Start Date: 25 Apr, 2027
End Date: 29 Apr, 2027
Duration: 5 Days
Overview:
This course will enable delegates to remain abreast of the latest research trends, techniques and strategies to improve the condition and performance of their operational process. This hands-on intervention will equip you with the necessary basic knowledge and skills to optimise the function, daily running, and maintenance of the five main aspects of the operation, such as demographics, infrastructure, systems and plant. Delegates will learn and review the core competencies required for the successful operation and implementation of an effective operations process against the background of the current global economic downturn.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this training course, the participants will be able to:
Identify equipment failures and the impact on plant reliability
Understand the cost-effectiveness of the Preventive/Predictive Maintenance program
Apply techniques of optimisation of various maintenance activities
Define criteria for work-crew size, spare parts and equipment replacement
Make the important decision on the basis of the cost and benefit analysis
Incorporate safety objectives into the equipment repair or replacement optimisation
Course Content:
1. Physical Asset Management & Failure Analysis
- Physical Asset Management
- Maintenance Management: Preventive / Predictive Approach
- Nature and Modes of Equipment Failure
- Failure Modes & Effect Analysis (FMEA)
- Analysis of Component Failure Data Using the Weibull Distribution
- Censored Data, the 3-Parameter Weibull, and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test
2. Preventive Maintenance & Spare Parts Replacements
- Reliability and Availability Concept: MTBF & MTTR
- Reliability Improvement through Reduction of Downtime
- Maintenance Performance Quantification
- Preventive Maintenance & Spare Part Handling
- Spare Parts Provisioning: Prediction Models and Techniques
- Management of Change: In-Kind Spare Parts
3. Equipment Inspection & Fitness for Service
- Condition Monitoring & Inspection
- Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)
- Risk Matrix: Management and Mitigation Measures
- Reliability Improvement through Inspection
- Inspection Scope & Frequency
- Fitness for Service Analysis (FFS)
4. Economics of Maintenance, Repair & Replacement
- Management of Maintenance Resources
- Effective Use of CMMS
- Maintenance Organisation Analysis: Crew size
- Equipment Repair or Replacement Decision
- Economic Aspect of Maintenance Outsourcing: Subcontract
- Economic Aspect of Equipment Replacement
5. Total Productive Maintenance & Safety
- Capital Investment in Equipment and Maintenance: ROI
- Total Productive Maintenance
- Safety in Maintenance Work
- KPI and OEE: Leading and Lagging Indicators
Targeted Audience:
This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Technical professionals responsible for maintenance and repair of equipment
- Operation, technical production & inspection professionals
- Technical professionals dealing with risk assessment and integ-rity analysis
