RCM 10-DAY FACILITATOR DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

The Aladon Network has identified 45 distinct skills that RCM facilitators need to acquire before they can be relied upon to ensure that RCM is applied by RCM Review Groups to a standard that produces consistently safe and defensible maintenance programs. Our facilitator competency development process uses a combination of a 10-day formal training course followed by on-site mentoring to ensure that facilitators are competent in all 45 of these skills.

The 10-day course provides delegates with:

• a much broader and deeper understanding of the RCM process


• the ability to generate consensus about highly technical problem and their solutions among highly disparate groups of people


• the opportunity to apply RCM in practice. This opportunity takes the form of two practical exercises. The first exercise is a highly developed “standard” case study packed with features that reinforce key points about RCM. The second exercise is a zero-based case study in which a real item of plant is analysed from first principles
  

In order to provide material for the zero-based case study, our RCM facilitator’s course is always held on-site. Class sizes are limited to a maximum of twelve delegates. About 25% of the time on this course is spent in lectures. For the balance of the course, delegates take turns to act as facilitators. Our tutors provide formal and informal feedback on their technical and group management skills throughout the course.

After the ten-day course, facilitators also need further on-site RCM mentoring support to help them develop their capability and confidence to a point where they are fully competent. This mentoring is provided, usually on a part-time basis, over a period of two or three months. The amount of mentoring required by each facilitator varies from person to person, but the objective always is to ensure - as far as humanly possible - that the facilitator is ultimately capable of producing safe, defensible maintenance programs.

To find out more about this training program or to find out when the program is being offered in your area, contact The Aladon Network at (905) 639-6513 or contact a Network Member in your area.