Reliability Centered Maintenance & FMEA
MAE-40025
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) identifies the equipment in a facility that requires maintenance on a preventive basis improving the reliability threshold to almost a hundred percent. This technique is very valuable especially when considering that budgets are limited and incurring unplanned interruptions of the operation are unacceptable. RCM allows management to make important decision on the proper action to take and the components to focus their efforts on while reducing costs and remaining competitive.
This intensive course will cover fundamentals of RCM and implementation by following the processes and employing the tools available. Students will gain understanding of “Consequence of Failure Analysis (COFA)”, previously known as the “Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)”, as part of the process used to develop a Premier Reliability Program.
The course is intended for all Engineering, Maintenance, and Reliability personnel who are involved with any aspect of the Corporations’ Preventive Maintenance Program (PM Program).
The goal of this course is to present the student with the knowledge to understand, learn, establish, and implement a Modern Day World Class RCM Program.
Course Highlights:
- Fundamental Concepts of RCM
- Implementation and Tools used in RCM
- FMEA vs COFA
- Applications of RCM in the different industries.
Course Benefits:
- Understanding of processes required to implement and manage a Reliability Centered Maintenance Program
- Ability to provide analysis and action plans as a result of systematic evaluation of the maintenance program
- Instructed by internationally known expert and author with more than 38 years of experience in the field.
Course Typically Offered: Online, Winter and Summer quarter
Prerequisites: Student must be (or has previously been) fully employed and should be familiar and comfortable with understanding technical issues and content.
Required Reading: Please order book before the start of the course.“Reliability Centered Maintenance – Implementation Made Simple” edition 1” by Neil Bloom from McGraw-Hill. ISBN Number 0-07-146069-1.
Next steps: Upon completion of this class, consider enrolling in other courses in the Mechanical Analysis and Design Certificate.
More information: Contact unexengr@ucsd.edu to learn more about Mechanical Analysis and Design course offerings.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.
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- No refunds after: 2/25/2025
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Instructor: Neil Bloom
Neil Bloom has 38+ years experience in engineering reliability practices, of which he spent 21 years at San Onofre Nuclear plant supporting engineering, licensing and working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. For 15 years he led engineering and maintenance at Eastern Airlines, working with the FAA.
A mechanical engineer by profession, he started out in the commercial aviation industry, where the methods of RCM first originated. Over his many years in aviation and nuclear power, he has seen how RCM can become difficult to implement; and most of those who try it end up throwing their hands into the air with a sigh of defeat and despair. Now, he has changed all of this so that even laypersons can facilitate their own RCM programs using only in-house resources. Additionally, he has ensured that those in-house resources do not require the pedigree of having a formal engineering degree or any previous rocket science experience.
Bloom is the foremost international expert and pioneer in reliability-centered maintenance made simple. Widely recognized for his knowledge and insight, he literally wrote the book on the subject, "RCM - Implementation Made Simple," published worldwide by McGraw-Hill. Bloom's book takes a simplified approach to classical RCM for the layperson, which many refer to as Modern-Day RCM. He also serves as an instructor in continuing education at UCLA Extension, UC San Diego Extension, UC Irvine Extension and the University of Kansas, where he teaches RCM, reliability and preventive maintenance strategies.
