Best Practices in Maintenance & Reliability Excellence

Course description

This course provides extensive knowledge of best practices in the areas of maintenance, reliability and asset management and equips participants with the information required to apply these techniques, tools & principles effectively. Attendees will understand the context of Maintenance and Reliability within the wider operational and business environment and become empowered to implement improvements to help organisations achieve and sustain maintenance excellence.

To accommodate the needs of learners we have structured the programme such that delegates can attend the full programme or attend each module as an individual stand-alone programme.

Location: Portlaoise

Fees: €2,800 – Skillnet funding may be available for eligible delegates

CPD: 49 hours

Course Content

Module 1: Asset Management and Reliability

• Understanding Failure
• Understanding Reliability
• Managing Reliability
• Strategic Maintenance
• Asset Care strategies
  • Preventive, Predictive and Proactive
  • Selecting Care strategies and maintenance tasks
  • Strategic tools (FMEcA, RCA, CMMS)
• Overview of Asset Management

Module 2: Maintenance Work, Planning & Scheduling

• CMMS – Building an Asset Structure
• Controlling Work
• Work Planning, Scheduling & Executing
• Safe Systems of Work
• Materials Management & Stores
• Supplier & Contractor Management
• Maintenance is Kaizen (Lean Maintenance, TPM: Total Productive Maintenance, Kaizen)

Module 3: Maintenance Management

• People
• Skills/Competencies, Development & Training
• Knowledge Management & Change Management
• People/HR/performance/soft skills
• Developing the organisation (structure)
• Financial Management and Budgeting incl. Life Cycle costing
• Process Reliability Toolbox
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness
• Maintenance KPIs
• Continuous Improvement

Who is this course for?

Maintenance Managers, Engineers, Team Leads and Supervisors, Production & Reliability Managers and Engineers.