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Full range of training workshops for 2005

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Jan 25, 2005

Reliability Center will be offering a range of workshops at its complex in Hopewell, Virginia as well as selected cities in the USA during 2005.

Reliability Center will be offering a range of workshops at its complex in Hopewell, Virginia as well as selected cities in the USA during 2005.

All workshops have limited seating and are filled on first come, first served basis.

The "Root cause analysis methods" workshop teaches participants how to implement RCI's exclusive Proact root cause analysis method to: identify and accumulate the necessary failure information; formulate hypotheses using their proven "logic tree"; verify hypotheses and determine the physical, latent and system root cause(s); and recommend corrective action.

The workshop is designed to train company personnel in the use of root cause analysis and will include the new book, "Root cause analysis: improving performance for bottom line results" (US $79.95 value).

The book helps readers identify, resolve and eliminate the chronic issues, such as repeated equipment or system failures, that hinder the attainment of organisational goals.

The text also includes six "real life" case histories from RCI client companies using the RCI method.

This workshop can also be taught at client sites.

In the "RCA justification tools and techniques" one-day workshop students learn various ways to prioritise what they should be working on, no matter the type of backlog of tasks or events that they face.

Students not only learn these techniques, but they will apply them through structured activities for each of the justification tools and techniques presented.

The justification tools and techniques presented in this workshop include: basic FMEA, opportunity analysis, force field analysis and decision-by-pairs.

The new "Basic failure analysis" train-the-trainer workshop teaches participants how to broadcast the BFA methodology in a structured manner among the frontline and supervisory staff of their organisations.

BFA is an extremely effective methodology for eradicating those chronic issues that effect the company's profitability, safety and quality.

This train-the-trainer (TTT) workshop is recommended for persons who will be expected to train employees to comply with federal regulatory agencies for corrective action when undesirable outcomes occur.

It is also recommended for persons who have asset care programmes that require a basic root cause analysis under certain trigger conditions.

This intense workshop can last anywhere from three to five days depending on the number of students registered.

This workshop is limited to a maximum of five students because of the hands-on type of instruction of the train-the-trainer course content.

The "Failure scene investigation techniques" workshop in analysis verification techniques provides the participants with the skills and knowledge to strategically obtain and interpret the data necessary to solve failure by demonstrating how different analytical tools are used to prove or disprove hypotheses.

On completion of this course the participants will be able to develop thorough and accurate data collection strategies that will uncover the order and pattern that lead to failure.

Participants will have the ability to recognise different failure patterns and mechanisms and determine what verification techniques are applicable in the context of an overall approach to Root Cause Analysis.

Major topics include: tribology, fractology, corrosion types and mechanisms, human performance failure, developing data collection strategies and verification techniques.

This advanced course is designed for field, technical and engineering personnel who are primarily responsible for determining the causes of equipment, process and human failures.

This workshop can also be taught at client sites if desired.

The "Human error reduction for supervisors" workshop explains the underlying reasons why humans make errors and how you can prevent these errors.

With fewer errors made by your staff, you will spend less time (by as much as 20 days per year) correcting human errors and responding to consequences of human errors.

Instead, you will enjoy your job more and be more productive.

Further details on all the workshops, including dates and venues can be found on the Reliability Center website.