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INTRODUCTION TO RELIABILITY ENGINEERING (REL-46)

DESCRIPTION:

This course teaches the principles of improving asset management and maintenance decisions by
using fundamental principles of Reliability Engineering. Attending this course will broaden
ones technical ability to tackle asset reliability in a more effective manner using the many tools
learned.

CONTENT:

Reliability Engineering fundamentals
Reliability statistics
Life-cycle Cost analysis
Failure Modes and Effects and Consequence Analysis (FMECA)
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Weibull Analysis
RCM with Monte Carlo Simulation
Availability simulation
Condition monitoring
Human Factor Engineering
Reliability Centered Design (RCD)
Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)



YOU WILL LEARN:

How to apply reliability statistics to improve asset management
About the Life Cycle Cost philosophy
The steps for performing a LCC analysis
The simple 5 Why method of failure investigation


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Fundamentals of Event and Causal Factor Mapping for incidents and failures
Fundamentals of using Logic Trees to uncover the physical, human, and latent causes of
failures
Fundamental RCM philosophies
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for RCM
The difference between FMEA and Failure Modes and Effects and Consequence
Analysis (FMECA)
How to identify mechanical, electrical, and stationary failure modes using condition
monitoring Predictive Maintenance (PdM) technologies
How to identify the common traps of each PdM technology
Basics in the usage of Monte Carlo simulation in RCM and availability analyses
Components of Human Factors Engineering in reliability
The important terms and definitions in reliability statistics
How to apply basic statistics in the maintenance environment
How to calculate Net Present Value (NPV)
RCM terminology and why RCM is important
How to evaluate failure consequences

DESIGNED FOR:

Maintenance managers, plant engineers, production managers, maintenance and reliability
engineers, top level maintenance technicians or anyone who is involved in reliability engineering
strategies or methodologies to include design engineers for capital projects.

INSTRUCTOR:

PetroSkills Facilities (J MC) Instructor


DURATION:

The course will be conducted from:
J une 28 - J uly 02, 2010
Sessions will be on a full time basis (Monday Friday, 8.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.)






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VENUE:

The University of Trinidad and Tobago
Pasea Campus,
Tunapuna.


CERTIFICATION:

Participants will be awarded a PetroSkills Facilities (J ohn M. Campbell) Certificate of
Completion based on a minimum of 80% attendance and successful completion of the course.


COST:

USD$3,840.00 inclusive of course material, lunch and refreshment.


CONTACT INFORMATION:

Interested persons are asked to contact 642-8888 Ext. 24113 for further information or to
register.