The Life Cycle Institute is an educational partner committed to delivering education that changes behavior, improves performance, and transforms culture.

Life Cycle Institute offerings include university-backed credentials, self-paced online courses with personalized action plans, in-person and virtual instructor-led programs, private group classes, and coaching or mentorship programs.

Instructor-Led Training

Reliability & Maintenance Program Management

Programs with proven methodologies – like Reliability Excellence – and best practices to transform operations and deliver asset performance improvements, stronger financial outcomes, and an engaged workforce.

Reliability Engineering

Multi-day courses designed to help you develop RCM-based asset maintenance strategies, manage RCA and loss elimination programs, and strategically use technology to avoid failures and extend asset life.

Work Management

Programs that transform work management best practices into training that helps you effectively plan and schedule maintenance resources, increase equipment reliability, and improve maintenance costs.

Storeroom, Spare Parts & Materials

Multi-day courses designed to help you manage your storeroom, inventory, and critical spares to support operations, prevent downtime, and improve cost efficiency.

Asset Management/ISO 55000 focus

Programs that focus on how the ISO 55000 standards and the principals of asset management help organizations manage risk, maximize asset value, and achieve optimal life cycle performance.

eLearning

Reliability Engineering

Programs to build and sustain a reliability-centered maintenance program that will achieve your goals in risk management, loss elimination, maintenance strategies and asset care.

Work Management

Programs that cover the work management process, from identification through planning, scheduling and closeout. All programs include management tools for daily operations and shutdowns (STO).

Storeroom, Spare Parts & Materials

Programs to help you manage your storeroom, inventory, and critical spares in a way that meets the needs of operations, reduces the risk of downtime, and reduces carrying costs.

Digital Readiness Best Practices

Programs that prepare leaders to build a foundation for effective digital transformation, thrive in an increasingly digital environment, and drive smart operations.

University-Backed Certifications

Reliability & Asset Management Leader Certification

A new standard of leadership! Candidates prove their ability to lead reliability programs and operational excellence. Inspired by our pioneering Reliability Excellence for Managers course.

Reliability Engineering Certification

Achieve the premier certification in reliability engineering by developing the expertise to prioritize critical assets, lead continuous improvement, and align asset life cycle management with enterprise strategy.

Maintenance Management Certification

A leading university-backed credential that will build your leadership and analytical skills to optimize maintenance performance, control costs, and drive operational excellence across your organization.

Planning & Scheduling Certification

A university-backed credential that will develop your ability to plan proactively, schedule efficiently, improve workforce productivity, and equipment reliability.

Enterprise Learning & Group Training

LCEsmartr

The LCEsmartr Playbook is a comprehensive online system that empowers you to manage your reliability program, embed asset management best practices, and train your workforce in operational excellence.

Private & Group Training

We are your educational partner committed to delivering training that changes behavior, improves performance, and transforms culture. We can bring your teams and leaders together for an engaging, on-site learning experience.

Enterprise Learning Programs

Our learning experts curate programs that speak to your unique needs, from the frontline to leadership. We can build a learning ecosystem that drives results through reliability and asset management best practices.

Solutions & Services

CMMS Training and Coaching

Our CMMS experts empower your teams to be confident users and data stewards while maximizing the value of your data through CMMS training and EAM optimization services.

Reliability & Maintenance Coaching Services

LCE’s expert coaches offer a structured, personalized approac that can strengthen your team’s reliability and maintenance capabilities, inspire new ideas, and drive lasting improvements.

Custom Training Programs

Our learning experts can plan and assess your corporate learning program, design a course to develop your teams, perform train-the-trainer services, and track program results.

Organizational Change Coaching and Services

Our change management experts align teams with operational improvement goals, ensure employee engagement and skill development to drive efficiencies and maximize the impact of improvement initiatives.

Online Body of Knowledge & Toolkit

LCEsmartr is more than an online toolkit – it’s backed by 50 years’ expertise and includes engineering work packages, a training system, and proven program resources for success.

CMMS & EAM Analytics and Optimization Services

Our experts help organizations establish strong data governance, consistent quality standards, and actionable insights that drive proactive, data-informed decisions.

About Us

The Life Cycle Institute: Our History

LCE founded the Life Cycle Institute to share reliability and maintenance best practices with the world.

Discover our history and the academic partnerships that shape our work.

Message from our CEO

At LCE and the Life Cycle Institute, we believe every operation can be reliable and efficient, and that people are the drivers of excellence.

Hear more about us from our President and CEO.

✦ University-Backed Certification Program

Reliability Engineering Certification

Our REC is a university-backed certification program that proves your ability to apply reliability engineering tools and methods that drive measurable results for your organization.

Recognized by Leading Universities

University-Backed

Clemson, OSU, WSU & KU

Self-Paced Online

Learn on your schedule

Industry-Recognized

Stand out to employers

Expert Instructors

Real-world practitioners

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Who Is This Program For?

People responsible for improving plant reliability, increasing capacity, decreasing repetitive failures, and eliminating chronic problems. Job titles may include:

Reliability Engineer
Reliability Manager
Continuous Improvement Manager
Asset Management Specialist
Reliability Technician
Aspiring Reliability Professionals

CURRICULUM

What Will You Learn?

Our program empowers learners to build and sustain a strategic reliability engineering program with measurable business outcomes:

Demonstrate an ROI from applying reliability engineering tools and methods
Build and sustain a strategic RE program
Prepare control strategies that reduce risk and improve asset utilization
Determine PdM strategies and build an effective PdM program
Establish a root cause analysis program and build a culture of continuous improvement

THE PATH TO CERTIFICATION

How Do I Get Certified?

The REC program offers two different curriculums — Instructor-Led and Self-Paced. To complete the certification:

Real-World Impact

REC Capstone Projects Show Results Like:

Our graduates don’t just earn credentials — they deliver measurable results that transform their organizations.

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A Reliability Engineer established PdM tasks to achieve:

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A Reliability Engineer eliminated a chronic failure that resulted in:

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Step 1 — Choose Your Path

Instructor-Led or Self-Paced Courses

The REC offers two curriculum formats to fit your schedule and learning style. Both paths lead to the same industry-recognized credential.

In-Person Path

Instructor-Led REC

Reliability Engineering Excellence

Root Cause Analysis

Risk-Based Asset Management

Predictive Maintenance Strategy

Online Path

Self-Paced REC

Predictive Maintenance Strategies eLearning (ePdMS)

Reliability Centered Maintenance eLearning (eRCM)

Root Cause Analysis eLearning (eRCA)

Reliability Engineering Excellence eLearning (eREE)

Step 2 — Compare the Paths

Which Path Is Right For Me?

Not sure which path is right for you? Use this comparison to decide.

Comparison Fields	Instructor-Led	Self-Paced
Delivery Mode	In Person, Live Virtual	Self-Paced Online
Courses	RCA, RBAM, REE, PdMS	eRCA -> eRCM ->eREE -> ePDM
Course Sequence	Any sequence	Recommended is above
Coursework	In Session	Complete course modules and assignments at your own pace
Instructor	During Class	Monthly coaching on assignments
Timeline	Choose your own class dates from public schedule. Students have 3 years to complete program, but can complete sooner	9 month commitment
Class Times	In Person = Tuesday - Thursday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm EST \| VILT = Tuesday - Thursday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm EST	Go at your own pace. Students have 2 months to complete each course.