Course Code
QCP117
Course Credit
3
This course introduces the student to fundamental concepts of reliability and applications in the workplace. Topics include:, What is reliability?, This history of failure rate, normal distribution, central tendencies, dispersion, standard deviation; system reliability, stand-by parallel systems. Introduction to the test of hypothesis, mean, sigma and MTBF; failure reporting analysis and corrective action system, FMEA, fault tree analysis; design reliability and review; reliability management, safety and human factors, nature of failure, part selection; maintainability, reliability testing. The course content contains part of the body of knowledge of the ASQ's CQE. It also covers information useful to the CRE examination requirements.