• NEW! I can offer courses (standard or tailored) via the Internet. I send you my Powerpoint files and speak the course from home. You can assemble your class or broadcast the course on your intranet. This saves you all the expense of travel, etc. I have performed one transatlantic presentation this way and it worked extremely well. Contact me for details.
• All of the courses can be tailored for in-house presentation, to take account of technologies, procedures, markets, etc.
• Course handout materials include copies of my books "Practical Reliability Engineering", "Test Engineering" (as appropriate), slide copies and notes.
• Click on courses for full outlines.
• Contact Pat O'Connor for details (availability, tailoring, costs, etc.).

1. Reliability Management Executive Course (1 day)

This course covers costs and benefits of reliability, the philosophy and practical aspects of failure free design and production, causes of failure, technology aspects such as variation, mechanical, electronic and software aspects, CAE, manufacturing quality, maintenance, standards, and the management and contractual aspects of achieving very high reliability.

2. Practical Reliability Engineering and Management (2 days)

This course describes the methods used for reliability design analysis, including reliability prediction, failure modes, effects and criticality analysis, stress analysis, variation analysis, etc. It covers reliability aspects of mechanical, electronic and software design, development, test and production, reliability data analysis, and management aspects such as specifications, contracts and standards.

3. Reliability in Electronics Design and Development (2 days)

This course teaches the techniques of reliable design and development of electronic systems, including component reliability characteristics and applications, thermal design, electromagnetic interference and control, design for assembly, test and maintenance, testing for reliability, as well as general reliability engineering and management methods.

4. Test Engineering (2 days)

The philosophy, technologies, methods, regulatory aspects, economics and management of test during design, development, manufacture and in service. The course provides a multidisciplinary overview, covering mechanical, electrical/electronic, software and systems test. It is based on my book "Test Engineering"

5. Safety Engineering and Management (1 day)

The course describes Safety Case Regulations, methods of engineering safety analysis (HAZOP, FMECA, FTA), safety data sources and analysis, and management of safety programmes for development and operation of engineering systems. Practical exercises are included.

6. Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) (1 day)

The principles and methods of the RCM approach to maintenance optimisation are covered by this practical course, which includes exercises.