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2-Day TapRooT® Incident Investigation and Root Cause Analysis
5-Day TapRooT® Advanced Root Cause Analysis Team Leader Training
3-Day TapRooT®/Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & Root Cause Failure Analysis
1-Day TapRooT®/Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & Root Cause Failure Analysis
2-Day TapRooT®/Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & Root Cause Failure Analysis
Advanced Trending Techniques
Innovation & Creative Solutions
How To Interview & Gather Evidence
Risk Analysis & Management Best Practices
Stopping Human Error
Getting the Most from your TapRooT® Software
TapRooT® Software Training
TapRooT® & FMEA for Healthcare
Hazard Recognition Best Practices
  Equipment Reliability Techniques

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 2-Day TapRooT® Incident Investigation and Root Cause AnalysisGet Course Details
Course Fee: $1,095
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Licensed Site/Company discount:-$100
Only $895 with maximum discounts!
1.6 CEUs  2 CIH CM Pts
Description:Learn the basics of the TapRooT® System for finding the root causes of incidents, accidents, quality problems, near-misses, operational errors, hospital sentinel events, and other types of problems. Read more.
Fee Includes:The TapRooT® Book, the pocket sized Root Cause Tree® Dictionary, and a laminated Root Cause Tree®. In addition attendees get a 45 day free trial of the TapRooT® Software.
Who Should Attend:This is a foundation course. Anyone wanting to find and fix the root causes of incidents, accidents, quality problems, near-misses, operational errors, hospital sentinel events, and other types of problems should attend.


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Singapore, SingaporeMay 14 - May 15Register
Bogota, COLOMBIAMay 19 - May 20Register
Pittsburgh, PAMay 20 - May 21Register  Brochure
Halifax (Halifax, Nova Scotia), CANADAMay 21 - May 22Register  Brochure
Singleton, May 22 - May 23Register
Melbourne, AustraliaMay 28 - May 29Register
Monterrey (Monterrey, N.L.), MexicoMay 28 - May 29Register
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5-Day TapRooT® Advanced Root Cause Analysis Team Leader TrainingGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $2,395
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Licensed Site/Company discount:-$500
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Previous 2-Day course attendee:-$500
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Previous 3-Day course attendee:-$500
Only $1,795 with maximum discounts!
4 CEUs  4.5 CIH CM Pts
Description:Learn all the TapRooT® tools, and also many advanced skills that a Team Leader needs to collect information, analyze root causes, and develop effective fixes that will help your company improve performance. Read more.
Fee Includes:The TapRooT® Book, the pocket sized Root Cause Tree® Dictionary, a laminated Root Cause Tree®, and a fully functional, individual user version of TapRooT® Software.
Who Should Attend:Environment, Safety, and Health Managers
Quality Managers
Hospital Risk Managers
Hospital Quality Assurance Professionals
Equipment Root Cause Experts
Governement Regulatory Investigators
(MSHA, OSHA, EPA, UK HSE, FAA, FRA, MMS, NRC, DOT, DOE, CSB, NTSB, ...)
Safety Engineers, Coordinators, Professionals
Reliability & Maintenance Engineers
Design Engineers
Facility Managers
Quality Auditors

If you want to be the root cause analysis expert at your company, then this course is for you.

This course is especially valuable for people interested in analyzing the causes of human error. You'll learn rules and theories to help you improve human performance, including how to improve procedures, training, communications, human engineering, supervision, and management systems. You'll also learn ways to improve your company's investigation processes and procedures.


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Aberdeen, Scotland
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Perth, AustraliaMay 19 - May 23Register
Singleton, AUSTRALIAJun 2 - Jun 6Register
Aberdeen (Blairs, Aberdeen), ScotlandJun 9 - Jun 13Register  Brochure
Singleton, AustraliaJul 21 - Jul 25Register
Bogota, COLOMBIAJul 21 - Jul 25Register
Calgary (Calgary, Alberta), CANADAJul 21 - Jul 25Register  Brochure
Gatlinburg, TNJul 21 - Jul 25Register  Brochure
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3-Day TapRooT®/Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & Root Cause Failure AnalysisGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,895
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Licensed Site/Company discount:-$500
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(Previous 2-Day and/or 5-Day attendees may wish to attend only Day 3 of this course. Sign up for this 1-Day course below.)
Only $1,295 with maximum discounts!
2.4 CEUs  
Description:Find the root causes of equipment and machinery problems at industrial plants including utilities, petrochemical plants, manufacturing facilities, or refineries. Read more.
Fee Includes:The book: Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting, a TapRooT® book, the pocket sized Root Cause Tree® Dictionary, a laminated Root Cause Tree®, and course workbook.
Who Should Attend:Equipment failure analysis and reliability professionals, engineers, equipment reliability specialists, maintenance supervisors, mechanics, maintenance supervisors, and others who analyze equipment problems to find and fix their root causes.


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Melbourne, Australia
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Bogota, COLOMBIAMay 19 - May 21Register
Halifax (Halifax, Nova Scotia), CANADAMay 21 - May 23Register  Brochure
Melbourne, AustraliaMay 28 - May 30Register
Monterrey (Monterrey, N.L.), MexicoMay 28 - May 30Register
Manchester, England, United KingdomJun 4 - Jun 6Register  Brochure
Singleton, AustraliaJun 10 - Jun 12Register
Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta), CANADAJun 17 - Jun 19Register  Brochure
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1-Day TapRooT®/Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & Root Cause Failure AnalysisGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $995
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Licensed Site/Company discount:-$400
Only $395 with maximum discounts!
Description:NOTE: You must first have attended a 2 or 5-Day TapRooT® course in order to attend this course. Find the root causes of equipment and machinery problems at industrial plants including utilities, petrochemical plants, manufacturing facilities, o Read more.
Fee Includes:Course workbook.
Who Should Attend:Equipment failure analysis and reliability professionals, engineers, equipment reliability specialists, maintenance supervisors, mechanics, maintenance supervisors, and others who analyze equipment problems to find and fix their root causes.


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Jarkarta, Indonesia
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Jarkarta, IndonesiaMay 9 - May 9
Singapore, May 16 - May 16Register
Bogota, COLOMBIAMay 21 - May 21Register
Halifax (Halifax, Nova Scotia), CANADAMay 23 - May 23Register  Brochure
Monterrey (Monterrey, N.L.), MexicoMay 30 - May 30Register
Manchester, England, United KingdomJun 6 - Jun 6Register  Brochure
Perth, AustraliaJun 13 - Jun 13Register
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2-Day TapRooT®/Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting & Root Cause Failure AnalysisGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Summit Attendee discount:-$200
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(Call 865-539-2139 if you are a previous course attendee and want to attend just the Equifactor® day of the course.)
Only $695 with maximum discounts!
2 CIH CM Pts
Description:This is the shortened version of the Equifactor® Course made to fit in the two days before the TapRooT® Summit. Read more.
Fee Includes:The book: Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting, the TapRooT® Book, the pocket sized Root Cause Tree® Dictionary, a laminated Root Cause Tree®, a copy of the TapRooT® System Software and course workbook.
Who Should Attend:Equipment failure analysis and reliability professionals, engineers, equipment reliability specialists, maintenance supervisors, mechanics, maintenance supervisors, and others who analyze equipment problems to find and fix their root causes.


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Las Vegas, NV
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Las Vegas, NVJun 23 - Jun 24Register  Brochure

Advanced Trending TechniquesGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Summit Attendee discount:-$200
Only $695 with maximum discounts!
2 CIH CM Pts
Description:Develop a sound fundamental basis to learn from trends, spot real trends, not react to false trends, and make sense of trends so that you can react wisely. Read more.
Fee Includes:Attendees receive a course workbook, the book Building Continual Improvement & an Excel macro to draw advanced trend charts.
Who Should Attend:Everyone responsible for implementing TapRooT® at their company (and understanding root cause trends) should attend this course. In addition, managers or professionals interested in analyzing real performance data should attend this course. The value of being able to spot real trends as opposed to the everyday random variation inherent in every process is invaluable when managing performance improvement. And the skills learned in this class are especially valuable to managing processes, including those with infrequently occurring statistics (accidents, incidents, quality problems, and equipment failures). This course teaches important skills that aren't taught in most Six Sigma Black Belt programs.


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Las Vegas, NV
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Las Vegas, NVJun 23 - Jun 24Register  Brochure

Innovation & Creative SolutionsGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Summit Attendee discount:-$200
Only $695 with maximum discounts!
2 Management CM Pts
Description:Michele Lindsay teaches techniques to think creatively and develop effective solutions to problems. Read more.
Fee Includes:Course Workbook, which includes a Six Thinking Hats™ Workbook
Who Should Attend:Benefits to Team Leaders & Members, Project Managers, Facilitators, Product Developers, HR professionals

• Improve your skills to be a creative and evaluative thinker
• Spark new ways of solving old problems
• Create alignment in thinking to leverage the power of collective, focused thinking
• Reduce meeting time
• Gather the best ideas, evaluate and implement them
• Make better decisions faster and more confidently
• Go beyond traditional "brainstorming" and judgment
• Challenge the status quo


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Las Vegas, NV
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Las Vegas, NVJun 23 - Jun 24Register  Brochure

How To Interview & Gather EvidenceGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Summit Attendee discount:-$200
Only $695 with maximum discounts!
2 Management CM Pts
Description:Dana Barclay teaches how professionals quickly/correctly gather
evidence when investigating accidents or incidents. Read more.
Fee Includes:Attendees will receive an Evidence Gathering/Documentation course workbook, Incident Investigation Sequence/Flow Book with laminate flow chart and checklist.
Who Should Attend:"Good Fuel makes the Engine perform better"...Those who conduct incident investigations know analytical results are only as good as the data/info used in the analytical process..."garbage in garbage out". Also, solid, verified, validated factual information is critical to support the recommendations to decision makers. Learn how to collect and document evidence/information in a systematic, methodical, and objective way from an investigator with 23 years of experience.


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Las Vegas, NV
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Las Vegas, NVJun 23 - Jun 24Register  Brochure

Risk Analysis & Management Best PracticesGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Summit Attendee discount:-$200
Only $695 with maximum discounts!
2 CIH CM Pts
Description:Get the effeciency and effectiveness that can come from combining risk and causal analysis best practices. Read more.
Fee Includes:Course attendees will receive a CD of risk management resources including a training PowerPoint® presentation, an individual licensed copy of R3 �a software risk score calculator for calculating risk levels, and a proprietary template Risk Management Policy/Manual.
Who Should Attend:This course has been developed for those who are responsible for leading or participating in implementing their organisation's continuing improvement and problem solving programs which can and should involve risk analyses. The applications cover all kinds of business opportunities, threats, interruptions, disruptions and incidents.
Attendees will learn how to take emotion, subjectivity, and guesswork out of risk analysis.
By understanding how to use simple but effective tools for quantifying risk, an organisation can make more confident intelligent decisions about choosing increasing exposures to opportunities and decreasing exposure to threats.


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Las Vegas, NV
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Las Vegas, NVJun 23 - Jun 24Register  Brochure

Stopping Human ErrorGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Summit Attendee discount:-$200
Only $695 with maximum discounts!
2 CIH CM Pts
Description:Learn why people make mistakes and what you can do to stop them. Dr. Joel Haight, TapRooT® Instructor and professor at Penn State, will teach you advanced techniques to analyze and stop human errors. Read more.
Fee Includes:With this course attendees get the book Human Error Reduction and Safety Management.
Who Should Attend:This course is especially valuable for people interested in analyzing the causes of human error. You'll learn rules and theories to help you improve human performance, including how to improve procedures, training, communications, human engineering, supervision, and management systems. You'll also learn ways to improve your company's investigation processes and procedures.


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Las Vegas, NV
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Las Vegas, NVJun 23 - Jun 24Register  Brochure

Getting the Most from your TapRooT® SoftwareGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Summit Attendee discount:-$200
Only $695 with maximum discounts!
Description:Get the most out of your Enterprise or Workgroup Version of the TapRooT® Software. Tips, tricks, customization, and stability advice. Impact: Much more value for your investment in the TapRooT® Software.
Read more.


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Las Vegas, NVJun 23 - Jun 24Register  Brochure

TapRooT® Software TrainingGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
3 or more attendees, each save:-$100
Licensed Site/Company discount:-$100
Only $695 with maximum discounts!
2 CIH CM Pts
Description:Get the most value from this powerful software. MUST HAVE Prerequisites: Previous TapRooT® Training + Licensed TapRooT® Software User Read more.

Upcoming ClassesThere are no currently scheduled open sections for this course.
Please contact us about your interest in this course.

TapRooT® & FMEA for HealthcareGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
Description:TapRooT® Users will learn to use tools to perform JCAHO required healthcare FMEA as part of proactive risk reduction/performance improvement program. Read more.


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Hazard Recognition Best PracticesGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
Description:This course focuses on the tried and true methods of hazard recognition including at risk or safe behavior, legislation implications, and hazard identification and rectification. Read more.


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Equipment Reliability TechniquesGet Course Details | Top
Course Fee: $1,095
Description:In this workshop Dave Thompson, a Reliability and Maintenance Engineer with over 40 years of experience, will show how to collect better data and use systematic techniques to analyze and make informed decisions. Read more.


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