To introduce the principles of risk and reliability engineering and associated tools and methods to solve relevant engineering problems in industry.

At a glance

  • Dates
    • 08 - 12 Sep 2025
  • DurationFive days
  • LocationCranfield campus
  • Cost£2,250. The course fee includes refreshments and lunch during the day. Accommodation is not included and must be booked separately. Concessions available

Course structure

The total length of course is five days and consists of several theoretical, practical workshops and case study sessions as well as tutorial and software training.

What you will learn

On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  • Understand the fundamental principles of risk and reliability and significance of their assessments.
  • Apply prominent techniques and tools for risk assessments.
  • Define and estimate the failure likelihood and its complexities for engineered assets.
  • Understand the types of uncertainty and methods to quantify uncertainty.
  • Review and apply mathematical techniques for statistical inference.
  • Design for Reliability in Engineering Problems.

Core content

  • Fundamentals: Definition and origin of reliability, risk assessment and management, relevant standards.
  • Methods: Qualitative – Hazard Check List, Rapid Ranking, HAZOP, FMEA, FMECA.
  • Methods: Quantitative – FTA, RBD (Reliability block diagram - reliability block diagram (RBD), minimal cut-set (MCS), series and parallel configurations, k-out-of-n systems, active and passive redundancies.
  • Reliability and availability analysis: system duty cycle, breakdown/shutdown, MTTF/MTBF/MTTR, survival, failure/hazard rate.
  • Methods- Hybrid - Severity vs. Economics analogy and calculations.
  • Systematic Assessment of Assets Failure.
  • Uncertainty quantification: Epistemic and aleatory, quantification approaches, statistical inference, frequentist inference, Bayesian inference.
  • Risk based inspection, control and corrective actions.
  • High Reliability Organisations: Definition, Principles, Challenges, Dependable systems and relationship with Availability. 
  • Design for Reliability.

Who should attend

This training is suitable for mechanical, process, energy engineers and professionals that want to obtain knowledge on applied aspects of risk and reliability engineering.

Speakers

Concessions

10% discount applies if booked 8 weeks in advance. 10% discount for 3rd and subsequent delegates from the same company/site. Discounts can be combined.

Accommodation options and prices

This is a non-residential course. If you would like to book accommodation on campus, please contact Mitchell Hall or Cranfield Management Development Centre directly. Further information regarding our accommodation on campus can be .

Alternatively you may wish to make your own arrangements at a nearby hotel.

Location and travel

ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ is situated in Bedfordshire close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The University is located almost midway between the towns of Bedford and Milton Keynes and is conveniently situated between junctions 13 and 14 of the M1.

London Luton, Stansted and Heathrow airports are 30, 90 and 90 minutes respectively by car, offering superb connections to and from just about anywhere in the world.

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Location address

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College Road
Cranfield
Bedford 
MK43 0AL

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