Course Content & Outline
Introduction to Maintenance
Defining what maintenance is within an organisation, its importance and necessity.
Who is typically involved in the maintenance process and their skills, competencies, and responsibilities.
Investigating common maintenance methods and their benefits and limitations.
Assessing past and current maintenance trends and predicting future changes.
Standard practices throughout different industries.
Reliability Focused Maintenance
Understanding what reliability focused maintenance is.
Explaining the concepts, principles, and purpose of reliability focused maintenance.
Evaluating and comparing the advantages and disadvantages and deciding what organisations or industries it’s best suited for.
Examining the history of reliability focused maintenance and how it has evolved.
Utilising this as a method of cost-efficiency.
The importance of managing risks when conducting any level of maintenance.
Conducting a risk assessment to identify hazards and risks.
Analysing risk data to create a risk management plan detailing all risks, all established preventative measures and potential corrective actions.
Ensuring all health and safety procedures are accessible and understood by all necessary individuals.
Assessing relevant health and safety regulations to ensure full compliance.
Utilising various risk analysis methods – FMEA, HAZOP, FTA and RBI.
Quantifying current risks and costs and how these can be minimised without sacrificing quality.
Identifying all business functions and prioritising them based upon various factors – cost, reliability, and potential risks.
Creating plans and actions for each individual function detailing their required maintenance and the timeframe.
Understanding the failure process and the potential consequences on business function and health and safety.
Consistently monitoring function performance.
Measuring the performance of functions during the maintenance process to ensure safety and function.
Analysing performance data and making necessary adjustments to maintenance plans and schedules.
Adjusting budget and costs when necessary.