Basic Failure Analysis Workshop

Basic Failure Analysis (BFA) is intended to provide facility personnel the requisite skills and knowledge to eliminate the problems and chronic failures that they are experiencing everyday on the job.

Attendees are provided instruction on a unique 4-step process that guides them through the technique of solving chronic problems down to their root cause(s) using real world examples. In addition, BFA details guidelines for the support mechanisms necessary to implement countermeasures to identified root cause(s).

Because of its modular design, BFA exercises utilize examples of the different types failures that are experienced by various organizations (safety, maintenance, environmental, administrative, process, operational, etc.). This enables BFA to be tailored to meet the specific needs of plants and organizations.

This BFA Train-the-Trainer workshop is designed to teach the student how to deliver the BFA (1 day) workshop to others at their facility. The BFA Train-the-Trainer workshop is a 5 day* intense workshop. On the first day the RCI instructor will teach the 1 day workshop to the TTT student. The other days the student will be trained on the techniques for delivering the 1 day workshop themselves at their facility. The RCI instructor will observe them teaching the course and offer help and tips on how to do it successfully.

Here's what you will learn:

• How to deliver the BFA training to students in a 1 day format. The first half of the day for instructional presentation and the other half for hands-on practical exercises.
• How to identify different Problem Solving Methods.
• How to identify the process used for structured problem solving.
• How to devise a data collection strategy for the analysis effort.
• How to use the 5P’s to determine the information needed to solve chronic problems.
• How to define the elements that comprise a logic tree.
• How to identify the two elements that form the TOP BOX of a logic tree.
• How to use logic trees to solve chronic problems down to their root cause(s.)
• How to generate countermeasures to eliminate identified root causes of failures.
• How to obtain the required support to implement recommendations that will eliminate failure.

Read comments from some of our clients:

"Great course. Great applications for our mill."
Connie Griffin, Process Control Engineer II, Georgia Pacific

"Format was flexible enough to meet our needs. The BFA classes that we will be teaching will be just right for the operators and mechanics."
Greg Clardy, Paper/Board Reliability Engineer, Georgia Pacific

"I really enjoyed the class. Learned a lot. One of the best training classes that I have attended."
Leon McGrew, Maintenance Planner, Georgia Pacific

“Everyday we repair and reassemble machines after failures without studying the root cause. It makes me more aware of what to look for and not accept length of life as the reason for failures.”
Frank Hall – Branch Service Manager, Komatsu