The document outlines the Reliability Engineering Certification (REC) program offered by the Life Cycle Institute, highlighting its benefits such as improving asset utilization and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Participants must complete four courses and demonstrate their competency through a work product. The program is designed for professionals focused on enhancing asset reliability and developing sustainable predictive maintenance strategies.

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Get Certified!
Achieve your Reliability Engineering Certification (REC) from a top
engineering school

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REC has many benefits!
 Build and sustain a strategic reliability engineering program
 Reduce risk and improve asset utilization
 Build an effective predictive maintenance program
 Establish a culture of continuous improvement
 Demonstrate practical learning application
 Privilege of using the REC title designation beside your name

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REC program requirements
Complete four courses
within three years
• Predictive Maintenance
Strategy
• Reliability Engineering
Excellence
• Risk-Based Asset
Management
• Root Cause Analysis
Complete the work
product
Demonstrate competency
through workplace
application:
• Criticality ranking
• FMEA
• RCA
• Proposed predictive
maintenance
• Present your work

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What will you receive?
A certificate of
completion showing
awarded CEUs after
each class
Framed
certificate
following completion
of the work product
Privilege of having
the REC title
designation beside
your name
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Who should attend?
People responsible for:
 Improving asset and capacity reliability
 Decreasing repetitive failures
 Building sustainable predictive maintenance
programs
 Creating a culture of continuous improvement

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Learning objectives:
Predictive Maintenance Strategy
Explain how PdM, condition monitoring and non-destructive testing mitigate
risk and optimize your asset management plan
Describe the theory, application and safety considerations of 5 PdM
technologies
Recognize visual inspection as a component of PdM
Draft a predictive maintenance strategy
Compare your PdM program to best practices and build a plan to meet your
PdM goals

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From the Predictive Maintenance Strategy course

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Learning objectives:
Reliability Engineering Excellence
Describe the relationship between reliability and asset management
Define how reliability impacts business performance
Describe the reliability engineer role and responsibilities
Create a business case to support reliability investment options
Describe the main components of an asset information system
Assess internal asset management capabilities and develop a plan to
address gaps

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From the Reliability Engineering Excellence course

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Learning Objectives:
Risk-Based Asset Management
Draft components of an asset management plan
Describe asset information required to manage risk and improve performance
List ways to extend the life of assets and evaluate their effectiveness
Describe how audits, reviews and KPIs drive continuous improvement
Use an FMEA to analyze risks and map controls strategies
Plan for asset renewal or disposal based on asset management strategy
Apply a standard process for preventive maintenance optimization

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From the Risk-Based Asset Management course

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Learning objectives:
Root Cause Analysis
Outline a 6-step root cause analysis (RCA) process
Explain how a robust RCA program drives continuous improvement and
business results
Plan your RCA program
Select and apply a range of RCA tools to solve different problems
Define program goals, measures and standards
Use an A3 tool to visually manage and track activities, report and
communicate results
List RCA group facilitation best practices

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From the Root Cause Analysis course

15. Reliability Engineering Certification
Work Product

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REC work product
• Demonstrates reliability engineering competency:
– Criticality ranking
– FMEA
– RCA
– Proposed predictive maintenance
• Documented workplace application of best
practices and tools learned in coursework
• Project and presentation are scored by a qualified
Reliability Engineer
Additional fee applies

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REC work product
• Candidates may begin the work
product any time during the
coursework
• Work products may be submitted
when all coursework is complete
• Work product reviews take place
twice per year
• Candidates must submit a report
and deliver a presentation on
their work product

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REC work product – sample forms

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REC work product – sample forms

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3 reasons to choose the Life Cycle Institute
Building competency is what we DO!
Our team of learning professionals understands what it takes before,
during and after training to change behavior to produce results!
Instructors are trained learning facilitators
Rigorous facilitator qualification and certification process
Focus on the learning process and transfer to the job
Engage learners, reinforce relevancy and integrate prior experience
Training is an active experience
Learning by doing vs. lecture
Group activities, assessments, case studies
Network with peers
Develop action plans to drive results post-training
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