Who should attend
No reliability improvement initiative can be successful unless everyone is on the same page. Everyone needs to pull in the same direction. Everyone needs to share the same understanding of the issues, benefits, and remedies. And everyone must be inspired to contribute, support activities intended to improve reliability and performance, and look for opportunities to make improvements. This is the way to create the “culture of reliability”.
The Asset Reliability Practitioner Advocate (ARP-A) “Plant-wide Awareness” is intended for everyone working within an organization who in any way influences the management, design, engineering, procurement, maintenance, or operation of an organization that involves critical rotating machinery and electrical equipment.
The Asset Reliability Practitioner Advocate (ARP-A) “Manager/Engineer Awareness” is intended for senior management, maintenance and operations/production management, engineers, junior reliability engineers, and condition monitoring professionals who need to understand the “big picture” of the reliability and performance improvement process.
What’s included
| Public Open Course | Self paced Community | Instructor-led Course | Onsite Private Course | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Face to face instruction | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Full Online course | No | Yes | No | No |
| *Online Study Community | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Online pre-study content | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| **Printed materials | Yes | Optional | Yes | Yes |
| Examination (Optional) | BINDT or MIBoC | MIBoC | BINDT or MIBoC | BINDT or MIBoC |
| Friendly support team | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
* Community on Microsoft Teams. Course Manual available in digital format; six months access is included.
** Course manual, VA Wall Chart, Reference Guide, Mobius Calculator, Mobius pen, Notebook, Key-fob, USB Stick.
Course highlights
- ARP-A is intended for those who Advocate reliability
- Choose how to study from a range of flexible options
- 6 months Reliability experience is required for ISO 18436 certification
- Order any course online, or complete the PDF registration form
- Share a professional Training Brochure with managers/directors
- Friendly support available via email, chatbot or telephone
Study options
Below you’ll find a comparison of the different study options.
* Hybrid Study variations available upon request. Contact the Training Team for details.
What you’ll learn
Plant-wide Awareness
Understand Why Improvement Is Desired
- Introduction
- Understanding The Benefits
- Supporting The Program
- How Do We Make The Change?
Understand Why “Failure” Occurs
- Understanding “Failure”
Understand What We Can All Do About It
- The “Defect Elimination” Concept
- The “Asset Reliability Strategy”
- Work Management
- Spares Management
- Precision And Proactive Work
- Condition Monitoring
- Breaking Out Of Reactive Maintenance
- Continuous Improvement
Manager/Engineer Awareness
- Benefits
- Assessing Your Benefits
- Culture Change
- Selling Senior Management
- Strategy [Plan/Mission/Vision/Team/Support]
- Understanding Failure
- Defect Elimination [Dfr/Procurement/Acceptance Testing/Operators/More]
- Asset Strategy [RTF/CBM/IBM, MAL, ACR, BOM/MOC, FMEA/RCM/PMO, RCA]
- Work Management
- Spares Management
- Precision And Proactive Work [Lubrication/Alignment/Balancing/Fastening]
- Condition Monitoring [CBM/VA/OA/UT/WPA/MCE/IR/More]
- Breaking Out Of Reactive Maintenance
- Continuous Improvement [KPIs/Benchmarking/Education]
Certifications
Course venues
Stoke by Nayland Hotel
Keepers Lane, Leavenheath, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4PZ
+44 (0)1206 262836
[email protected]
Glenroyal Hotel
Straffan Rd, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, W23 C2C9, Ireland
+353 1 629 0909
[email protected]
Stoke by Nayland & Glenroyal Hotel – “after registration a hotel booking no. will be sent to allow you get our group rate.”
Statham Lodge – “mention RMS Training and the name of the course when making your hotel booking.”
Meet the instructors
Tom Murphy is as an approved trainer for both the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and Mobius Institute ISO-18436 accreditation programmes.
Dean Whittle is as an approved trainer for both the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing (BINDT) and Mobius Institute ISO-18436 accreditation programmes.
