GEG7044

Industrial techniques in maintenance management (6 points)

(ENG)

Leader: J Ang

Offered:
Gippsland Full year 2003 (OCL)
Gippsland Full year 2004 (OCL)

Synopsis: Motivation and control of the maintenance workforce; industrial relations in a maintenance environment; problems associated with the production-maintenance interface; leadership styles and managerial assumptions about maintenance tradesmen. Work measurement, method study and activity sampling applied to maintenance activities; time management. Stock control of materials and parts within the maintenance function; design of stores layout; establishing stores coding, inventories, stock levels, re-order levels and purchasing procedures. Planning of shutdowns and major maintenance project activities using Gantt charts and critical path networks.

Assessment: Assignments: 100%

Contact Hours: 78 hours study