Covering asset management standards that align with business objectives from shop floor to boardroom, thus facilitating investment decisions without conflict between the departments.

A review of regulatory constraints to effectively create a minimum standard in addition to the HSE and environmental targets of the company. These may exceed the minimum standard and thus be a way to improve reputation etc. Furthermore, we will review the added business needs such as financial planning and cash flow.

A review of the aspects of maintenance with potential environmental impact, spanning from the carbon miles accruing from distant spares to the production of waste and emissions as a subsequence of lubricant selection issues.

Looking at HSE from a number of perspectives: From risks in task execution and protective devices considered essential for personal safety through to understanding H&S data sheets (SDS) as well as discerning between marketing literature, product data and H&S data.

Subjects covered:

• Lubrication theory & regimes
• Base oils, additives & thickeners
• Machine specific lubricaton needs, tasks, upgrades & inspections
• Industry standards pertaining to lubricants (ISO, ACEA, API, ILSAC, etc.)
• Tibology fundamentals with inclusion of lubricant properties testing

We cover the following topics:

• Criteria for selection of laboratory
• Setting alarms & limits
• Sampling methodology as well as machine specific design for sampling purposes
• Programme management with metrics & performance measurement

We will cover the following areas:

• General maintenance strategies
• Inventory asset register & registration
• Mitigation of risk
• Building a maintenance management system: Paperbased or CMMS / Planned / Scheduled / Proactive / Predictive
• Re-design, run to failure and the significance of hidden failures
• Assessment of installed risk: FMECA -prioritisation of activities: Probability x Consequence x Detectability
• RCM, CBM, CM, PdM, AI & Machine Learning, IoT, etc.