Resources
ARP-A Course Description The Asset Reliability Practitioner Advocate (ARP-A) course structure is modeled on the ISO 18436 standards with topics mapped to ISO 55000. The optional Certification Exam is provided by Mobius Institute Board of Certification, (MIBoC) which is ISO/IEC 17024 accredited. Students who meet the experience requirements, complete the course and pass the examination will become certified the highest recognised certification in Reliability available anywhere. The Asset Reliability Practitioner Advocate (ARP-A) “Plant-wide Awareness” is intended for everyone working within an organization who in any way influences the management, design, engineering, procurement, maintenance, or operation of an organization that involves critical rotating machinery and electrical equipment. Whether your organization manufactures products (appliances, automobiles, etc.) or a commodity (mining, oil & gas, etc.); provides an essential service (e.g. water, sewage, power); relies on machinery/electrical equipment (facilities, shipping), or is involved with protecting their country, this course will provide a memorable explanation of how to improve reliability and performance. No reliability improvement initiative can be successful unless everyone is on the same page. Everyone needs to pull in the same direction. Everyone needs to share the same understanding of the issues, benefits, and remedies. And everyone must be inspired to contribute, support activities intended to improve reliability and performance, and look for opportunities to make improvements. This is the way to create the “culture of reliability”. The course achieves this goal by utilizing animations and animated simulations that make it understandable, memorable, and interesting. Delivered by passionate industry experts, this course, with the optional exam/certification, the course will make a difference to the future of your organization. The Asset Reliability Practitioner (ARP-A) “Manager/Engineer Awareness” is intended for senior management, maintenance and operations/production management, engineers, junior reliability engineers, and condition monitoring professionals who need to understand the “big picture” of the reliability and performance improvement process. Whether your organization manufactures products or a commodity; provides an essential service; relies on machinery/electrical equipment, or is involved with protecting their country, this course will provide a memorable explanation of how and why to improve reliability and performance. 1. Present the business case, and explain how it is possible to assess the benefits to your organization. You can take what you learn to justify a new program, expand your existing program, or to simply breathe new life into a stale program. 2. Demystify the concepts, terminology, and the process required to improve reliability and performance. All the keys issues will be covered, from defect elimination to the development of the asset strategy, from condition monitoring to operator driven reliability, from culture change to continuous improvement, and so much more. This course will leave you with a clear vision of what the process is, how to justify the initiative, and all the key elements. You will learn what has worked for other organizations, and why so many programs have failed. The course achieves these goals by utilizing animations and animated simulations that make it understandable, memorable, and interesting. Potentially complex concepts are easily explained with these proven tools. And to ensure your time is put to best use, you can watch any part of the course, or the entire course, online before you attend the live event. And you can watch it again soon afterwards to refresh your memory and improve your understanding. On the final day we review the past two days in preparation for the exam. The Asset Reliability Practitioner – Advocate course is intended for senior management, maintenance and operations/production management, engineers, junior reliability engineers, and condition monitoring professionals who need to understand the “big picture” of the reliability and performance improvement process. Whether your organization manufactures products or a commodity; provides an essential service; relies on machinery/electrical equipment, or is involved with protecting their country, this course will provide a memorable explanation of how and why to improve reliability and performance. A reliable plant is a safer, more productive, more secure, more environmentally friendly and more competitive plant, and its employees are less stressed and more fulfilled. To improve reliability we need everyone on the same page and speaking the same language about reliability. And if you do not have the support of senior management, you will struggle to experience true success with your reliability improvement implementation. In addition to meeting whatever technical requirements a machine has, we consider the life-cycle costs of the To develop our asset strategy we need to know the failure modes, the root causes of failure and we need to eliminate failures. The goal of the work management program is to create a streamlined process for managing all maintenance work that reduces costs (and waste) and ensures jobs are performed efficiently, in harmony with operations. When managing spares we can reduce the costs associated with spares, we can make the planning and scheduling process much more efficient, and we can improve reliability by caring for our spares. Our goal is to do everything possible to reduce the likelihood of future failures. Do the job correctly the first time and take steps to eliminate root causes of failure (from a maintenance perspective). The goals of our condition monitoring program are to monitor critical equipment to detect when the root causes of failure exist, and to be forewarned when functional failure will occur. We utilize the condition-based maintenance (CBM) philosophy to plan maintenance based on the condition of the equipment, not its age. You will not have success in terms of reliability and performance improvement unless you can break out of the reactive maintenance cycle. And we ask “when does the reliability improvement program end?”