About the Author

 I spent over 40 years as a Supportability Engineer. I joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as an Instrument Mechanic and completed a 22-year career in Avionics. The majority of my RAF career was spent at Repair and Support Units, where I worked as an Avionics Technician and later as a Supportability Engineer. My role involved developing support solutions for complex military platforms and equipment.

After my RAF career, I continued to work as a Supportability Engineer, applying my knowledge and skills in the engineering sectors of UK Nuclear, USA Gas and Oil, UK Communications Software, and Commercial Aerospace.

Supportability Engineering is a satisfying and rewarding profession required in many engineering sectors, from design to disposal. I created this course to provide an insight into Supportability Engineering and the importance of System Operational Effectiveness.

We rely on systems every day, and each system has a life cycle that must be supported with a focus on operational effectiveness, sustainment, and reduced energy costs.

This course, System Operational Effectiveness: A Practical Approach provides an opportunity for our future and current engineers to apply their academic knowledge and learn the fundamental activities of Supportability Engineering and understand its importance within systems engineering.