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Module Catalogue 2026/27

EXT8017 : Risk Management And Reliability Engineering

EXT8017 : Risk Management And Reliability Engineering

  • Offered for Year: 2026/27
  • Module Leader(s):
  • Owning School: Engineering
  • Teaching Location: Off Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 1 Credit Value: 10
ECTS Credits: 5.0
European Credit Transfer System
Pre-requisite

Modules you must have done previously to study this module

Pre Requisite Comment

N/A

Co-Requisite

Modules you need to take at the same time

Co Requisite Comment

N/A

Aims

To equip technologists with the skills to commission, appraise and review risk assessments within the utility sector, specifically for water, wastewater and solid waste unit processes and assets. To introduce the governance of risk within the utility sector – technical, managerial and human factors.

Outline Of Syllabus

Drivers for risk management in the utility sector – why manage risk?
Corporate risk management – structures, tools and techniques,
Basic probability and statistics,
Risk analysis tools and techniques,
Regulatory risk assessments in support of environmental permits,
Risk governance in the utility sector – towards high reliability organisations.

Learning Outcomes

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

On successful completion of this module the student should be able to understand the governance of risk within the utility sector – technical, managerial and human factors.

Intended Skill Outcomes

On successful completion of this module the student should be able to….
1. Summarise the context of risk governance in the utility sector and explain organisational structures for risk management; relate these to corporate objectives, e.g. licence to operate.
2. Identify and select from key risk analysis tools and techniques appropriate to a range risk problem under study; be confident about the rules for selecting risk techniques.
3. Undertake reliability analysis calculations, understanding and calculating mean times to failure.
4. Identify critical control points and devise risk management strategies for managing risks to and from engineered systems; relate these to the development of water safety plans.
5. Devise risk governance structures and debate key risk management competencies for individuals, organisations and specialists; recognise core features of a risk mature organisation.
6. Scope out and critically evaluate environmental risk assessments in the context of regulatory permitting – siting, operations and discharge.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

N/A

Reading Lists

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Written Examination1501M100Written examination
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

N/A

Timetable

Past Exam Papers

General Notes

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The information contained within the Module Catalogue relates to the 2026 academic year.

In accordance with University Terms and Conditions, the University makes all reasonable efforts to deliver the modules as described.

Modules may be amended on an annual basis to take account of changing staff expertise, developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, staffing changes, and student feedback. Module information for the 2027/28 entry will be published here in early-April 2027. Queries about information in the Module Catalogue should in the first instance be addressed to your School Office.