Course Description
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is one of the most effective problem-solving tools for the reduction of risk and prevention of failure in design, process, and continuous improvement activities. This hands-on workshop gives participants a working knowledge of the FMEA process as it is applied in reliability and maintenance.
Participants learn the steps required to perform an FMEA, how FMEA fits into the wider improvement toolkit (RCM, RCA, PM Optimization), and how to use FMEA to develop reliability and maintenance strategies. The workshop is highly practical, building the ability to conduct and participate in the FMEA process proactively to prevent failures.
What you will achieve
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand the purpose and value of FMEA
- Perform the steps required to conduct an FMEA
- Distinguish design FMEA, process FMEA, and functional FMEA
- Identify failure modes, effects, and causes
- Assess severity, occurrence, and detection (RPN)
- Use FMEA to develop reliability and maintenance strategies
- Understand the relationship between FMEA, RCM, and PM Optimization
- Conduct and facilitate FMEA sessions proactively
How the course is delivered
This is a hands-on workshop in which participants use in-class exercises to learn how to recognise potential failure risks and develop mitigating strategies. Real equipment and process examples are used to build and analyse FMEAs.
The workshop emphasises practical application and the integration of FMEA into the wider reliability toolkit.
Designed for
This workshop is ideal for:
- Reliability and maintenance engineers
- Design and process engineers
- Quality and continuous improvement professionals
- RCM and reliability team members
- Anyone applying failure prevention tools
Daily programme
- The purpose and value of FMEA
- Types of FMEA: design, process, functional
- FMEA in the improvement toolkit (RCM, RCA, PMO)
- The FMEA process overview
- Identifying functions and failure modes
- Failure effects and causes
- Severity, occurrence, and detection
- Risk Priority Number (RPN) and criticality
- Developing actions from FMEA
- Using FMEA for maintenance strategy and PM Optimization
- Facilitating FMEA sessions
- Workshop exercise and review
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
