Per participant
- 9 - 13 Aug, 2026
- Arabic
- Virtual Learning
Maintenance Planning - Virtual Learning
Why Attend
This course provides a practical and structured approach to maintenance planning and scheduling, focusing on improving maintenance efficiency, equipment reliability, and resource utilization. Participants will learn how to develop effective maintenance plans, create realistic schedules, and manage maintenance backlogs to ensure timely and high-quality execution of maintenance work.
The course covers the roles and responsibilities of planners and schedulers, work order management, preventive and corrective maintenance planning, coordination with operations, and the use of performance indicators to measure effectiveness. Real-world examples and best practice are used to help participants apply planning and scheduling principles in their own facilities to reduce downtime, control maintenance costs, and improve asset availability.
This course is also offered in face-to-face courses, click on the course below.
Overview
Course Methodology
This course is based on open discussions, question and answer sessions, group exercises, activities, videos, case studies and presentations based on maintenance planning best practices.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals and importance of effective maintenance planning and scheduling
- Differentiate clearly between maintenance planning and maintenance scheduling
- Develop structured preventive and corrective maintenance plans
- Create realistic and achievable maintenance schedules based on priorities and available resources
- Improve work order management and backlog control
- Reduce equipment downtime and maintenance costs through effective planning and scheduling
Target Audience
This course is suitable for anyone in the maintenance function including but not limited to; planners and schedulers, engineers, supervisors, and team leaders.
Target Competencies
- Maintenance Plan Development
- Maintenance Resource Management
- Maintenance Scheduling Skills
- Maintenance Backlog Management
Course Outline
- Foundations of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Excellence
- Corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance
- Planning and scheduling cycle
- The maintenance planner, scheduler and supervisor roles
- Planning mission
- Planning principles
- Work Identification, Risk Assessment, and Prioritization Strategies
- Importance of work prioritization
- Ranking Index for Maintenance Expense (RIME)
- Risk Assessment Matrix (RAM)
- Developing Effective Maintenance Work Plans
- Work order system
- Job plan preparation
- Craft skill level
- Spare parts planning
- Estimation job duration
- Contracting out work
- Optimizing Maintenance Scheduling and Resource Allocation
- Weekly scheduling
- Resource leveling
- Crew availability
- Staging parts and tools
- Backlog management
- Safe and Efficient Execution of Maintenance Activities
- Safety and permit requirements
- Task sequencing and standard job plans
- Emergency work
- Maintenance Close-Out, Failure Analysis, and Knowledge Capture
- Job feedback
- Root cause analysis
- Defect elimination
- Performance Monitoring and Continuous Maintenance Improvement
- Continuous improvement
- Maintenance KPI’s
- Wrench time analysis
- Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) audit
Schedule & Fees
Face-to-Face Courses
This course is also offered in face-to-face courses, click on the course below.
Course Contact
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