Mechanical Integrity and Quality Assurance (MIQA) : Course Description

Mechanical Integrity and Quality
Assurance (MIQA)
Course Description
Course Overview Length:

The goal of this course is to provide an understanding of the 3-day course
Mechanical Integrity and Quality Assurance (MIQA) elements of
Process Safety Management (PSM). It focuses on establishing a Pre-requisites:
site MIQA team, developing a site MIQA manual and implementing • PSM 101: PSM Overview
MIQA at a site. Participants will collaborate in small groups to • PSM 201: Process Technology
analyze scenarios using incident videos and case studies. As the • Prior exposure to maintenance and/
course progresses, participants will continuously build upon the or Quality Assurance
overall PSM MIQA processes related to their fictional plant. They will
have to react in real-time as incidents, such as critical equipment
failures or inspections, are added to the scenario.
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Audience
The Mechanical Integrity and Quality
Assurance course is designed for projects
and maintenance managers; projects,
technical services, and maintenance
engineers; MIQA element leaders and
team members; and site process safety
management (PSM) leaders.
Learning Objectives
In order to accelerate skill development, this
course features a problem-based learning
approach that provides a collaborative
job-focused experience. Participants will see
how MIQA fits into the PSM model, identify
the essential elements of Mechanical
Integrity and Quality Assurance, discuss the
importance of QA, explore MIQA roles and
responsibilities, and describe repairs and
corrective actions. They will also discuss the
need for testing and inspection procedures,
explore the benefits of predictive methods
over reactive ones, hear about reliability Module 4:
centered maintenance (RCM), discuss the QC of Maintenance Materials
purpose of an audit and collaboratively build Participants will see how to develop a thorough process for quality
a personal compilation of recommendations control.
to apply on the job.
Module 5:
Module 1: Repairs and Alterations
Why Maintenance Integrity and Quality This module looks at aspects of repairs and corrective actions,
Assurance? including justifications, timing and assignment of duties.
This module shows how MIQA fits into the
PSM model and discusses the LIFECYCLE Module 6:
concept for PSM critical equipment. Tests and Inspections
Participants will go over how to organize a system of comprehensive
Module 2: inspections and documentation.
Establishing a Quality Assurance System
for New Equipment Module 7:
Participants will examine the four PSM Reliability
Quality Assurance process groups. In this module, participants will explore how to use the MIQA
process to engineer reliability.
Module 3:
Maintenance Procedures and Training Module 8:
In this module, participants get an overview Audits
on implementing maintenance procedures Participants will get an overview of audit procedures and how they
and training on MIQA. should be implemented.
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Based on our experience, we recommend
that companies do the following on an
organizational level:
MIQA Instructor Led

Training
Develop/Upgrade
Refresher e-learning
MIQA manual
Establish and Track KPls for Identify & apply MIQA

MIQA requirements to a plot site
Apply MIQA to Develop Evaluate Evaluate adequacy

all changes in customized competencies of MIQA manual
personnel training of individuals and application
Results and Path Forward across the company. Also,

After completing this course, participants an overall road map for
should compile a list of action items implementing PSM across
based on their learning to apply back on the company should be
the job. This starts with writing new or established.
upgrading existing PSM procedures. To
build competency at the individual level, It is recommended that
the participant should identify a coach, participants go through an
develop skills in applying PSM governance e-learning refresher course
framework, develop a PSM dashboard, test once a year and instructor-
the governance framework and dashboard led refresher training once
in their department and then roll it out every three years.
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with an account representative.
Email: info@training.consultdss.com
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Mechanical Integrity and Quality

Course Overview Length:

Protect. Transform. Sustain.

MIQA Instructor Led

Establish and Track KPls for Identify & apply MIQA

Apply MIQA to Develop Evaluate Evaluate adequacy

Results and Path Forward across the company. Also,

© 2022 DSS Sustainable Solutions Switzerland SA. All rights reserved.

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