References and International Standards

First published in 1978, the Reliability-Centered Maintenance report by F.S. Nowlan and Howard F. Heap introduced RCM as a structured methodology for developing preventive maintenance programs for complex aviation equipment. It represents the basis for modern-day RCM.

  

John Moubray's Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM II) represents an authoritative reference document on RCM. It applies the ideas from the Nowlan and Heap report to a method that can be used across various industries. Read more about it here.

International Standards on RCM (examples):

• SEA (SURFACE VEHICLE AEROSPACE STANDARD) JA-1011

  • Evaluation Criteria for Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) Processes

• SEA (SURFACE VEHICLE AEROSPACE RECOOMEDED PRACTICE) JA-1012

  • A Guide to the Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) Standard

• IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 60300-3-11

  • Application guide – Reliability centred maintenance

• NAVAIR 00-25-403; MANAGEMENT MANUAL

  • GUIDELINES FOR NAVAL AVIATION RELIABILITY CENTERED MAINTENACE PROCESS

• NAVSEA S9081-AB-GIB-010

  • RELIABILITY CENTERED MAINTENANCE HANDBOOK

• ISO 14224 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries

  • Collection and exchange of reliability and maintenance data for equipment.