Unplanned downtime rarely comes from equipment failing without warning — it usually comes from maintenance that was never properly planned, scheduled or resourced in the first place. This course tackles that gap directly, building the practical skills needed to plan maintenance work, schedule it efficiently and control it through to completion, so that assets stay reliable instead of becoming a source of recurring cost.

Participants work through real case studies, KPI calculations and outage-management scenarios to apply time management, job planning, materials staging and CMMS tools to real maintenance environments. By the end, they are equipped to reduce breakdowns, control maintenance costs and keep equipment performing at the level operations actually needs.

Who Should Attend?

• Maintenance planners and schedulers
• Maintenance managers and supervisors
• Production supervisors and operation coordinators
• Storeroom managers and plant engineers

Knowledge and Benefits

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

• Identify the key challenges facing maintenance organisations today
• Use work order systems, time estimation and priority-setting methods
• Set up and manage an effective preventive maintenance programme
• Apply project management techniques to major maintenance activities and shutdowns
• Maintain optimal spare-parts stock levels using sound budgeting techniques
• Define KPIs that genuinely assess and improve maintenance performance

Module 1: The Real Cost of Reactive Maintenance

• Fundamentals of maintenance management and why planning matters
• Key challenges facing maintenance organisations today
• Industry best practices for reliable operations

Module 2: Work Orders and Scheduling in Practice

• Structure and elements of a work order system
• Time estimation and priority-assignment methods
• Workflow optimisation and resource allocation for scheduling

Module 3: Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Programmes

• Setting up a preventive maintenance programme
• Condition-based and predictive maintenance techniques
• Reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) principles and audits

Module 4: Managing Maintenance Projects and Shutdowns

• Applying project management tools to maintenance
• Budgeting, cost control and risk assessment for maintenance projects
• Planning and executing major shutdowns

Module 5: Spare Parts, Inventory and CMMS

• Inventory planning and stock-level optimisation
• Cost-effective spare parts procurement and storage
• Using CMMS for inventory control and reporting

Module 6: Measuring Performance, Compliance and Safety

• Establishing and analysing KPIs for maintenance performance
• Root cause analysis of recurring maintenance issues
• Regulatory compliance and workplace safety in maintenance
• Case studies and lessons from real maintenance operations