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MikeHalloran
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Watch your spelling, and wait until your first paycheck clears before you start arguing with them.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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MikeHalloran
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So far you've convinced me that they are wrong for hiring you, so don't be surprised when they shuffle you out the door.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
Mike Halloran
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Safety may, or may not, be part of the RAM function. They might have a separate Safety organization, and/or, the product might not have a direct impact on safety.
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Impossible to know without knowing your specific industry culture. Some examples:
Commercial industry here in Aus calls people who do RCA, RCM, FMECA, spares, LCC, reliability engineers.
Defence calls these people ILS/logistics engineers.
Commercial industry calls people who do condition monitoring, risk based maintenance, condition assessment asset integrity engineers.
Defence often calls these reliability engineers.
In Defence industry here in Aus, RAM, being RCA, RCM, FMECA, LCC, logistics, data analysis or anything of this nature is usually stand alone. They do not usually do safety engineering, this is conducted by specialist system
safety engineers, who then conduct safety cases, quantitative risk assessment, HAZOP, etc that a reliability engineer probably would not normally perform. They often specialise in a particular regulatory system and are familiar with the specific safety requirements of it.
It depends on whether you are working in product development and manufacture or asset management.
Yes, you are correct in saying that RAM is often inextricably linked with S, and you are correct saying that RAM can't often function without S. The point being what the title is and what the person does depends on the industry and company. Without you telling us what you are doing it is hard to judge.
As a final note: It should also be noted that reliability and safety are two distinct concepts and are not the same thing - see the work of Nancy Leveson for more on this.
Commercial industry here in Aus calls people who do RCA, RCM, FMECA, spares, LCC, reliability engineers.
Defence calls these people ILS/logistics engineers.
Commercial industry calls people who do condition monitoring, risk based maintenance, condition assessment asset integrity engineers.
Defence often calls these reliability engineers.
In Defence industry here in Aus, RAM, being RCA, RCM, FMECA, LCC, logistics, data analysis or anything of this nature is usually stand alone. They do not usually do safety engineering, this is conducted by specialist system
safety engineers, who then conduct safety cases, quantitative risk assessment, HAZOP, etc that a reliability engineer probably would not normally perform. They often specialise in a particular regulatory system and are familiar with the specific safety requirements of it.
It depends on whether you are working in product development and manufacture or asset management.
Yes, you are correct in saying that RAM is often inextricably linked with S, and you are correct saying that RAM can't often function without S. The point being what the title is and what the person does depends on the industry and company. Without you telling us what you are doing it is hard to judge.
As a final note: It should also be noted that reliability and safety are two distinct concepts and are not the same thing - see the work of Nancy Leveson for more on this.
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Hi Ramseng,
thank you so much for this info, this is what I was looking for...
In my workplace we build light tactical Vehicles/Trucks for the defence (Army) industry and we integrate all kind of products in it., some of them are weapons and so.
I believe that, to my opinion, these types of products, must have "S" in it asa part of the role of Reliability engineer.
Do you agree?
thank you so much for this info, this is what I was looking for...
In my workplace we build light tactical Vehicles/Trucks for the defence (Army) industry and we integrate all kind of products in it., some of them are weapons and so.
I believe that, to my opinion, these types of products, must have "S" in it asa part of the role of Reliability engineer.
Do you agree?
And...
you'd be wrong.
In such systems, reliability is subordinate to safety, as safety encompasses much more than reliability aspects, such as ballistic shock survival, crash shock, etc., as well as mundane things like sharp edges, door hinges, etc. Reliability impact on safety is a tiny portion of the safety/hazard analysis.
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you'd be wrong.
In such systems, reliability is subordinate to safety, as safety encompasses much more than reliability aspects, such as ballistic shock survival, crash shock, etc., as well as mundane things like sharp edges, door hinges, etc. Reliability impact on safety is a tiny portion of the safety/hazard analysis.
