Systematic Industrial Operations

Safe, efficient industrial operation is predicated, in part, upon conservative design and well-executed construction. Ultimately, however, the responsibility for successful operation falls to skilled, alert humans systematically controlling the equipment they are charged with operating.

Accordingly, this course is dedicated to the study of improved industrial performance through a team approach to operation. Its premise is that there is no substitute for the alert, well-trained operator controlling equipment within specified operating bands in accordance with approved procedures.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed to educate operators, maintenance technicians, laboratory analysts, craftsmen, engineers, team leaders—anyone engaged in the operation or technical support of an industrial complex—in the principles and skills of systematic industrial operation.

Although developed from the perspective of the operator, the concepts presented apply equally to the maintenance technician, lab analyst, engineer, or team leader.

Why take this course?

Whether you're a company CEO or an entry level technician, Systematic Industrial Operations develops the strategy for running and maintaining industrial operations in such a logical and fascinating way that you will be intrigued while you learn.

The philosophy of industrial operations—properly developed and applied—is essentially the same for every technology. Whether you manufacture microchips or automobiles, operate a nuclear power station, fly commercially, or run the gravel crusher for a road construction operation, once you understand it, you can apply it wherever you go. As an added bonus, you will discover that the principles and skills presented are as important for driving, flying, hobby woodcraft and metal-working, or farming as they are for commercial industrial operation.

What will you learn?

The course addresses four important themes: The nature of industrial failure, a strategy for operating success, vital operating skills, and implementing the strategy. Through a series of case studies and the lessons drawn from them, you will:

• Probe the methods of failure by which most industrial accidents occur
• Investigate twenty common components of accidents
• Explore a common-sense strategy for systematic industrial operations
• Determine the purpose of operating limits and the safe operating envelope
• Learn two simple, but immutable principles of operating success
• Review how alert, well-trained operators are developed
• Evaluate vital operating skills that every operator and leader should master
• Examine the importance of investing abnormal events
• Realize the worth of continuing training
• Discover the role of self-assessment in implementing the strategy, and
• Analyze a case study in implementing the systematic approach

COURSES OFFERED:
1 Day = Course Code OPS1
2 Day = Course Code OPS2
3 Day = Course Code OPS3

COMBINATION COURSES:

2 Day -	Systematic Industrial Operations* = Course Code OPS2X2
2 Day -	Systematic Industrial Operations with 1-Day Maintenance and the Safety Envelope** = Course Code OPS2/MNT1

* Two separate courses taught consecutively in the same facility **Same attendees all three days

Course Information Systematic Industrial Operations
Module	3-Day	2-Day	1-Day
Anatomy of an Accident	X	X	X
Common Components of Accidents	X	X	X
Conducting Pre-Task Briefings	X	X	X
Understanding and Using Procedures	X	X	X
Configuraton Management	X	X	X
Systematic Industrial Operations	X	X
A Failed Operating Strategy	X	X
Boundaries of Safe Operations	X	X
Recognizing Abnormalities	X	X
Overseeing Maintenance, Modification and Testing	X	X
Priciples of Operation	X
Communicating Vital Information	X
Combating Emergencies and Casualties	X
Isolating Energy Hazards	X
A Case Study in Implementation	X