. The answer is “never!”. If we take the focus off these reliability improvement initiatives, we will slip back into old habits. The detailed ARP-A training manual is presented here chapter by chapter. The manual can be read online only. Printed versions can also be ordered. Candidates must provide evidence of a minimum of 6 months’ practical work experience in the field of Reliability condition monitoring and diagnostics. Candidates must complete the training course, experience and hearing test requirements, and passed the certification exam with a score of 70% or more to be certified for ARP-A Asset Reliability Practitioner by MIBoC * * Certification Exam is provided by Mobius Institute Board of Certification (MIBoC) which is ISO/IEC 17024 accredited in accordance with ISO 18436 The Asset Reliability Practitioner Advocate (ARP-A) “Plant-wide Awareness” is intended for everyone working within an organization who in any way influences the management, design, engineering, procurement, maintenance, or operation of an organization that involves critical rotating machinery and electrical equipment. The Asset Reliability Practitioner Advocate (ARP-A) “Manager/Engineer Awareness” is intended for senior management, maintenance and operations/production management, engineers, junior reliability engineers, and condition monitoring professionals who need to understand the “big picture” of the reliability and performance improvement process. RMS makes it unique. We use 3D animations, Flash simulations, and numerous software simulators that completely demystify vibration analysis. While Reliability training courses have traditionally been very theoretical, difficult to understand, (and boring), you will be captivated by the Mobius Training methods, and you will enjoy our practical approach. You will take away skills that you can immediately apply to your job, and you will truly understand what you are doing. When senior Reliability analysts attend our classes they often say “if only I could have learned this way when I got started” – well, now you can! Hands-on participation accelerates learning and enjoyment (depends on venue) ARP-A - Course Topics Understand Why Improvement Is Desired Understand Why “Failure” Occurs Understand What We Can All Do About It Examination Criteria Advocate: you’ll need 6 months or more experience in Reliability. When completing the experience section on the online registration form please confirm you have sufficient experience. Note that when completing the official exam registration form you will be required to provide a witness who can verify your declared experience. Engineer: you’ll need 24 months or more experience in Reliability. When completing the experience section on the registration form please confirm you have sufficient experience. Note that when completing the official exam registration form you will be required to provide suitable evidence. Leader: you’ll need 48 months or more experience in Reliability. When completing the experience section on the registration form please confirm you have sufficient experience. Note that when completing the official exam registration form you will be required to provide suitable evidence. Sitting the examination Public Course: Mobius Institute We offer certification that follows ISO 18436 and ASNT standards for Mobius. It is our policy not to favour one certification institute over the other – use the links above to make your own assessment. The Mobius certification exam price includes postage and packaging of the exam papers, and postage of your printed certificate. The MOBIUS certification exam price includes postage and packaging of the exam papers, and postage of your printed certificate. The Mobius exam registration is completed by each student once they are logged into their Mobius online portal. This login also gives access to the online pre-study portal. More about Online Learning We are pleased to offer the following online training courses and learning solutions that include community-based digital support and personal instructor mentoring. You can learn at your own pace, with assistance from an instructor, and optionally take the exam at the end of the course. If the high cost of travel and accommodation, and the time away from your family and work has stopped you from receiving the training that you need, then you should consider our distance learning courses. At a time that is convenient to you, and at a pace that works best for you, you can take our lessons and learn in a very similar way to attendees of our classroom courses. Depending upon the course, you can either view fully narrated slides, or you can watch a video of the class in action. Utilizing the popular iLearn products, we offer distance learning courses where you can view the lessons at your own page, in your own time, and get assistance from an instructor when any questions arise. Of course, you can just buy the products and learn at your own pace without assistance, but you are sure to benefit from interaction with the instructor. In certain courses, you can also interact with other students. These are not noisy, unprofessional videos taken from actual classrooms, each video was carefully created and edited so that you receive the full benefit. As you can see in this sample, you see the instructor talking and you see the slides (and simulators) being used in high resolution. All you need is a good Internet connection and a good monitor (1024×768 or better) and you will be ready to start learning. You can pause and rewind the video so that you can see and hear the instructor cover the topic again. In addition to the lessons, hands-on videos are presented where a variety of vibration analyzers are used