Reliability is a cornerstone of any maintenance process.  Get it right and you can enjoy good safety performance, low running costs and a sustainably high production level at the right quality.  Reliable plants are usually safer and cite a higher level of morale.  Lose control of reliability and operations become less predictable, more chaotic and much more difficult to control.

This is a highly practical course that includes the latest thinking in reliability improvement, how to gain maximum benefit for minimum effort and how to develop bespoke reliability strategies that will integrate effectively with other campaigns.  This will include methods and tools as well as the Carcharodon Model of Excellence to add structure and enable participants to break this complex subject into smaller, more understandable parts.

Reliability is not the responsibility of maintenance alone and outstanding performance can only be achieved with a strategy that includes operations, design, materials, and contractors.  This course is based upon our Model of Excellence for bringing all these considerations together as one to achieve pace-setter standards.

Course Methodology

This is an interactive course.  There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies and presentations on best practice and the fundamentals of reliability improvement.  Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Target Audience

This course is suitable for reliability engineers, maintenance managers, maintenance supervisors, planners, project managers, project engineers, operations managers, shift managers, operations supervisors and people who are in training for these positions. This course is also designed for contractors who want to contribute to the reliability performance of client assets.​

Target Competencies

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Value Engineering (VE) is a conscious and explicit set of disciplined procedures designed to seek out optimum value for both initial and long-term investment. First utilized in the manufacturing industry over 70 years ago, it has since been widely used in other industries for many years.

Value Engineering is not simply a design/peer review or a cost-cutting exercise. Rather, Value Engineering is a creative, organized effort, which analyzes the requirements of a project for achieving the essential functions at the lowest total costs (e.g. capital, staffing, energy, maintenance) over the life of the project. Through a group investigation, using experienced and multi-disciplinary teams, value and cost-efficiency can be improved through the study of alternate design concepts, materials, and methods without compromising the functional and value objectives of the client/organization.

Value Engineering can be applied at any point in a project, even in construction. Nevertheless, typically the earlier it is applied the higher the return on the time and effort invested.

In most cases, Value Engineering identifies and removes unnecessary expenditures, thereby increasing the value for manufacturers and their customers.

Course Methodology

The course is interactive and is comprised of lectures, case studies, technical process learning and supplemental discussions related to various industries and the challenges of implementation.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Target Audience

Engineering professionals who have at least three years of experience. Those include Maintenance Managers, Maintenance Supervisors, Maintenance Engineers, Operational Excellence Personnel, Reliability Engineers, Plant Managers, Engineering Managers, Manufacturing Managers, Production Managers, Operations Managers, Project Managers, Asset Managers, and Quality Assurance Personnel.

Target Competencies

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Learn essential quality engineering concepts and tools to enhance your effectiveness as a quality engineer. In this course, participants will learn about quality systems, auditing, product and process control, and design, quality methods and tools, applied statistics, SPC, and the Design of Experiments (DOE). Participants will enhance their engineering expertise and their effectiveness as quality engineers with this comprehensive introduction to key quality engineering concepts and tools critical to success in the field of quality engineering today.

Course Methodology

This course relies on various group discussions and presentations will be used and study groups will be formed to engage participants.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Target Audience

Engineers, quality control personnel, inspectors, testing personnel, or those interested in the quality engineering profession.

Target Competencies

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