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equipmentLinks provides a number of programs to educate and certify our customers in the process of RCM and other equipment performance initiatives. These programs are primarily in the form of workshops that are designed to educate and transfer knowledge to the participants. They build upon their experience and confidence by sequentially introducing increasingly complex hands-on exercises. The practice exercises are tailored to meet the experience level and needs of the participants.

	Two Hour Management Session One Day Introduction to RCM Three Day RCM Analyst Program Five Day Certification Program Facilitator Development Program Half-Day and Full-Day Seminars

Two Hour Management Session
This short seminar is designed to introduce managers to the basic of RCM, and highlights the benefits that an RCM program will produce. It describes the requirements for embarking on an RCM program, and helps participants to understand strategies for implementing a program.

• Attendees: Managers and Supervisors

One Day Introduction to RCM
This one day seminar introduces participants to the basics of RCM. It describes each of the steps of the RCM process in a logical approach. The seminar includes some interesting exercises and break-out workshops that allows attendees the opportunity to participate, and provides first-hand understanding of the steps that an RCM analyst would perform.

• Attendees: Supervisors, Operators, Technicians

Three Day RCM Analyst Program

This three day program provides the technical understanding for participants to start performing RCM analyses. Attendees will perform hands-on exercises that walk through an entire analysis from start to finish. Note: This program can be customized to include equipment examples that are specific to the personnel attending the training.

• Attendees: Personnel assigned with RCM Responsibilities

This seminar is ideal for personnel that will be involved in a facilitated RCM analyses. It provides the participants with the knowledge necessary to do RCM as members of a specialized team under the direction of either a Facilitator or an RCM Practitioner.

Five Day Certification Program
This five day program builds on the knowledge and skills learned in the three day RCM course to certify individuals for independent RCM analysis and for technical lead of an RCM team. In addition to expanded skills in the technical areas of RCM, it also prepares participants for:

• In-depth use of RCM software
• Generation of component standards
• Techniques in RCM facilitation

Facilitator Development Program (Mentoring)
This program prepares a certified RCM Analyst as a Facilitator. It is a mentoring program that pairs an Analyst with an experienced Facilitator in order to prepare the individual for independent facilitation.

This mentoring is always structured to economically achieve the desired results, and includes the following considerations:

• knowledge and experience of the RCM Analyst
• weekly availability of the Analyst and organization
• depth of technical complexity of the RCM project
• auxiliary support of the organization

These mentoring projects are typically six weeks to three months in duration. Specific goals and objectives are defined up front, and are measured periodically throughout the project to evaluate progress and enable adjustments.

Other Half-Day and Full-Day Seminars
equipmentLinks offers periodic half-day and full-day seminars to their customers when certain situations arise. These seminars are continually evolving, and many times are developed to satisfy specific customer requests.

Some of the seminars that have been developed in the past include:

• Executive level information exchange
• Manufacturing improvement secrets
• Introduction to Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
• RCM basics for Buildings and Facilities
• RCM for Better Acceptance Criteria