The FS Expert (TÜV Rheinland) certificate is issued by TÜV Rheinland to persons who have many years of practice-oriented professional experience and intensive, high-level specialist knowledge in functional safety.
These are engineers who have the appropriate high-level expert knowledge and have worked for many years in their companies not only as project managers, but also as knowledge mediators and trainers in the field of functional safety. These individuals are proactively involved in relevant standards committees, organisations and associations. They share their knowledge at congresses and conferences and thus support and disseminate the right philosophy of functional safety worldwide.
It is TÜV Rheinland's intention to support these committed individuals and to confirm their commitment and expert knowledge by issuing the FS Expert (TÜV Rheinland) certificate.
In recent years, the FS Expert (TÜV Rheinland) certificate has gained immense recognition worldwide in industry and the relevant sectors. Clients - plant operators, end users, EPC's - are aware that the standards IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 require proof of competence of persons (knowledge, skills and experience) for the execution of safety-related projects. As a result, many project managers or senior engineers and consultants now have to prove that they hold an FS Expert certificate issued by TÜV Rheinland.
All holders of an FS Expert (TÜV Rheinland) certificate are assessed by the team of senior experts in Functional Safety of TÜV Rheinland. The intensive assessment of this expert team decides whether the requirements for the FS Expert (TÜV Rheinland) certificate are fulfilled by applicants or not.
The FS Expert (TÜV Rheinland) status as well as certificate can be obtained in the following application areas: