Certified Reliability Engineer

CRE is a professional certification program for reliability engineers

Certified Reliability Engineer

Introduction to Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)

The CRE is a professional certification program for reliability engineers. It has been designed to distinguish professionals who have gained and successfully demonstrated unquestionable expertise in the field of reliability engineering.

This certification program is customized program developed to focus more on refineries, petrochemicals, Oil & Gas industries.

This program contains five Activities.

  • Selection & Qualification.
  • Training Program.
  • Examination.
  • Project Execution.
  • Presentation

Selection & Qualification: The candidates are selected based on the educational qualification, work experience and the skills and knowledge.

Training Program: Selected candidate have to undergo a series of training courses focused on underlying concepts of reliability engineering. Training courses are designed by considering reliability in asset management.

Examination: After completion of each training courses candidate is required to pass a written examination.

Project Execution: Candidate required complete a project that demonstrate the ability to apply the learned concepts of Reliability Engineering in a way that will be benefit his organization. Candidate will be assisted in selecting the project that will be further approved by his management.

Presentation/Publication: Successfully apply the learned concepts of Reliability Engineering in workplace and present this expertise to CRE Committee which serves as the overall technical advisory for certifications programs to address the reliability related activities and may make recommendations for improvement and enhancement. It is formed with a contribution of group of expert consultant from REC, ReliaSoft and candidate organization.

Certified Reliability Engineer Overview

To achieve CRE certification, candidates must complete a series of training courses focused on important reliability concepts followed by examination, project and presentation.

Achieving CRE certification is based on five elements: Selection, Learn, Write, Apply and Present. Each element in the certification process earns points called “CRE Points”. 100 CRE points are needed for certification and must be completed in a maximum of 2 years span.

  • First, the candidate will be nominate/selected based on the qualification and experience.
  • Second, the candidate shall complete the required reliability training courses (25 CRE points).
  • Third, the candidate shall pass the written examination at the end of each training course (25 CRE Points).
  • Fourth, candidate shall undertake and successfully complete a reliability project related to his business for the benefits of his company (25 CRE Points).
  • Finally, Candidate shall present his completed project to selected reliability team from REC and his Company. (25 CRE Points).
  • For candidate to be certified he must attend all required workshop, take the examination, complete the project and make more than 70% in every subject.

A. Selection and Qualification

A candidate must have an engineering degree* from a reputed college, university, or technical school and must have an on-job experience.

B. Training Program

Certification must be earned through attending a series of training courses. Courses will be taught through conducting training on customers prescribed time period if it’s scheduled In-House or candidate may attend our public events. 25 of the 100 CRE Points can be earned in training courses.

In order to assure that all Certified Reliability Engineers & Professionals possess the minimum required skills for performing reliability-related work, all participants must complete 25 CRE points. Training courses are designed on Reliability Engineering Asset Management Track which includes potential subjects. Please see the below listed training list.

At the end of each training course, candidate is required to pass a written test consisting of multiple choice questions that measure the understanding or knowledge of the course content.

C. Examination

25 of the 100 CRE Points can be earned by completing the examination requirement.

D. Project

Upon completion of all training courses and passing the examination the candidate conceives a project that applies relevant reliability concepts and techniques in a way that will benefit his organization.

The scope of the project should be:

  • Relevant to the reliability training course material.
  • Sufficient to demonstrate an understanding of the training course material.
  • Able to be executed on-site where the candidate works.

After successfully passing the written examination for the training courses, the candidate develop a project abstract and get an approval from his organization and a project mentor assigned from REC.

At project completion, the candidate shall submit the final project report to REC mentor for review and approval.

25 of the 100 CRE points can be earned by completing the project requirement.

E. Presentation

The candidate shall present his completed project to CRE committee from REC and his organization. The CRE committee members consist of project mentor, REC’s senior reliability consultant, REC representative, candidate organization’s supervisor/manager and candidate organization’s reliability manager.

25 of the 100 CRE points can be earned by completing the project presentation requirement.

Certified Reliability Professional (CRP)

When candidate become certified reliability engineer (CRE) and interested to become international certified reliability professional (CRP), candidate must publish his project in international conference, symposium or journals.

Project Mentors

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Ali Al Khuraimi
Senior Reliability Consultant
Former VP – SABIC
Former CEO – Arabian Cement

Ali Saied Al Khuraimi is the former CEO of Arabian Cements and SABIC Vice President of Reliability and holds a BS & MBA Degree from King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals. He has 35 years of experience in the field of Operation, Management, and Reliability. He is a Certified Consultant Engineer, Senior Reliability & Management Consultant. He has over 22 years of experience as Sr. Management (CEO, President and Vice President in SABIC’s Manufacturing Center of Excellence & Arabian Cement). He was also a Chairman for Saudi Council of Engineers. He is highly strategic person and well-versed in all technical aspects of petrochemical plants.

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Adamation Mettas
Vice President
ReliaSoft Corporation

Adamantios Mettas is the Vice President of ReliaSoft. He has a Master’s Degree in the field of Science in Mechanical Engineering with Reliability Engineering Emphasis from The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona. He has 20 years of experience in the implementation of Reliability methods in various industries, and in developing reliability tools in ReliaSoft’s suites of Reliability Products for Plants. Author and Co-Author of various reference books (Life Data Analysis Reference, Accelerated Testing Reference, System Analysis reference, and Reliability Growth and Repairable System Analysis), as well as various research papers and publications. A Certified Reliability Professional and a Certified ReliaSoft Instructor, having delivered over 200 courses and trained over 2000 engineers worldwide to date.

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Abdulaziz Alghamdi
RCA / Reliability Consultant, President & CEO
Reliability Expert

Abdulaziz holds a Bachelors degree of Business Administration in management. He has over 30 years of experience in operation, management and Reliability. He is pioneer of RCA in SABIC and in Saudi Arabia. He is the founder and the CEO of Reliability Expert Center. He was the SABIC Root Cause Analysis Manager at SABIC MCE. He is a recognized consultant and trainer and had conducted many major investigations and root cause analysis workshops for many companies. He has trained more than 2000 people in RCA. He is certified in RCA by SABIC, Meridium, Proact, TapRoot, Reliasoft & Shell.

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David Thompson
Management / Sr. Reliability Consultant
Reliability Expert

David Thompson of RAMsoft Ltd has a BSc in Mech Eng and is a freelance maintenance and reliability consultant; he has spent his entire career in Maintenance, Reliability and Operations Management. David initially started in the steel making and mining sectors and for the past 15 years in the oil & gas sector. David was the UK partner for ReliaSoft one of the world’s leading reliability engineering companies, and is currently part of a team to implement improved Asset Reliability in the Middle East, including RCA, RAM and RCM studies. He is a certified instructor in RCA, and Reliability Methods and Techniques. He has worked for many blue chip companies either directly or through a consulting role.

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Muthukumar Udaiappan
RCM / Reliability Consultant
Reliasoft Corporation

Muthukumar has a rich experience in Oil and Gas Industry in the implementation of Reliability Projects. Has strong understanding of Reliability technology, and Oil and Gas upstream business and operational processes. He is a Director of India Operations. He is a Certified Reliability Professional and experienced in technologies such as Weibull++, ALTA, BlockSim, XFMEA & RCM. Kumar is Instructor Through Reliasoft.

Training Courses Description

Applied Reliability Strategies & Implementation:

Workshop imparts the integration of Reliability Engineering Methodologies, Strategies, Tools & Techniques and how to implement them to create an exceptional Reliability Strategic Framework and Best Practices. Wrapped with real-life case studies & examples from leading Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas and Process Industries, this workshop intends to enhance the maintenance management approaches, boosting your organization’s operational performance – resulting in excellent ROI.

