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Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Shutdown Management

A practical course on work identification, planning, scheduling and major shutdown execution. It addresses the coordination challenges typical of remote mine sites and refineries, where contractor mobilization and spares logistics strongly influence outage duration and cost.

Course objectives

  • Structure maintenance work orders from identification through close out
  • Develop realistic weekly and shift level maintenance schedules
  • Apply critical path planning techniques to major shutdown and turnaround events
  • Coordinate spares, contractors and permits for planned outages
  • Measure schedule compliance and planning effectiveness

Who should attend

  • Maintenance planners
  • Shutdown coordinators
  • Maintenance supervisors
  • CMMS administrators
  • Project engineers involved in turnaround planning

Course outline

  1. 01Work identification and job scope development
  2. 02Estimating labour, materials and durations
  3. 03Weekly scheduling and backlog management
  4. 04Shutdown and turnaround planning principles
  5. 05Contractor, permit and spares coordination
  6. 06Measuring planning and scheduling performance

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Shutdown Management
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
17 to 19 January 2027Accra, GhanaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
10 to 12 February 2027Online, OnlineOnlineR6,500 per delegateRegister Now
22 to 24 March 2027Gaborone, BotswanaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
30 April to 2 May 2027Durban, South AfricaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
27 to 29 June 2027Johannesburg, South AfricaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
27 to 29 July 2027Durban, South AfricaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now