Managing Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages

Course Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies and presentations on best practice and the fundamentals of shutdown and turnaround management. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Position shutdowns and turnarounds as part of an overall strategy of improving business performance
• Build the best shutdown and turnaround team possible from the resources available
• Reduce the cost and downtime associated with shutdowns and turnarounds whilst simultaneously improving safety performance
• Understand the critical processes, skills and tools required to establish outstanding shutdown performance
• Use our best-in-class Model of Excellence to analyze their own performance, explain key principles to others and build a detailed methodology tailored to their own needs
• Maximize the benefits of planning and preparation through our proactive challenge planning process
• Build a turnaround from the ground up: From concept to execution and review

Target Audience

Turnaround managers, planners, schedulers, reliability engineers, maintenance managers, maintenance supervisors, project managers, project engineers, operations managers, shift managers, operations supervisors and people who are in training for these positions. This course is also designed for contractors who want to contribute to the shutdown performance of clients.​

Target Competencies

• Shutdown strategy development
• Shutdown and turnaround planning
• Shutdown management and cradle to grave control
• Shutdown and turnaround execution