August 22, 2011 | Barb Carr

Exclusive Advanced Root Cause Analysis Courses

Each year before the Summit we hold exclusive 2-day courses! Most of these are offered only once a year and each is specifically designed to enhance your root cause expertise in two days flat. Sign up for a course and the Summit and receive a discount on your registration. This is the last of three weeks that highlight our eleven Pre-Summit courses, four of which are NEW! These courses will be held February 27 and 28, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, right before the Global TapRooT® Summit.

Special 2-Day Equifactor® Equipment Troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis

Learn how Heinz Bloch’s acclaimed troubleshooting techniques combine with the advanced TapRooT® root cause analysis to create a world-class system for equipment failure analysis. Streamline your equipment processes and failure analyses to make your company the most efficient it’s ever been. You’ll receive the book Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting by Heinz Bloch and Fred Geitner (a $120 value), the TapRooT® Book, the pocket sized Root Cause Tree® Dictionary, and a laminated Root Cause Tree®.

Advanced Trending Techniques

Do you really understand trending? Learn why most people misuse trends, and learn distinctive techniques to trend infrequently occurring accidents, incidents, and human errors. Mark Paradies, (President of SI and co-designer of the TapRooT® System) developed this course after seeing so many inappropriate examples of trending used to make major corporate and regulatory decisions. You’ll learn the simple yet powerful techniques to spot real trends and recognize everyday variation. You will also get an advanced trending template for Microsoft Excel to produce the specialized trending graphs you’ll learn to create in the course.

NEW! TapRooT® Analyzing and Fixing Safety Culture Issues

Learn the relationship between incidents and safety culture, the importance of strong safety leadership, and why it’s just good business to improve your safety culture. We’ll share what organizations are doing to strengthen theirs, and the essentials you need improve your own safety culture. You’ll get a clear definition of safety culture, an overview of safety culture models, a culture survey from Human Synergistics International that identifies your current culture, as well as tips, tools, and techniques to accelerate your company’s safety culture.

Thanks for taking the time to learn about our Pre-Summit courses! Take a look at our Summit page for more information on the Pre-Summit Courses, Summit, and how to register.