Maintenance teams have long been split between two camps: those who trust traditional preventive schedules, and those pushing for a smarter, condition-driven approach. The Gates Model for Modern Maintenance Decisions Training Course, delivered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, walks participants through the model that reshaped this debate — one that bases maintenance decisions on a machine's actual condition, its failure history, or how heavily it is used, rather than a fixed calendar.

The course explains why monitoring sits at the heart of every maintenance decision under this model, regardless of which rule or repair method is applied, and how organisations use it to decide when, where, and how maintenance should be carried out.

Who Should Attend?

• Supervisors of automated systems in factories.
• Employees in maintenance management.
• Owners of industrial facilities who want to understand how maintenance decisions affect production.

Knowledge and Benefits:

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Distinguish the Gates model from corrective and preventive maintenance, and identify what they share in common.
• Inspect machines and technical systems and predict failures before they occur.
• Decide when usage-based maintenance is required by tracking the intervals between failures.
• Apply condition-based maintenance concepts, including remote maintenance carried out via computer.

Module 1: Two Schools of Maintenance Thought

• Traditional preventive maintenance versus the Gates model.
• What sparked the divide between technicians, and the concept of maintenance as a foundation.
• Types and methods of maintenance as background context.

Module 2: Deciding When Maintenance Should Happen

• Principles of fault maintenance and decision-making for maintenance actions.
• Differences between the Gates model and corrective/preventive concepts.
• Common points shared between the Gates model and corrective maintenance systems.

Module 3: How Maintenance Management Evolved After Gates

• The evolution of maintenance management following the Gates model.
• Types of maintenance as classified under the Gates approach.

Module 4: Condition-Based Maintenance in Practice

• The concept of remote, condition-based maintenance.
• How maintenance is implemented via computer systems.
• Course delivery: courses are held at the Academy's locations in over 30 countries, with schedules arranged on request; participants receive a certificate of completion.