Welcome to the Home Page for the Reliability Centred Maintenance Awareness Course (RCM), a 2 day / 4 session online training program delivered virtually by Atkins’ experienced RCM Trainers.

The purpose of this page is to provide participants the opportunity to familiarise themselves with:

  • The format of the RCM Workshops
  • The RCM Home Page
  • The RCM Course Timetable
  • Useful information supporting your learning experience.

RCM Format

This RCM Awareness Course is meant as a quick run through of where RCM has come from, what it is and how it is used. The course is Tutor led and includes some exercises and Q&A sessions. Its objective is to make students aware of what RCM is and how it is applied and in no way does it enable students to carry out RCM analysis. The RCM Foundation course is aimed at those who will be involved in a RCM study led by a RCM Facilitator / Practitioner.

During this course RCM groups of up to 5 participants will work together virtually to complete the course workshop activity, with support from the experienced Atkins RCM Tutors as required. The workshops will, predominately, be based on the scenario of the Rolling Mill Cooling Water Supply.

The workshop will be delivered virtually using either ZOOM Pro or Webex, with participants and tutors located throughout the country. If you have not already done so, please visit our virtual test page to ensure you are ready to participate in the workshops.

On the first day you will be granted access into the virtual environment and assigned a team, which you will remain in for the duration of the course.  Each team will operate in a breakout room to complete each of the workshop, where you will be able to work collaboratively within your Teams online area.

RCM Home Page

The RCM Home Page provides the gateway to the RCM course material, with links at the top of the page to:

  • The RCM Workshop Scenario
    • Some of the RCM workshops are based on case study material that depicts a made-up system, the Rolling Mill Cooling Water Supply. Participants may wish to familiarise themselves with the scenario before the workshop.
  • Each Team’s Home area
    • Each team has a dedicated working area which provides relevant/additional information for the workshops and a range of interactive tools to enable participants to contribute simultaneously to achieve the workshop aims. In most cases participants can also download a copy of their work for their own information.
  • Useful Info
    • Whilst there is no requirement to download or print information out for the RCM Workshops, this page contains PDF copies of all presentations and handout material, and a few useful links. Participants way wish to familiarise themselves with some of the useful information prior to the workshop.

RCM Timetable

Start 9:30am

Aim to finish by 4pm

This course is split into 4 sessions which can be run separately from one day up to four days. A two day approach is shown below:

Day 1am – Background to RCM (Why)
pm – RCM the Process (How)
Day 2am – Consequences & Being Proactive (How)
pm – Case Study (Practice & Benefits)