GEG7024

Maintenance management

Maintenance planning and control; objectives of the maintenance department; availability of plant; types of failures; types of maintenance; maintenance strategies; structures of maintenance departments; job descriptions of maintenance personnel; communication within the maintenance function; use of multi-skilled maintenance personnel to reduce resourcing difficulties. Documentation and computer control systems; selection of appropriate manual or computerised control systems for a maintenance department depending on size and type of organisation. The implementation of maintenance planning systems, including plant inventories; coding; asset registers; scheduling; resource planning; work order control; history and feedback.

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