Course description
In Failure Appraisement , you'll learn ...
- The definitions of failure, appraisement and root cause
- The basis of a failure investigation
- Identifying what is known and what is unknown about the failure
- Listing assumptions to be used as guides in the investigation
Overview
Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 12 pages
Failure! Why did it happen? Good question! It may have happened to a technical product, an economic investment, a biological condition, or in many other circumstances. Chances are, someone will want to know why such a failure occurred.
Engineers are frequently called upon to find, or are faced with the need to know, the reason for a failure. In the course of your engineering career, you may have on occasion been faced with the task of determining why, or how, a failure has occurred. Besides the economic issues associated with such a failure, there may be safety or other important consequences. Determination of the characteristics of and the reason for failure may be vital. In order to properly, and successfully, assess failures it is necessary to follow a suitable procedure.
This course describes principles and techniques that are helpful in guiding a successful failure appraisal.
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You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
Training content
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- The definitions of failure, appraisement and root cause
- The basis of a failure investigation
- Identifying what is known and what is unknown about the failure
- Listing assumptions to be used as guides in the investigation
- Steps in the appraisement process
- Implementation of a failure appraisement, from start to finish, through a real-world example problem
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