Foundations of Reliability Engineering Data Analysis and Modeling:

The immensely popular G400 course sets the foundation for all subsequent seminars by introducing and familiarizing the attendee to the fundamental concepts in reliability engineering mathematics, from basic data analysis and modeling to advanced methods and concepts. It begins with an in-depth discussion of the fundamentals of Weibull and Life Data Analysis and continues by expanding the learned concepts to more advanced subjects.

This course presents concepts and software that will help you to:

  • Understand how life data analysis methodologies can be applied when you need to understand and communicate how a product will perform over time, such as:
  • Setting meaningful reliability targets, demonstrating whether an item meets the specification and/or effectively communicating performance estimates to management.
  • Identifying whether an item will experience infant mortality and/or wearout and making predictions about performance during the useful life (or warranty) period.
  • Evaluating suppliers and/or comparing designs based on reliability.
  • Become familiar with the applications of other essential reliability data analysis methods, such as ALT, RBDs and RGA.

Reliability-Based Program Planning and Implementation in Asset Management:

This course uses a program planning approach focusing on the reliability methods and tools that support the needs of maintenance planning and Asset Performance Management (APM). The course provides a complete planning template that can be customized to meet specific needs. It also teaches how to apply each step in the process through an extensive hands-on portion that uses a simulated team development environment, with the students taking on different roles during the planning and implementation process.

This course presents concepts and software that you could use to help your organization:

  • Gain an understanding of the methods, terms and metrics used in reliability, when to apply particular tools during different stages of asset management and the associated benefits and drawbacks of each.
  • Implement a holistic reliability-based process in asset performance management environments and leverage the benefits of this process, namely the Faster, Better, Cheaper values that drive the Reliability 3.0 process.
  • Build an effective reliability culture within the organization and help to determine what needs to be added or improved in your APM initiatives.
  • Evaluate your strengths in each methodology, which will serve as a guide for any additional skills you may need to acquire or augment.

System Reliability and Maintainability Analysis and Optimization:

This course explores advanced concepts and applications for system reliability/maintainability analysis and optimization utilizing reliability block diagram (RBD) or fault tree analysis (FTA) approach.

The course presents concepts and software tools that you could use to help your organization:

  • Identify critical components (or failure modes) and determine the most effective ways to improve system performance through design improvements and/or maintenance planning.
  • Use simulation to obtain estimated performance metrics that can facilitate decision-making in a variety of areas, such as scheduling planned maintenance, planning for spares, identifying bottlenecks in production throughput and estimating life cycle costs.

RCM Principles and Applications:

This course provides an overview of the fundamental Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) techniques and procedures, with an emphasis on the use of ReliaSoft’s RCM++ software for data capture, analysis and reporting. Topics include equipment selection, identifying potential functional failures, evaluating the effects of failure and selecting appropriate maintenance tasks.

This training seminar presents concepts and software tools that you could use to help your organization:

  • Develop a scheduled maintenance plan for a physical asset that will provide an acceptable level of functionality, with an acceptable level of risk, in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
  • Evaluate whether preventive maintenance is appropriate and determine optimum maintenance intervals.
  • Promote analysis processes that are more efficient and more effective, utilizing lessons learned from past analyses when applicable.

RBI Overview and Application:

This course provides an introduction to risk based inspection analysis based on API RP 580/581, with an emphasis on applying ReliaSoft’s RBI software for both qualitative and quantitative analyses.

This course presents concepts and software tools that you could use to help your organization:

  • Understand how risk based inspection can be more efficient in terms of both safety and cost.
  • Apply risk based inspection analysis by either qualitative or quantitative analysis.

Introduction to the Synthesis API:

This course provides students with an overview of the mechanics and elements needed to use the Synthesis API (Application Programming Interface) to integrate the Synthesis Platform with other platforms/software, including computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems.

This course presents concepts and software that you could use to help your organization:

  • Integrate the Synthesis Platform with third-party systems.
  • Leverage Synthesis Platform engines for reliability data management and analysis.