RCM 3-Day Introductory Training Course Overview

Objectives

  • Learn what RCM2 is and how it works
  • Learn what RCM2 achieves, how it achieves it and what resources are needed to apply it
  • Provide sufficient understanding of the approach so that delegates can contribute usefully to an RCM2 analysis downstream (on equipment that they know well)
  • Provide sufficient understanding of the approach so that delegates can manage an RCM2 application/implementation project

Audience

  • Maintainers, users, suppliers and designers of the equipment/system (at all levels, including technicians and operators)
  • Anyone who will take an active part in an RCM2 analysis
  • Anyone who will take part in implementing and/or managing the application of RCM2 and auditing the output. 

Pre-requisites

  • None

Tools and Methods

  • Highly participative, comprising a combination of formal lecturing, exercises and case studies
  • Visual-aids used include high-quality colour presentations and incorporate extensive aids to reinforce learning
  • Comprehensive course notes are provided together with "solutions" to all exercises and case studies.

Sessions

  • Duration: 3 days
  • Number of delegates: 8-16
  • Location: Any suitable venue

Expected Output

  • At the end of the course, the delegates should have sufficient competence and confidence to take part in an RCM2 analysis (under the guidance of an RCM2 facilitator)
  • The RCM2 derived maintenance tasks will maximise equipment availability and reliability at minimum life-cycle cost and without compromising safety or environmental integrity.

Content

INTRODUCING RELIABILITY-CENTRED MAINTENANCE
  • Where RCM2 comes from, how the world of maintenance is changing and an introduction to the course content.
DEFINING THE PROBLEM AND GATHERING INFORMATION
  • Defining functions and desired performance standards
  • Defining the ways in which an asset can fail to deliver the desired performance standard (functional failures)
  • Establishing the causes of failure (failure modes)
  • What happens when the failures occur (failure effects)
ASSESSING FAILURE CONSEQUENCES
  • Protective and warning devices which are not fail safe
  • Failures which threaten safety or the environment
  • Failures which affect production or operations (output, product quality or customer service)
  • Failures which only entail the direct cost of repair
ASSESSING THE VALIDITY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE AND SETTING TASK FREQUENCIES
  • On -condition maintenance
  • Scheduled restoration tasks
  • Scheduled discard tasks
DECIDING WHAT TO DO IF A SUITABLE PROACTIVE TASK CANNOT BE FOUND
  • When and how often to do failure finding routines
  • When to redesign
  • When to run to failure
APPLYING THE RCM PROCESS
  • Using supervisors, operators, craftsmen and specialists in RCM2 review groups
  • The role of the RCM2 facilitator
  • Implementation strategies and how to get started