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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
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| Module Title | |||
| Integrity and Reliability Management | |||
| Reference | ENM308 | Version | 10 |
| Created | August 2021 | SCQF Level | SCQF 11 |
| Approved | December 2007 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | August 2021 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Use and develop strategies for optimum asset integrity and reliability management. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
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| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the (UK) legal framework governing integrity through the life cycle. |
| 2 | Describe and implement the models and structured business processes for Reliability and Integrity needed to achieve safe and sustainable profitability. |
| 3 | Critically analyse how organisation cultures & aspects of human behaviour affect reliability, integrity and process safety. |
| 4 | Demonstrate an understanding of behaviour to influence culture, individual and team behaviours to reduce error. |
| 5 | Drive improvements in reliability, integrity and process safety performance by effective choice and use of performance indicators. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| - Asset Integrity Management Strategies Asset Integrity Management Cycle, Identification of business risks and developing strategies to manage these, Managing Error, Driving improvements in reliability and integrity using performance indicators, Decommissioning. - Human Factos Theories of Reason, Rasmussen, Janis, Kletz, Adair, Covey, Communication, Groupthink, Motivation. - Tools and Techniques Risk based techniques for work identification (RCM, RBI, SIS), Matrix techniques for identifying Priority/Criticality, Event Escalation Model, Swiss-Cheese Model, Bow-Tie Model, Planning & scheduling, Elimination of failures (RCA). |
| Module Delivery |
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| DISTANCE LEARNING: The module is delivered by online lectures, interactive forum discussions and directed self-study. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | N/A | 23 |
| Non-Contact Hours | N/A | 127 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | N/A | 150 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2 |
| Description: | Case study. | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Examination | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | Closed book examination. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | ||||||||
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| Explanatory Text | ||||||||
| The module has 2 components and an overall grade D is required to pass the module. The component weighting is as follows: C1 is worth 50% and C2 is worth 50%. | ||||||||
| Examination: | ||||||||
| Coursework: | A | B | C | D | E | F | NS | |
| A | A | A | B | B | C | E | ||
| B | A | B | B | C | C | E | ||
| C | B | B | C | C | D | E | ||
| D | B | C | C | D | D | E | ||
| E | C | C | D | D | E | E | ||
| F | E | E | E | E | E | F | ||
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination | |||||||
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | Normally a UK honours degree, or equivalent, in Engineering or related discipline at class 2.2 or above and proficiency in English language for academic purposes (IELTS minimum score of 6.5 or equivalent). |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Reason J.T., 2013. A life in error: from little slips to big disasters. |
| 2 | INSTITUTE OF ASSET MANAGEMENT, An Anatomy of Asset Management |
| 3 | The Report of the BP US Refineries Independent Safety Review Panel (Baker Panel Report) 2007 |
| 4 | The Public Inquiry into the Piper Alpha Disaster Great Britain 1990 |