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Pretty much agree with IRstuff - as a RAM engineer in this context I'd expect you to be more focussed on reliability modelling, prediction, maintainability analysis, perhaps logistic support development and so on with a safety engineer involved at a different stage; doing HAZOP, writing the safety case, PRA, or whatever other methodology is used (STAMP, Due Diligence Approach) etc. Like I said above, IME in the defence industry they are always separate functions.
Is your concern that the company has no safety engineering involvement at all? If not, and that it is just separate from RAM engineering, I'm not really sure what your concern is, safety and reliability are distinct for good reason: they often conflict with each other. Here is a pertinent example:
Likewise, the view of safety as a system property highlights [link sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/HRO-final.doc]this difference[/url]
If they have no safety engineering involved at all, then that is a concern, but it would be a better an argument to hire a specialist safety engineer that is familiar with the product field and any acceptance/regulatory requirements required.
Is your concern that the company has no safety engineering involvement at all? If not, and that it is just separate from RAM engineering, I'm not really sure what your concern is, safety and reliability are distinct for good reason: they often conflict with each other. Here is a pertinent example:
Safety Engineering said:
Likewise, the view of safety as a system property highlights [link sunnyday.mit.edu/papers/HRO-final.doc]this difference[/url]
Leveson said:
If they have no safety engineering involved at all, then that is a concern, but it would be a better an argument to hire a specialist safety engineer that is familiar with the product field and any acceptance/regulatory requirements required.
Gack, I don't fault you, but New World Encyclopedia example is TERRIBLE.
A rocket launcher would need some sort of guidance/aiming controls, so only the person with the target acquisition system would ever be allowed to fire the rocket. A more germane use case would be that there be multiple interlocks to prevent accidental launching of the rocket, and how to insure that they're reliable would be a valid point. A rocket launcher is an extremely lethal device, and no engineer would ever propose that some random passenger in the vehicle could be allowed to launch the rocket to points unknown.
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A rocket launcher would need some sort of guidance/aiming controls, so only the person with the target acquisition system would ever be allowed to fire the rocket. A more germane use case would be that there be multiple interlocks to prevent accidental launching of the rocket, and how to insure that they're reliable would be a valid point. A rocket launcher is an extremely lethal device, and no engineer would ever propose that some random passenger in the vehicle could be allowed to launch the rocket to points unknown.
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tal121177,
It sounds like you have been hired into a large organization, and you have been slotted into a pre-definedroll (role -- now you have me doing it!). Probably, there is someone else in there who is responsible for safety. The safety person will be interested in you making sure things to do not break.
Your original post is poorly formatted and it contains two spelling mistakes. You are not making a good first impression with us. We are not the ones who will fire you, but it pays to be in the habit of communicating correctly. Someone, somewhere is trying to decide if you are up to the job.
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It sounds like you have been hired into a large organization, and you have been slotted into a pre-defined
Your original post is poorly formatted and it contains two spelling mistakes. You are not making a good first impression with us. We are not the ones who will fire you, but it pays to be in the habit of communicating correctly. Someone, somewhere is trying to decide if you are up to the job.
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Drawoh,
I’m Sorry for writing with mistakes, it happens...
I work in my company for more than 10 years and I was on this role 6 years ago but for a very few months, as a part of me learning the Reliability job.
Now, they want me back to this role and that’s why I am asking you this question.
Many thanks for all of your answers, it sure made me realized and understand that Safety must be part of my job.
Thank you all.
I’m Sorry for writing with mistakes, it happens...
I work in my company for more than 10 years and I was on this role 6 years ago but for a very few months, as a part of me learning the Reliability job.
Now, they want me back to this role and that’s why I am asking you this question.
Many thanks for all of your answers, it sure made me realized and understand that Safety must be part of my job.
Thank you all.
"understand that Safety must be part of my job"
Uh, yeah, I didn't see anyone post anything that would suggest that, beside as an ancillary thing.
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Uh, yeah, I didn't see anyone post anything that would suggest that, beside as an ancillary thing.
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