems from conceptual design to commissioning. He has also developed and lectured a post-graduate course in Industrial Control Systems. Dave has been closely involved in hazard studies for new chemical plants and in the implementation of safety instrumented systems. His expertise ranging from field instrumentation to software quality assurance is particularly relevant to this subject.. In the past few years Dave has lectured on Safety Instrumentation and related topics to many hundreds of Engineers and Technicians in Ireland, Canada the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

• 1. Introduction to the machinery safety workshop2. Guide to Regulations and Standards3. Risk assessment and risk reduction4. Design procedures for safety controls5. Emergency-stop monitoring and the safety relay6. Sensors and devices for machinery protection7. Application Guidelines for Protection Devices8. Programmable Systems for Safety Controls9. Introduction to Standards for Programmable SystemsAppendix A: Reference and sources of information on machinery safetyAppendix B: GlossaryAppendix C: Notes on tolerable riskAppendix D: Notes on PUWER.Appendix E: Guide to fault-tree analysisPractical exercisesAnswers to practical exercises

'..a very practical and useful book which is well worth reading and studying'Health and Safety Review, January/February 2005

Dave Macdonald has throughout his career been involved in the application of instrumentation and control technology to industrial and chemical processes. As a senior instrument engineer with AECI Ltd he specialised in managing the complete design cycle for process control systems from conceptual design to commissioning. He has also developed and lectured a post-graduate course in Industrial Control Systems. Dave has been closely involved in hazard studies for new chemical plants and in the implementation of safety instrumented systems. His expertise ranging from field instrumentation to software quality assurance is particularly relevant to this subject.. In the past few years Dave has lectured on Safety Instrumentation and related topics to many hundreds of Engineers and Technicians in Ireland, Canada the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

• 1. Introduction to the machinery safety workshop2. Guide to Regulations and Standards3. Risk assessment and risk reduction4. Design procedures for safety controls5. Emergency-stop monitoring and the safety relay6. Sensors and devices for machinery protection7. Application Guidelines for Protection Devices8. Programmable Systems for Safety Controls9. Introduction to Standards for Programmable SystemsAppendix A: Reference and sources of information on machinery safetyAppendix B: GlossaryAppendix C: Notes on tolerable riskAppendix D: Notes on PUWER.Appendix E: Guide to fault-tree analysisPractical exercisesAnswers to practical exercises

'..a very practical and useful book which is well worth reading and studying'Health and Safety Review, January/February 2005