An intensive professional development training course on
Case Studies for
Learning from Major Failures -
Towards an Operational Excellence
Cases for Reliability, Maintenance and Operations Professionals
Why Choose this Training Course?
The Case Studies for Learning from Major Failures training course introduces a novel methodology for analyzing major disasters and fostering improvements in industry safety. It delves into the root causes of significant failures and explores various preventive measures, bridging theory with practical applications in risk, safety, and reliability analysis. The course employs analytical techniques derived from equipment failure reliability analysis, multiple criteria decision-making, and artificial intelligence.
Targeted at professionals across various sectors—such as oil and gas, nuclear power, aviation, marine, and process industries—the course examines notable case studies including the Titanic, the BP Texas City Incident, the Chernobyl Disaster, the NASA Space Shuttle Columbia Accident, the Bhopal Disaster, the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Disaster, and the Concorde Accident. Participants will gain insights into modeling and decision analysis through these real-world examples, enhancing their ability to learn from past failures and drive future safety improvements.
This AZTech training course will feature:
- Different approaches for learning from failures
- Aspects of risk management and risk assessment
- An interdisciplinary approach, combining risk analysis, reliability engineering, decision analysis and management science
- Socio technical aspects of risk and disasters
- Modeling and multiple criteria decision analysis
What are the Goals?
By the end of this AZTech training course, participants will be able to:
- Understanding of safety, risk and continuity of operations
- Development of people management skills
- Mastering techniques that can enhance plant reliability
- How to conduct benchmarking and quality systems auditing
- Applying decision analysis approaches
Who is this Training Course for?
This AZTech course is highly recommended for all Operations, Maintenance, Reliability, Engineering and Technical Support staff. Also, this training course is applicable to any person actively involved or contemplating safety, performance measurement, improvement and/or quality and reliability related activities. It will also benefit:
- Operations & Process Professionals
- Reliability & Safety Professionals
- Other professionals involved in process improvement
- Maintenance Engineers
- Senior Managers and Supervisors
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This AZTech course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes tutor facilitation, direct input, delegate discussions, case studies, reviews, interactive exercises and video. Proposed models and case studies covered will be used in the teachings, and also draws on material from the research.
The Course Content
Day One: Safety Systems and Risk Management
- Safety first
- Learning from failures
- Analyzing near misses, incidents & accidents
- Taxonomy of theories
- Nature of High Reliability Organisations (HRO)
- Risk assessment, Choice of case studies and types of recommendations
Day Two: Continuity of Operations – Plant Systems Reliability
- Coping with risks, and defining reliability and resilience
- Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) techniques
- Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
- Risk Priority Number (RPN) and Iso Critical Curves
- Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Reliability Blok Diagram (RBD), and Reliability Cantered Maintenance (RCM)
- Practical examples and case studies
Day Three: A-Z of Disastrous Case Studies from Natural, Aviation, Marine and Space Industries
- Hurricane Katrina Disaster (Natural Disasters and Evacuations)
- NASA’s Challenger Disaster (Space Industry)
- NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster (Space Industry)
- Titanic – The Unsinkable ship that sank (Ships Industry)
- Exxon Valdez – Oil Spill Disaster
- Small Groups presentations
Day Four: Case Studies from High Reliability Organizations (HROs): Process Industry and Oil and Gas
- Cases and generic lesson learned from Process industry: Bhopal Disaster (Petrochemical Industry in India)
- Case and generic lesson learned from Oil and Gas industry: Piper Alpha Disaster (Offshore Oil & Gas Industry)
- BP Deep Water Horizon (Offshore Oil & Gas Industry)
- BP Texas City Incident (Chemical and Process Industry)
- Small Groups Presentations
- Generic Lessons
Day Five: Case Studies from High Reliability Organizations (HROs): Nuclear Power Generation Industry
- Case and generic lesson learned from Nuclear industry: Chernobyl Disaster (Nuclear Industry)
- Fukushima Disaster (Nuclear Industry)
- Group work and group presentations
- Organizational Resilience and Learning from Failures and Success
- Action Plans
- Analysis and recommendations of Safety Barriers
The Certificate
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the course
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