Who should attend
The Asset Reliability Practitioner Engineer (ARP-E) course is intended for industrial reliability engineers charged with helping the organization improve reliability and performance, and for anyone else in the organization who desires to have an in-depth knowledge of the reliability and performance improvement process.
The reliability engineer has a critically important but challenging role. In most organizations there are almost infinite opportunities for improvement, but understanding what to change and how to change it is difficult. Analysis is not enough. Action must be taken or nothing will change. But a part of the challenge is that the reliability engineer may not have the authority to make changes; just recommend them. That issue is also addressed in this course.
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 | No | No | Yes |
Examination (Optional) | MIBoC | MIBoC | MIBoC | MIBoC |
Friendly support team | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
* Course manual is available in digital format within the online training portal; six months access is included.
** Course manual, Bearing Wall Chart, Ref. Guide, Mobius Calculator, Mobius pen, Notebook, Key-fob, USB Stick.
** Printed materials are included in the public and onsite courses to help offset location-based costs.
Course highlights
- ARP-E is intended for Engineers working in 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
Use the form above to see the available options.
What you’ll learn
- Strategy and Implementation
- People Management
- Defect Elimination
- Reliability Engineering
- Asset Strategy Development
- Work And Spares Management
- Precision Skills (Precision And Proactive Maintenance)
- Condition Monitoring
- Continuous Improvement
Certifications
Course venues
Stoke by Nayland Hotel
Keepers Lane, Leavenheath, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4PZ
+44 (0)1206 262836
sales@stokebynayland.com
Glenroyal Hotel
Straffan Rd, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, W23 C2C9, Ireland
+353 1 629 0909
reservations@glenroyal.ie
Statham Lodge
Warrington Rd, Warrington, Lymm WA13 9BP
+44 (0)1925 752204
reception@stathamlodge.com
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-E Course Description The Asset Reliability Practitioner Engineer (ARP-E) course is intended for industrial reliability engineers charged with helping the organization improve reliability and performance, and for anyone else in the organization who desires to have an in-depth knowledge of the reliability and performance improvement process. The reliability engineer has a critically important but challenging role. In most organizations there are almost infinite opportunities for improvement, but understanding what to change and how to change it is difficult. Analysis is not enough. Action must be taken or nothing will change. But a part of the challenge is that the reliability engineer may not have the authority to make changes; just recommend them. That issue is also addressed in this course. The course covers the A-Z of reliability improvement. While it is not possible for you to be an expert planner/scheduler, or condition monitoring analyst, or lubrication engineer, you will gain a very solid knowledge in all these areas. You will know how to justify and prioritize your activities and take all the necessary steps to engineer a successful reliability and performance improvement initiative; and avoid the obstacles that have derailed so many programs in the past. Your challenge will be made easier with the renowned Mobius Institute animations and animated simulations. Complex topics are so much easier to understand. 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 take it again soon afterwards to refresh your memory and improve your understanding. Under normal reliability certification circumstances, you can take some training and have some experience, and you will take an exam and rightfully so, you are recognized for the knowledge that you have. But that doesn’t prove anything to do with your Competence. A person can be Category I, II or III because they understand what to do, but that doesn’t mean that they have ‘done it’. So we have created x for eXperience. So Engineer-x is the ‘Proven Reliability Engineer’ and the Leader-x is the ‘Proven Reliability Program Leader’. So we will go through an audit process, an interview process, and a verification and validation process to find those individuals who have done it; they don’t just know about it, but they have done it. We believe that this is a unique opportunity for people who have different levels of knowledge, and they should be recognized for that, but also the actual experience, they should be recognized for that. Recognition that you can do it and have done it. The Asset Reliability Practitioner Engineer (ARP-E) course is intended for industrial reliability engineers charged with helping the organization improve reliability and performance, and for anyone else in the organization who desires to have an in-depth knowledge of the reliability and performance improvement process. This course covers a lot of topics, including a brief overview of people issues and culture change issues (those will be covered in more detail in the ARP-L course.) It goes into reliability engineering, defect elimination and reducing the total cost of ownership, and developing an asset strategy. The course looks at work and spares management, precision and proactive maintenance, condition monitoring and continuous improvement. All these larger subjects also cover other topics. The aim is to have a good, solid knowledge of each area so that you can assess for yourself where you may need additional training and where you feel competent. This course is primarily for you – to help you