It is often a common practice, either due to lack of time, lack of adequate information or knowledge (or both) that equipment and system failures are often investigated at a superficial level. As a result maintainers and operators keep running unreliable plant, causing repeated losses and become experts at fixing rather than preventing the problems.
RCA is a structured, team based, analytical approach that when used correctly can alleviate chronic failure problems in a facility. In this 3-day training course, you will learn to apply several practical, systematic methods for analysing performance problems to uncover root causes. Your understanding of these tools will be reinforced by worked examples. In addition, you will explore effective ways of gathering data for root cause analyses, how to determine which problems should be analysed, and how to design, develop, and implement a root cause analysis program for your company.
The effective use of RCA will improve the reliability of equipment and overall plant availability and this seminar will show you exactly how.
Course Instructor - Vee Narayan BMech, DipEE, DIM
Introduction and Objectives
Why root causes are important
Workshop - Exploring the need for further analysis of problems
Session Two: Identifying/Defining Problems
The need for data
Collecting data for problem solving
Session Three: Identifying/Defining Problems (cont.)
Workshop - Identifying problems for analysis
Video and discussion - "Spiral To Disaster"
Session Four: Analysing Data for Root Cause
Identifying contributing events (brainstorming)
Event charting
Session One - Analysing Data for Root Cause (cont.)
Fault Tree Analysis
Performing change analysis
Workshop - Creating causal factor charts
Session Two - Identifying Root Causes
Pareto Analysis and Ishikawa (fishbone) diagrams
The 5 Whys technique
Workshop - applying the 5 Whys technique
Session Three - Facilitation
Human error
RCA software
Video and discussion - "The Unflyable Plane"
Session One - Root Cause Analysis Programs
Guidelines on conducting individual analyses
Resolving recommendations
Trending analysis results (plotting a timeline)
Session Two: Creating a Root Cause Analysis Program
Integrating root cause analysis with other programs
Workshop - Creating a root cause analysis program
Session Three: Wash up
Course Summary/Question & Answer Session/Distribution of Material
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