Between the final day of construction and the first day of full production lies a critical window where facilities, systems, and people must prove — not just claim — that they are ready. The Industrial Readiness Assurance Training Course equips professionals with the frameworks to assess, verify, and sustain operational readiness before start-up, commissioning, handover, and full production, covering readiness planning, assurance processes, systems completion, workforce preparedness, and risk management.

Delivered by Arab British Fellowship Training Academy as part of its Operations Readiness and Assurance Training courses, and designed within the Engineering maintenance and operation category, this programme develops practical capabilities for managing the transition from project execution to safe and reliable operations across complex industrial environments.

This course helps participants:

• Apply the principles and framework of Industrial Readiness in practice.
• Identify and close operational readiness gaps before start-up.
• Establish readiness criteria, milestones, deliverables, and assurance processes.
• Assess workforce, procedures, systems, equipment, and documentation readiness.
• Coordinate commissioning, handover, start-up, and operational transition activities.
• Apply risk-based approaches to readiness assurance and verification.
• Manage interfaces between engineering, maintenance, operations, and project teams.
• Monitor readiness performance through structured reviews, audits, and assessments.

Target Audience

• Operations, maintenance, engineering, and facility managers.
• Operations readiness and start-up/transition professionals.
• Project and commissioning managers.
• Reliability and asset management professionals.
• Maintenance planners and supervisors.
• Engineering and technical personnel.
• HSE, process safety, and project assurance/quality professionals.
• Industrial facility and plant managers.

Module 1: What "Ready" Really Means for an Industrial Facility

• Concepts and principles of industrial readiness.
• Readiness assurance versus commissioning and start-up.
• Operational readiness lifecycle and requirements for industrial facilities.

Module 2: Facility, Equipment and Systems Readiness

• Equipment and system readiness requirements; mechanical completion.
• Inspection, testing, and verification.
• Maintenance/reliability readiness and spare parts, tools, and technical support.

Module 3: Operational and Workforce Readiness

• Operations organisation, staffing, and competency assessment.
• Training and qualification programmes; workforce mobilisation.
• Operating procedures, work instructions, and emergency response controls.

Module 4: Documentation and Handover Readiness

• Operational documentation, engineering, and technical records.
• Asset registers and maintenance information.
• Handover dossiers, turnover systems, and document control.

Module 5: Planning the Readiness Assurance Programme

• Developing an Industrial Readiness strategy and objectives.
• Readiness assurance plans, governance, and decision gates.
• Readiness registers and tracking systems and roles/responsibilities.

Module 6: Risk Management and Gap Assessment

• Identifying operational readiness risks and readiness gap analysis.
• Risk-based assurance techniques and prioritisation.
• Corrective action, close-out management, and escalation.

Module 7: Commissioning, Start-Up and Operational Transition

• Preparing for commissioning and start-up; interface management.
• Transition from construction to operations.
• Start-up readiness reviews and managing operational stabilisation.

Module 8: Verification, Auditing and Continuous Assurance

• Readiness reviews, verification processes, and assurance audits.
• Compliance checks, dashboards, and performance indicators.
• Management of outstanding actions and post-start-up continuous improvement.