Waiting for equipment to break down before fixing it is the most expensive way to run a ship — yet many maintenance programmes are still built around reacting rather than preventing. This Training Course from Arab British Fellowship Training Academy shifts that mindset, equipping maritime professionals with the knowledge and practical techniques needed to build maintenance programmes that improve vessel performance, safety, and equipment availability through modern Ship Maintenance and reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) practices.

Participants learn how to integrate preventive maintenance, reliability, and asset management principles into daily maintenance activities, strengthen maintenance planning, inspection scheduling, and performance monitoring, and apply practical case studies and industry best practices to minimise downtime, extend asset life, and support cost-effective ship operations.

By the end of this Training Course, participants will be able to:

• Move from reactive repairs to reliability-centred Ship Maintenance practices.
• Develop effective preventive maintenance programmes for marine equipment.
• Apply RCM methodology, failure mode analysis, and reliability improvement techniques.
• Manage asset management practices and equipment condition assessment throughout the lifecycle.
• Plan maintenance scheduling, spare parts, workforce, and budgets effectively.
• Apply root cause analysis and predictive maintenance techniques to reduce failures.
• Use digital maintenance technologies, including CMMS and data analysis, to guide decisions.
• Support compliance with international maritime maintenance standards.
• Apply continuous improvement strategies for long-term maintenance excellence.

Target Audience

This course is designed for:

• Marine and chief engineers
• Technical superintendents and fleet managers
• Maintenance and ship managers
• Port maintenance personnel and marine operations managers
• Asset management professionals and reliability engineers
• Technical inspectors and maritime maintenance supervisors

Module 1: Moving From Reactive Repairs to Reliability-Driven Maintenance

• Principles and types of ship maintenance strategies
• Maintenance planning fundamentals, documentation, and criticality assessment
• Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM) methodology
• Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), critical equipment analysis, and maintenance optimisation

Module 2: Building Preventive Maintenance Programmes

• Designing preventive maintenance programmes
• Inspection planning and scheduling
• Planned Maintenance Systems (PMS) and maintenance intervals
• Maintenance performance indicators

Module 3: Asset Management and Long-Term Planning

• Marine asset lifecycle management
• Asset performance monitoring and equipment condition assessment
• Risk management
• Long-term maintenance planning

Module 4: Resourcing, Scheduling and Cost Control

• Maintenance scheduling techniques
• Spare parts management and workforce planning
• Budgeting and cost control
• Contractor management

Module 5: Root Cause Analysis and Predictive Reliability Techniques

• Root cause failure analysis
• Predictive maintenance techniques
• Vibration and condition monitoring
• Lubrication management and performance optimisation

Module 6: Digital Maintenance Systems and Continuous Improvement

• Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and data analysis
• Digital inspections and maintenance reporting
• Maintenance audits and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Continuous improvement strategies and regulatory compliance