Difference between E*da and TUV certification
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I would like to ask everyone what the differences are between the E*da and TUV certifications for safety instrument engineers?
These two symbols don’t belong to the same conceptual category; it’s like asking what the difference is between a rooster and a pigpen.
What’s the difference? Is there a way of the master?
It’s a functional safety engineer, right?~~~
It seems that the functional safety engineers certified by these two organizations are both suitable.
Both are internationally certified companies; there are also ones like BV, and they belong to different categories. The difference lies in which certificate looks more impressive: lol
There is no difference for safety engineer certifications; it’s the different international certification bodies that matter. For your information, the main certification bodies that handle functional safety certification: Globally, there are many organizations that can provide functional safety certification. Currently, in the field of global functional safety certification/SIL certification, well-known issuing agencies include: international certification bodies such as Bureau Veritas, TUV Rheinland, TUV Süd, TUV Nord, E*DA, and SGS. Domestic research institutes: Shanghai Instrumentation and Automatic Control System Inspection and Testing Institute SITIIAS, and the Institute of Comprehensive Technical Economics for Machinery Industry Instruments and Meters ITEI. In China, the fields that currently have functional safety requirements include the following: 1. Process industries such as petrochemicals (driven by regulatory requirements for SIL functional safety certification – the **Guidelines issued by the State Administration for Work Safety on Strengthening the Management of Safety Instrumented Systems in the Chemical Industry**); corresponding standards: IEC61508 + IEC 61511. 2. Automotive electronics; corresponding standard: ISO26262. 3. Rail transport; corresponding standards: EN50126 + EN 50128. 4. Mechanical safety; corresponding standard: ISO13849-1
They are all international brands. TUV has a more diversified range of services beyond functional safety, including various types of testing and certification, while E*DA focuses more on functional safety； I don’t know how difficult the assessment for TUV functional safety engineers is, but I have experienced the difficulty of the E*da exam – it’s quite tough, and not many people in China pass it. . . . . .
Explosion protection rating and functional safety assessment are not the same concept, right?
The difference is that one is Certification, and the other is certificate. In Chinese, one is referred to as a qualification proof. One is a certificate. Prove that you have been trained. It’s hard to say which one is better specifically.