Who should attend
The Asset Reliability Practitioner Leader (ARP-L) course is intended for those who have taken the lead role in the reliability and performance improvement program. Great responsibility comes with this great opportunity, and the aim of this course is to set you up for success.
While technical knowledge is an advantage in this role, it is essential that you can lead people, communicate frequently and clearly, and have strong budget and project management skills. You must have a crystal clear vision of how the program will benefit the business and its employees, and a detailed plan, with milestones on how to achieve those goals. You must also understand the nature of the challenges that you will face and have a proactive strategy for overcoming those challenges.
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-L is intended for Leader directing 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
- Overview of the Implementation Strategy
- Establishing the Value of the Initiative
- Establishing Corporate-wide Support
- Supporting Information Management and Key Measures & Metrics
- Defect Elimination
- Managing a Multi-site Program
- Overcoming Common Challenges
- 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-L Course Description The Asset Reliability Practitioner Leader (ARP-L) course is intended for those who have taken the lead role in the reliability and performance improvement program. Great responsibility comes with this great opportunity, and the aim of this course is to set you up for success. While technical knowledge is an advantage in this role, it is essential that you can lead people, communicate frequently and clearly, and have strong budget and project management skills. You must have a crystal clear vision of how the program will benefit the business and its employees, and a detailed plan, with milestones on how to achieve those goals. You must also understand the nature of the challenges that you will face and have a proactive strategy for overcoming those challenges. This course is designed to prepare you for that role, and to strengthen your knowledge and skills if you already hold that position. It is based on 30+ years of experience seeing a relatively small number of companies truly succeed in their mission, and countless companies fail. To ensure that your time 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. Online Course – Introduction The Asset Reliability Practitioner Program Leader (ARP-L) course is intended for those who have taken the lead role in the reliability and performance improvement program. Great responsibility comes with this great opportunity, and the aim of this course is to set you up for success. While technical knowledge is an advantage in this role, it is essential that you can lead people, communicate frequently and clearly, and have strong budget and project management skills. You must have a crystal clear vision of how the program will benefit the business and its employees, and a detailed plan, with milestones on how to achieve those goals. You must also understand the nature of the challenges that you will face and have a proactive strategy for overcoming those challenges. The basic concepts of your journey to becoming a Reliability Program Leader The implementation (Asset Reliability Transformation) process. How do you get it started and keep it running? The language of money and project justification. If we want the support of senior management and financial controllers, then we must learn to speak their language. Build the business case and gain approval. We will analyze the needs of the business, assess the current state, set targets, and develop the business case so we can gain the support of plant and senior executive management. To support the process we will initiate pilot projects to prove the concept, gain credibility, and start improving reliability. 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. Understand people, work with people, and understand the foibles of people. If you are going to take steps to improve reliability, you must address human error. People like you must make it harder for people to make mistakes! There is one major difference between the reliability improvement programs that truly succeed and those that ultimately fail. The difference is the culture of the organization. The culture starts with the most senior management but continues all the way through the organization and includes people within maintenance and operations. Everything rests on the adoption of the “reliability philosophy” by the people. We will succeed if the organization believes that improved reliability and performance will help them personally, and if they are educated on how to contribute. We are ready to start making improvements beyond what we have achieved via the starter projects. We may also have a number of initiatives identified via the EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT step. This stage is required if maintenance needs help… We have to get maintenance under control so we are capable of handling CM, proactive work, preventive work, etc. Our goal in the ACQUIRE phase is to ensure we do not import trouble into the plant. We want the equipment to arrive “defect free” with a design that prioritizes reliability, maintainability, operability, and energy efficiency. We have achieved a level of maturity and success with our maintenance practices that we are no longer constantly responding to breakdowns. Now it is time to focus on bedding-in the desired practices. We have more time, greater desire, and the resources to achieve the highest standards in the way we manage, maintain, and operate our assets. We are buying defect-free equipment and spares, our service providers deliver defect-free equipment, we perform all work in a disciplined way which ensures minimal waste and greatly reduced likelihood of defects, but now we must keep the equipment in that state while we operate the plant. Via the ACQUIRE, DISCIPLINE, and CARE phases we have endeavored to extract the longest life (economically justified) of the asset. But when it fails, we must manage the disposal process, and learn from the failure. Throughout our journey thus far, it has been mentioned many times that we wish to improve reliability, reduce waste, improve production output, and as always, reduce the number of safety and environmental incidents. It is during the OPTIMIZE phase we get to focus on the continuous improvement function. There is one major difference between the reliability improvement programs that truly succeed and those that ultimately fail. The difference is the culture of the organization. The culture starts with the most senior management but continues all the way through the organization and includes people within maintenance and operations. The detailed ARP-L 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 48 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-L 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 Leader (ARP-L) course is intended for those who have taken the lead role in the reliability and performance improvement program. Great responsibility comes with this great opportunity, and the aim of this course is to set you up for success. While technical knowledge is an advantage in this role, it is essential that you can lead people, communicate frequently and clearly, and have strong budget and project management skills. You must have a crystal clear vision of how the program will benefit the business and its employees, and a detailed plan, with milestones on how to achieve those goals. You must also understand the nature of the challenges that you will face and have a proactive strategy for overcoming those challenges. 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-L - 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. 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 – Leader
Course outline – Public and Onsite
Topic overview
Asset Reliability Practitioner Leader (ARP-L)
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Engineer-x & Leader-x
A Unique Opportunity for Reliability & Performance Improvement Professionals
How is the online course structured?
Getting started (40 mins)
Implementation (2hrs 30)
The economics of reliability (3hrs)
Phase One: Value (7hrs)
Phase Two: Strategy (3hrs 30)
The psychology of reliability (3hrs)
Human error and human performance management (2hrs)
Culture change (2hrs)
Phase Three: People (4hrs)
Phase Four: Control (3hrs 30)
Phase Five: Acquire (1hr 30)
Phase Six: Discipline (2hrs 30)
Phase Seven: Care (1hr 45)
Phase Eight: Analytics (4hrs)
Phase Nine: End of life (1hr 30)
Phase Ten: Optimize (1hr 30)
Culture change (2hrs)
ARP Leader – Course manual (4hrs)
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
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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Pricing & VAT
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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-L Reliability course?
The ARP-L 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.
Jason W –
I was surprised by the depth of the course. The framework of reliability improvement is excellent. My priorities have changed since taking this course! First class delivery by RMS.