Course Description

Maximizing asset availability and reliability at optimal cost are two conflicting goals that every maintenance department must achieve. Maintenance planning and scheduling is the first step needed to help you achieve these goals. Maintenance planning and scheduling isn’t just about using project management software to schedule tasks. In addition to planning and scheduling tasks, the planner must ensure that all logistics are taken care of. The planner will also need to be involved in the financial evaluation of the maintenance initiatives. Once the planning has been done correctly, the next step is to ensure that all work orders are carried out according to plan and in compliance with all health, safety and environmental (HSE) guidelines, as well as policies and company procedures. This course will cover several techniques that will help you plan, schedule and control all your maintenance work orders in due time for maximum effectiveness.

Course Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the challenges and goals maintenance organizations face today.
• Demonstrate the importance of work order systems and use time estimation and prioritization techniques.
• Set up a preventive maintenance schedule.
• Apply project management techniques to effectively manage major maintenance tasks and shutdowns.
• Use capital budgeting techniques to estimate capital expenditures for maintenance.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to maintain optimal spare parts inventory levels to ensure business continuity.
• Prepare appropriate key performance indicators (KPI) to evaluate and improve maintenance performance.

Who Can Benefit

Managers, supervisors and planners responsible for maintenance planning, scheduling and control activities.