to perform a range of tests. The tests include demonstrations of averaging (linear, rms, and peak hold), bump tests, run up and coast down tests, simple ODS tests, bearing fault detection tests, phase analysis, live spectrum analysis, time waveform analysis, and more. You can also perform activities defined by the instructor, and take quizzes that will be reviewed by the instructor. This is a great way to learn. The convenience of learning from home, and the reduced costs associated with travel, meals and accommodation make this a very attractive option – especially while the world’s economy is still recovering. Terms and Conditions We would assume that as the course and exam are delivered in English, your level of spoken and written English is sufficient for you to be able to attend the course and take the exam. If English is not your first language we can apply for extra time in advance of the course. Please notify us as soon as possible if there is any other reason why you need extra time in the exam (eg. Dyslexia), so we can see if we can arrange extra time for you in the exam. The exam body will need to be contacted to arrange this. Prices listed are exclusive of UK VAT, currently at 20%. This applies to all training courses conducted in the UK. Please contact the Training team on +44 (0)1206 791917 if you have any queries. Wendy Whittle Training Team COVID-19 Liability Waiver “I understand that by placing a booking this release discharges RMS Reliability Training Institute from any liability” I acknowledge the contagious nature of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 and that the CDC and many other public health authorities still recommend practicing social distancing. I further acknowledge that the RMS Reliability Training Institute has put in place preventative measures to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus/COVID-19. I further acknowledge that RMS Reliability Training Institute can not guarantee that I will not become infected with the Coronavirus/Covid-19. I understand that the risk of becoming exposed to and/or infected by the Coronavirus/COVID-19 may result from the actions, omissions, or negligence of myself and others, including, but not limited to, training staff, and other training clients and their families. I voluntarily seek services provided by RMS Reliability Training Institute and acknowledge that I am increasing my risk to exposure to the Coronavirus/COVID-19. I acknowledge that I must comply with all set procedures to reduce the spread while attending my training course. I attest that: I hereby release and agree to hold RMS Reliability Training Institute harmless from, and waive on behalf of myself, my heirs, and any personal representatives any and all causes of action, claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses and compensation for damage or loss to myself and/or property that may be caused by any act, or failure to act of the company, or that may otherwise arise in any way in connection with any services received from RMS Reliability Training Institute. I understand that by ‘placing a booking’ this release discharges RMS Reliability Training Institute from any liability or claim that I, my heirs, or any personal representatives may have against the company with respect to any bodily injury, illness, death, medical treatment, or property damage that may arise from, or in connection to, any services received from RMS Reliability Training Institute. This liability waiver and release extends to all owners, partners, and employees.Asset Reliability Practitioner – Advocate
Course outline – Public and Onsite
Day 1 – Plant-wide Awareness
Topic overview
Asset Reliability Practitioner Advocate (ARP-A)
Understand Why Improvement Is Desired
Understand Why “Failure” Occurs
Understand What We Can All Do About It
Downloads
Day 2 – Manager/Engineer Awareness
This course seeks to achieve two goals:
Topic overview
Downloads
Day 3 – Review & Examination
Online Course – Introduction
How is the online course structured?
Implementing your reliability improvement initiative (3hrs 30)
Developing your asset strategy (6hrs 30)
machine. Therefore, we put a high priority on maintainability, operability, and reliability.Precision and proactive maintenance (1hr 30)
Condition monitoring techniques (1hr 30)
Succeeding in your reliability improvement program (1hr 30)
ARP A – Course manual
Conditions and Requirements
Remarks
Who should attend?
What is unique about this course?
Additional benefits unique to RMS / Mobius Institute courses
Classroom activities
Workbooks provide feedback – do you really understand?
Take away more than just knowledge
Get started before the course even starts
Excellent materials that you will treasure forever
Don’t stop learning just because the course ends
Plant-wide Awareness
Manager/Engineer Awareness
Student eligibility for certification
Online Course: Mobius Online ExaminationWhat can I study online?
Distance learning benefits
Narrated slides
Video lessons
Updated (02/11/2021)
Languages
Pricing & VAT
Training Coordinator
[email protected]General enquiries
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FAQs
For distance learning courses can the examination be taken online?
Currently only Mobius Institute examinations can be taken online. Full details can be found here.
What is the price of an ARP-A Reliability course?
The ARP-A course price can be seen in blue at the top of the page. Depending on the options chosen the final price is then calculated. More information about the other ARP levels can be found on the Asset Reliability Practitioner courses page.
Which examination should I choose, Mobius or BINDT?
It is our policy not to make recommendations. We recommend reviewing each exam body in turn. Mobius conforms to ISO 18436 standard. No BINDT option currently.
Adrian P –
The online course includes an easy to navigate learning environment. I especially enjoyed the short quizzes. Thanks to Tom & Dean for the community support.