This training module is an excerpt from our five-day Risk Management for Safety Engineers training course which is applicable to managing safety risks from any and all sectors. Topics covered in the five-day course also include system safety, explosives safety, industrial or OSHA safety, operational safety, reliability, software safety, and quality.
This training equips participants with the skills to systematically identify and analyze launch hazards across all phases of a mission. From manufacturing to re-entry, attendees will learn to pinpoint critical risks, such as propellant detonation and debris impact, while considering vehicle, subsystem, and operational vulnerabilities.
Participants will explore effective techniques for mitigating launch hazards, including design optimizations, procedural safeguards, and advanced risk assessment tools. By implementing these strategies, teams can reduce hazards to acceptable levels and ensure compliance with stringent safety standards.
Gain insight into the structured processes used to evaluate and accept residual risks in the launch environment. This training emphasizes the critical roles of documentation, quantitative analysis, and legal considerations to ensure mission success and safety for all stakeholders.
This training covers APT's IARA process as applied to launch safety. IARA is an acronym for Identify, Assess, Reduce, Accept. This training is designed for safety engineers at all levels, as well as system engineers, and program and project managers. The beginning safety engineer will learn techniques to identify hazards as risk factors and methods to reduce the risks. The journeyman safety engineer will recognize practices used in their sector, and learn how other sectors apply similar techniques. Systems engineers and managers will gain an understanding of how safety engineering integrates into overall systems engineering, and recognize the importance of the “accept” function within overall management.
Instructors
Course instructors have many years of experience as practicing safety engineering professionals.
They will provide numerous experience-based insights during the course.
Wayne Devoid
Former APT employee with over 20 years' experience in flight safety for suborbital and orbital rocket launches. Pioneered APT’s quantitative risk analysis methodology and software tools for unmanned systems.
Tom Pfitzer
Founder and President of A-P-T Research, Inc. MS Industrial Engineering (System Safety Option). Nineteen years’ service in the safety career field for the U.S. Army and over 40 years in System Safety, Range Safety, and Risk Analysis experience.
Tom Delong
Former Lead Safety Engineer for GBI. 40+ years’ experience. BS Electrical Engineering; ME Industrial Engineering.