Fourteen ways to learn reliability engineering

Reliability engineering is a broad field and its practitioners must have the ability to constantly learn. There is no best way to master a subject. Using a combination of learning approaches will help you accelerate your mastery of the subject. This paper explores 14 ways to learn reliability engineering. This applies to learning about specific tools such as failure modes and effects analysis or highly accelerated life testing, as well as learning how to create a reliability program or assess a supplier´s reliability program. Reliability engineering is an acquired set of skills and knowledge. The combination of formal education, seminars, conferences, and other deliberate actions to acquire knowledge allows one to learn and apply the appropriate skills. Refining how learning occurs and identifying learning opportunities enable mastery in the field of reliability engineering. This paper provides a starting point for your professional development planning and provides a few new ways to consider how to learn.