Life Cycle Institute Approved as Education Provider for Reliability and Physical Asset Management

CHARLESTON, SC  – The Life Cycle Institute, the education entity ofLife Cycle Engineering (LCE), today announced that they have been recognized by the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) as an approved education provider.

The SMRP Approved Provider Education Program recognizes education and training that align with topics and best practices related to reliability and physical asset management, which have been documented in the SMRP Body of Knowledge and/or Asset Management Landscape. The SMRP Body of Knowledge is the foundation for the ANSI-accredited Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) credential.

“SMRP’s recognition confirms what hundreds of CMRP holders across the globe have recognized,” according to Bill Wilder, Director of the Life Cycle Institute. “Life Cycle’s Reliability Excellence® (Rx) program equips asset management and reliability professionals with knowledge and skills required to secure the prestigious CMRP.”

Chair of the Approved Provider Education Committee, Ron Leonard, said, “Our program is a new resource for practitioners seeking an additional level of validation for their training providers. Since the release of the ISO 55000 standards last year, more companies are recognizing reliability and physical asset management as a valuable business strategy and are expecting tangible results from their reliability leaders.”

LCE’s recognition by the SMRP as a leader in asset management and reliability education comes on the heels of being selected as the first Endorsed Training Provider (ETP) in the U.S. by the Institute of Asset Management.

For more information regarding the Approved Education Program, visithttp://www.smrp.org/approvedprovider.

About Life Cycle Engineering

Life Cycle Engineering provides consulting, engineering, applied technology and education solutions that deliver lasting results for private industry, the Department of Defense and other government organizations. The quality, expertise and dedication of our employees enable Life Cycle Engineering to serve as a trusted resource that helps people and organizations to achieve their full potential. Founded in 1976, LCE is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina with offices across North America and experience around the globe.

About the Life Cycle Institute

The Life Cycle Institute helps individuals and organizations learn and adapt to their changing environment by building knowledge, skills talent and engagement. The Institute’s team of learning, leadership and change management professionals integrates the art and science of learning and change to change behavior to produce desired results.

As the first U. S. Authorized Training Provider for Prosci, the world leader in change management best practices and research, the Institute combines LCE’s wealth of thought leadership experience and process improvement expertise with one of the most widely used approaches for managing the people side of change. The Institute applies adult learning methods that minimize lecture and emphasize hands-on learning. Classes are led by facilitators who actively practice what they teach. The methodologies taught within the various course curricula are practical applications with proven track records – proven through actual activities carried out regularly by LCE professionals.