M01 – Marine Risk, Reliability and Safety
Explore core marine risk concepts, probability, Bayesian reasoning and fault tree analysis, with practical applications to marine safety and reliability problems.
£299.00
20 hours
Focused, self-paced learning designed to fit around professional schedules.
Online, self-paced
Study online at a pace that fits your schedule.
6 sections
Structured curriculum sections.
English
Language of instruction for this course.
23 lessons
Focused lessons organised into a clear learning path.
Course overview
Relevance to CPD: Strengthens the risk, probability and fault-tree reasoning engineers use in marine safety assessments and reliability decisions.
Designed for: engineering graduates looking for refresher courses in niche expert areas.
Entry requirements: an engineering degree or equivalent experience, plus basic algebra; the probability needed is developed within the course.
What you will learn
Explain risk, hazard, safety, and ALARP in a marine engineering context.
Apply probability rules and discrete random-variable models to basic reliability problems.
Use conditional probability and Bayes' theorem to interpret safety-related evidence.
Construct and interpret simple fault trees using AND/OR logic and minimal cut sets.
Quantify top-event probabilities for simple independent and Poisson-based fault-tree problems.
Skills and knowledge
Risk assessment
ALARP
Probability
Bayes theorem
Fault tree analysis
Marine safety
Course curriculum
Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Risk and Safety
2.1 Risk Basics
2.2 ALARP and Risk
2.3 Safety and Reliability
2.4 Marine Regulation
2.5 Quiz 1
Probability Foundations
3.1 Probability Rules
3.2 Repeated Demand
3.3 Systems Preview
3.4 Binomial Models
3.5 Quiz 2
Bayesian Reasoning
4.1 Conditional Probability
4.2 Screening Example
4.3 Natural Frequencies
4.4 Reasoning Pitfalls
4.5 Quiz 3
Fault Tree Analysis
5.1 FTA Overview
5.2 Gates and Symbols
5.3 Cut Sets
5.4 Quantifying Trees
5.5 Worked Fault Trees
5.6 Quiz 4
Summary
6.1 Key Takeaways
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£299.00