Professional Maintenance Planner

participants will be able to:
• Increase equipment availability, reliability, safety, and asset profitability
• Achieve maximum effectiveness through proper planning and scheduling
• Distinguish between the planning and scheduling process
• Apply suitable risk management techniques based on business priorities
• Create a reusable process to reduce maintenance-driven failures
• Develop a scheduling process that aligns with other operations
• Assess and measure the effectiveness of the maintenance process
• Recognise the root causes for common maintenance problems, delays, and inefficiencies
• Utilise proactive rather than reactive methods to carry out maintenance activities

Course Content:
Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
• Why should we focus on planning & scheduling?
• Work management process
• Work identification
• Work prioritisation
• Definition of planning
• Definition of scheduling
• Managing backlogs
• Managing materials
• Work execution
• Managing data accuracy
• The planning window
• Key performance indicators
Workforce Management
• Introduction to workforce management
• The change management process
• Workforce planning
• Employee life cycle
• Workforce generations
• Benchmarking in workforce management
• Organisation structure
Role of the Maintenance Planner
• Importance of maintenance and asset management
• Objectives and types of maintenance
• Evolution of the maintenance function
• The planning processes
• Types of maintenance
• Clarification of roles in maintenance activities
• Defining the work order system
• Setting priorities to work orders
• Establishing a preventive maintenance program
• Preventive maintenance risks
Programmed Maintenance Development and Planning
• Criticality grading
• Failure modes and effects analysis
• Programmed task selection criteria and tools
• Task plans and work orders
• Corrective maintenance task procedures
• Practical exercise and discussion
Planning Processes for Maintenance Work Orders
• Work Order systems
o Main steps
o Workflow
o Planning work process
o Scoping
o Creating a detailed plan
• The level of detail required
• Time and cost estimates
• Parts and tools
• Job safety
• Closure and feedback
Automated Maintenance Management Systems
• Planning principles versus using a CMMS
• Helpful features for planning and scheduling
• Types of projects
• Planning for a CMMS
• Ongoing support
• Scheduling with computer spreadsheets
• The MPSH scheduler excel spreadsheet
Performance Management
• Setting up performance indicators and data sources
• Work management performance indicators
• Asset maintenance effectiveness performance indicators
• Cost control performance indicators
• Planning performance indicators
• Practical exercise and discussion
Contracting Out / Outsourcing Work
• Benefits of contracting/outsourcing
• Problems with contracting/outsourcing
• Alternative forms of contracting/outsourcing

Methodology
The training methodology integrates lectures, interactive discussions, collaborative group exercises, and illustrative examples. Participants will acquire a blend of theoretical insights and hands-on practical experience, emphasizing the application of learned techniques. This approach ensures that attendees return to their professional environments equipped with both the competence and self-assurance to effectively implement the acquired skills in their responsibilities.

DATE:

1ST BATCH:        6th – 9th May, 2025        

2ND BATCH:       18th – 21th Nov,2025