CMRP Exam Prep. Study Aid ( 5 Pillars of M&R)

Name: CMRP Exam Prep. Study Aid ( 5 Pillars of M&R)
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Get prepped for the Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional exams quickly using this video tutorial

Created byDaniel Amevor, P. Eng., CMRP, CRE, PMP, CLS., Oreva Andrew Oboghor

Last updated 5/2025

English

What you'll learn

Students will be given ondemand videos that will sharpen their understanding of maintenance and reliability principles. By completing this tutorial series and practice tests (Which is a separate course), students will develop the confidence to challenge and pass the CMRP certification exam.

Course content

1 section • 24 lectures • 2h 55m total length

Roadmap to CMRP Certification6:31
This section introduces you to the roadmap to CMRP certification
Pillar 1: Business and Management9:09
This lesson provides an overview of the business and management best practices. This involves the best practices used to translate company business goals into maintenance and reliability goals that support organization's business reults.
Pillar 1: Subsection 1 - Measuring Performance (Key Performance Indicators)5:29
Learn how to measure performance with key performance indicators, distinguishing leading indicators that forecast trends from lagging indicators that confirm them, and apply formulas for failure rate, MTBF, and MTTF.
Pillar 1: Subsection 2- Benchmarking6:25
Benchmarking compares internal and external performance using product, competitive, process, strategic, and global benchmarks to identify gaps and apply best practices for improvement.
Pillar 1 practice test: Let's check your understanding
Pillar 2: Manufacturing Process Reliability2:43
This lesson provides an overview of the manufacturing process reliability. It espouses on how maintenance and reliability activities influence the manufacturing process to improve results.
Pillar 2: Subsection 1- Total Production Maintenance (TPM)4:00
Explore total productive maintenance (TPM), a Japanese concept to boost production and morale by improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) through availability, performance, and quality, guided by eight proactive pillars.
Pillar 2: Subsection 2 - The 8 Manufacturing Wastes7:04
In this lesson, we'll discuss the eight manufacturing wastes that help to focus efforts on improving people, process and machinery reliability.
Pillar 2 Practice Test: Let's check you understanding
Pillar 3: Equipment Reliability4:00
In this lesson, you will learn about maintenance and reliability activities that are used to access equipment capabilities and apply the most cost effective solutions to improving equipment maintainability, availability and reliability.
Pillar 3: Subsection 1 - Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)5:59
Explore fault tree analysis (FTA) through a top-down deductive approach using Boolean logic to map a top event to basic failure causes via AND/OR gates and probability estimates.
Pillar 3: Subsection 2 - Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)9:45
Explore failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) as a step-by-step method to identify failures, assess severity, occurrence, and detection, calculate the risk priority number, and drive continuous improvement.
Pillar 3: Subsection 3 - Maintenance Evolution6:31
Explore the evolution of maintenance from run-to-failure to preventive, then to condition-based and predictive strategies, highlighting reliability, TPM, and the impact of digital transformation.
PIllar 3: Subsection 4 - Principles of Predictive Maintenance3:00
In this lesson, we will learn about the fundamentals of predictive maintenance, which is also known as Condition Based Maintenance.
Pillar 3 Practice Test: Let's check your understanding
Pillar 3: Industry Best Practice - Machine Lubrication, Friction and Wear22:57
Explore how lubrication reduces friction and wear, and analyze oil and grease composition, base oils, thickeners, additives, plus oil analysis methods for equipment monitoring.
Pillar 3: Let's check your understanding on Industry Best Practice
Pillar 3: Subsection 5 - Understanding Basic Lubrication Regimes1:39
Pillar 3: Let's check your understanding of the lubrication regimes.
Pillar 3: Section 6 : Introduction to the Bathtub Curve12:25
In this lesson, you will be introduced to the Bathtub curve, its characteristics and best practices in industry.
Pillar 3; Section 7: Let's check your understanding of the Bathtub Curve
Pillar 3: Section 8: Motor Current Signature Analysis - Basics11:20
In this lesson, we will learn about the fundamentals of motor current signature analysis as a technique for motoring the conditions of electrical motors both online and offline.
Let's Check Your Understanding of Motor Current Signature Analysis-Basics
Pillar 4: Organization and Leadership2:58
Develop organizational effectiveness in maintenance and reliability by aligning strategic plans with skills and staffing, analyzing capabilities, structuring reporting, training personnel, and leading teams.
Pillar 4: Subsection 1 -Team Development (Tuckman Model)6:15
Explore the Tuckman team development model, detailing five stages—forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning—and how maintenance and reliability managers guide teams to goals and high performance.
Pillar 4: Subsection 2: Types of M&R Organizational Structure1:18
In this lesson, we will learn about the 3 types of organizational structure used in setting up a Maintenance and Reliability organization. These are:
Centralized, Decentralized and Hybrid
Pillar 4 Practice Test: Let's check your understanding
Pillar 5: Work Management10:59
Identify, validate, and prioritize maintenance work; plan, schedule, execute, document, and analyze performance using CMMS and inventory controls.
Pillar 5: Subsection 1: Fundamentals of Inventory Management22:18
In this lesson, we will learn about the basic concepts of inventory management, Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) and Reorder Point (ROP) calculations.
Pillar 5: Subsection 1 Practice Test: Let's Check Your Understanding
Pillar 5: Subsection 2: ABC Analysis9:13
In this section, we'll learn about ABC classification in inventory management. Click on the video to watch.
Pillar 5: Subsection 2: Let's check your understanding of ABC analysis
Sign up for the CMRP Exam Prep. Practice Test Here0:05
Recommended Books3:53
Explore CMRP reading list: Moubray's RCM book, Kelly's maintenance strategy, the Toyota Way, Gulati's maintenance best practices, Ron Moore's common sense common practice, and Palmer's maintenance planning and scheduling handbook.

Requirements

Individuals in the maintenance and reliability field wishing to be recognized by SMRP as a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional

Description

CMRP exam prep study aid is a video tutorial designed to help reliability and maintenance professionals who desire to get certified by SMRP. Use this tutorials in conjunction with the practice quizzes (separate course) to prep for the CMRP certification exams.

If you are using a self study approach for CMRP certification, then this video series will explain the basic maintenance and reliability principles required for the Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) exam.

If you struggle with reading books and you need video illustrations to explain the M&R principles, then this tutorial is for you.

This video tutorial series covers the 5 pillars of maintenance and reliability principles outlined by SMRP Book of Knowledge.

Who this course is for:

Maintenance professionals, maintenance specialists, reliability engineers, reliability specialist, technical managers, consultants, CBM analyst and graduate students wishing to get certified by SMRP