become (or continue to be) a successful reliability engineer. You should be proud to be an Asset Reliability Practitioner-Engineer. The goals of this course are for you to: 1. Understand how to detect the onset of failure, and the onset of the root causes of failure 2. Understand how to prevent failures from occurring People can be roadblocks to the program. If workers are not on board, they will ignore any new tools you buy and new procedures you establish. People are used to doing things a certain way, and it’s hard to get them to change if they don’t understand why they need to. If you engage with them, involve them, and give them ownership and proper training, you will have a better chance of making a change. Are we always dealing with the defects and just managing failure. This has a positive impact. But wouldn’t it be better to have fewer failures? Defect elimination is a philosophy, a state of mind. It shows the company wants to get ahead and be proactive. Defect elimination is challenging because you may be dealing with problems you don’t think you have, rather than just dealing with the problems you can see. Our goals in defect elimination are to increase the plant’s production and to minimize life cycle costs. We need to perform the right monitoring tasks and decide when to perform them, which technology to use, and why they should be done. We also must plan on proactively eliminating failures and decide how to do it, when we should do it, why we should do it, who should do it, and the methodology that should be used. Generally speaking, most people either use FMECA or RCM. FMECA can be used as a root cause failure analysis tool or as a design tool, but in this context we will use it as an analytical process to decide which maintenance and condition monitoring tasks to perform on an asset. With RCM, we are interested in preserving the function of that system in the most cost-effective manner we can, and in managing our risks. We will discuss root cause analysis, root cause failure analysis, problem solving and project management, human error and human psychology, continuous improvement, DMAIC and Six Sigma, and FRACAS. To perform root cause failure analysis (RCFA) correctly, you need to involve all these different aspects. The goal we have with work management is to create a streamlined process for managing all maintenance work that reduces costs (and waste) and ensures that jobs are performed efficiently in harmony with operations. We want everything to run smoothly, safely, and in a cost-effective manner. With spares management the goal is to reduce maintenance costs, reduce the planner’s and scheduler’s workload, and increase equipment reliability by minimizing the spares inventory, taking care of those spares, and ensuring we have quick access to the right parts when we need them. When does reliability improvement end? The answer is, it is never finished. We need to continually look for ways to make improvements, make sure we’re not slipping backward anywhere, look at our changing business practices and environment, and change our program in accordance with all of that. The detailed ARP-E training manual is presented here chapter by chapter. The manual can be read online only. Printed versions can also be ordered. Conditions and Requirements Candidates must provide evidence of a minimum of 24 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-E 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 Engineer (ARP-E) course is intended for industrial reliability engineers charged with helping the organization improve reliability and performance, and for anyone else in the organization who desires to have an in-depth knowledge of the reliability and performance improvement process. The reliability engineer has a critically important but challenging role. In most organizations there are almost infinite opportunities for improvement, but understanding what to change and how to change it is difficult. Analysis is not enough. Action must be taken or nothing will change. But a part of the challenge is that the reliability engineer may not have the authority to make changes; just recommend them. That issue is also addressed in this course. 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-E - Course Topics 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. 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This liability waiver and release extends to all owners, partners, and employees.Asset Reliability Practitioner – Engineer
Course outline – Public and Onsite
Topic overview
Asset Reliability Practitioner Engineer (ARP-E)
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Engineer-x & Leader-x
A Unique Opportunity for Reliability & Performance Improvement Professionals
Online Course – Introduction
How is the online course structured?
Introduction, Strategy and People Management (4h)
Reliability Engineering and Analysis (9hrs 30)
Defect Elimination (2hrs 30)
Developing the Asset Strategy (12hrs)
Work and Spares Management (3hrs 30)
Precision Maintenance (4hrs 30)
Condition Monitoring (5hrs 30)
Continuous Improvement (1hr)
ARP E – Course manual
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
Student eligibility for certification
Online Course: Mobius Online ExaminationWhat can I study online?
Distance learning benefits
Narrated slides
Video lessons
Updated (02/11/2021)
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Training Coordinator
wendy@rms-reliability.comGeneral 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 a ARP-E Reliability course?
The ARP-E 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.
Janet A –
The ARP-E public course was an eye-opener! Reliability affects everyone in the organisation, not just Engineers. Motivated to put my learning into practice. Thanks, Tom Murphy.