Scope of Material Covered
When choosing a provider to conduct reliability training for your company, you want to be sure you’re selecting a facility that offers classes in a range of disciplines that are the most comprehensive and meaningful for your staff. Are you simply looking for a general “overall reliability” course? Or, are you trying to tailor a package of reliability-related training that takes into account aspects specific to your particular business, such as: Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Best Accelerated Reliability Test Methods: HALT, ALT, and RDT, Design of Experiments (DoE), or Design for Testability (DfT) ? Is your staff preparing to take the Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) or Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) exam?
Whatever their particular needs, you want to ensure the training company you select has the depth and breadth of knowledge and education to address your needs and teach the classes you require. Always consider following:
Class Size
Another important factor to consider is class size. You want to ensure your staff isn’t being crammed into a facility with 50 other people – because with a group that size, there simply isn’t time for individualized attention or class participation. On the other hand, if the class is too small (say, 10 or less people), your people miss out on the effective group dynamic that’s so crucial to a collective learning environment; the other students’ insights could be particularly beneficial to your own staff. Look for a class size ranging from 15 to 25 participants for optimal interaction and opportunity for individual attention.
Availability of Course Materials
Does the company offering reliability training provide course materials? Are there hard copies of each of the presentation materials for every participant… or do some materials have to be shared? Do the facilitators provide online access to soft-copy, .pdf versions of their training materials for future reference? These are all areas to consider when researching reliability training resources.
Suitability of Information to Your Company’s Needs
How well suited is the information to your company’s specific needs? Does the training facility offer the option for tailored in-house training for your company? Can you engage the training coordinator in discussion beforehand to customize the training to your needs? Does the trainer ask questions that seem to indicate thorough knowledge of your business and understanding of your employees’ training requirements?
OPS A La Carte provides this— and more— in one convenient, professional package.
To get the most from your reliability-training experience, contact the pros who specialize in reliability services and reliability training. Ops A La Carte is a professional consulting firm focused on reliability education, reliability management and reliability engineering services. The reliability education experts at Ops A La Carte will work with you to create the training package that ideally suits your company. Visit them at www.opsalacarte.com.
