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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 | |||
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |