Managing Plant Reliability Training
3-day, City & Guilds accredited course delivered in Solihull or on-site.
Practical reliability principles to improve asset performance and reduce unplanned downtime.
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Course Type | Maintenance and Asset Management
Certificate | City & Guilds Accreditation Certificate
Duration of Course | 3 Days
Location | Solihull Training Centre
ON SITE
ONLINE
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BESPOKE
WHY THIS COURSE
Improve asset reliability, reduce failures and strengthen maintenance strategy.
Unplanned failures and inconsistent performance often stem from weaknesses in maintenance strategy and reliability management. This course explains how plant reliability can be improved through structured approaches, better analysis and clearer accountability. It provides practical guidance to help organisations reduce downtime, improve reliability and strengthen asset performance.
WHO IS IT FORThis Course is ideal for:
Maintenance and Reliability Engineers
Engineering Managers and Supervisors
Maintenance Planners and Team Leaders
Operations and Asset Performance Managers
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- Asset identification
- Plant criticality assessment
- The nature of failure
- Key techniques for selecting the ‘right’ approaches to be included in an annual maintenance plan, e.g. Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
- Overhaul management
- Impact of Life Cycle Costing (LCC)
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Need support with reliability improvement?
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMESUnderstand the principles of plant reliability and failure behaviour
Understand the relationship between maintenance strategy and reliability outcomes
Apply structured approaches to failure analysis and improvement
Identify opportunities to reduce unplanned downtime
Understand performance measures used in reliability management
Apply continuous improvement principles to plant reliability
Is this not what you’re looking for?
We also provide tailored maintenance and reliability training programmes.
Alternatively, these are other related courses:
Develop the skills required to plan, organise and schedule maintenance work effectively.
Learn how to apply risk-based approaches to prioritise maintenance activities and improve asset performance.
Develop advanced reliability strategies to improve asset performance and reduce recurring failures.
THE BENEFITSFor Individuals
Clear understanding of plant reliability principles
Increased confidence in analysing failures and identifying improvements
Practical tools to strengthen maintenance strategy
Stronger capability in reliability-focused roles
THE BENEFITSFor Organisations
Reduced unplanned downtime and failure frequency
Improved asset performance and operational stability
Stronger alignment between maintenance strategy and reliability goals
More proactive and structured reliability management
What Our
Delegates Are Saying
TESTIMONIALS“Very practical and relevant to our plant environment. It helped us better understand failure causes and improvement opportunities.”
— Maintenance Engineer
“A valuable course that strengthened our approach to improving asset performance.”
— Operations Manager
“Clear and structured, with useful reliability tools that we could apply immediately.”
— Engineering Manager
Delivered by senior consultants from MCP Consulting Group, this course draws on extensive practical experience in plant reliability, failure analysis and maintenance strategy. Our trainers support organisations in reducing unplanned downtime, strengthening reliability processes and improving overall asset performance through structured and proactive approaches.
Rather than academic theory, delegates benefit from practical insight drawn from real-world assignments, proven methodologies and decades of combined industry experience. Every trainer is highly skilled at translating complex concepts into clear, actionable learning that can be applied immediately back in the workplace.
Delivered by experienced asset management practitioners >>>
Delivered by experienced asset management practitioners >>>
Frequently
Asked Questions
FAQS-
Typically delivered as a 3-day course.
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The course focuses on practical reliability principles and structured approaches rather than advanced engineering mathematics.
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A background in maintenance or engineering is beneficial, but prior formal reliability training is not required.
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Yes — on-site delivery can be tailored to your plant and reliability objectives.
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Managing Plant Reliability focuses specifically on improving asset reliability and reducing failure, whereas Maintenance Best Practice provides a broader overview of maintenance principles.