MS332 Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM)
Description
Module I: Introduction
- Discuss RCM terminology
Module II: RCM overview and business context
- Understand the evolution of RCM
- Understand the business context of RCM
- Know RCM standards
Module III: RCM phase “what is important?”
- Know what a criticality matrix is
- How to select which system to analyse
- Determine system boundaries
- Understand what failure modes, failure causes and failure effects are
Module IV: RCM phase “what should be done?”
- Know what important failure characteristics are
- Know when to decide RTF maintenance
- Know when design changes are required
- How to prescribe maintenance to critical assets
Module V: RCM customisation and requirements
- Understand RCM customisation
- Understand the use of RCM template data
- Determine what data is required for RCM
- Become aware of the asset management support tool (AMST)
Module VI: Implementation and improvement
- Understand what a job plan is
- Understand how to allocate tasks
- Understand how to implement RCM well
- Understand what feedback is
Module VII: RCM project
- Know the steps in a RCM project
Module VIII: RCM project
- Understand the evolution of RBI
- Understand variations of RBI
- Understand the requirements for RBI
Key Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will have the knowledge to:
- Know how to describe RCM process flow
- Understand the differences in RCM approach
- Recognise the importance of data structure and content before performing any kind of strategy work
- Understand the importance of identifying and categorising assets
- Understand criticality and the FMECA approach in RCM
- Understand how to develop an RCM analysis as well as what the implications are of making the strategy work
- Understand why to conduct a task comparison
- Understand what work packaging is
- Understand methods needed for RCM implementation
- Recognise what a living program is
- Know the content of a RCM project plan
- Understand what risk based inspection (RBI) in the asset management support tool AMST is
Recommended Pre-Study
Reading material
Using an RCM Approach for Process Hazard Analysis Revalidation
Reliability Centered Maintenance
Risk based inspection