Certified Maintenance Planner

Foundations of Maintenance Planning

o   Introduction to maintenance planning and scheduling

o   Objectives and benefits of proactive maintenance

o   Role of the maintenance planner in asset management

o   The planning workflow: request to execution

Work Identification and Work Order Systems

o   Work request systems: reactive vs. proactive

o   Prioritization of work based on criticality

o   Creating and reviewing work orders

o   Screening and scoping maintenance tasks

Job Planning and Preparation

o   Developing detailed job plans (scope, labor, parts, tools)

o   Standard jobs and maintenance task libraries

o   Estimating time and resources accurately

o   Coordination with stores and procurement

Scheduling Techniques and Coordination

o   Building weekly and daily maintenance schedules

o   Gantt charts and critical path methods

o   Scheduling meetings and coordination with operations

o   Managing backlogs and emergency work

CMMS and Digital Planning Tools

o   Overview of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems

o   Key CMMS functionalities for planners

o   Data entry, reporting, and performance tracking

o   Using mobile tools and dashboards

Preventive and Predictive Maintenance

o   Developing preventive maintenance (PM) programs

o   Using condition-based monitoring for predictive maintenance

o   Integrating PM and PdM into job plans

o   RCM and FMEA principles

Safety, Compliance, and Documentation

o   Integrating safety into maintenance planning

o   Regulatory and legal requirements (OSHA, ISO 55000)

o   Job safety analysis (JSA) and permit-to-work systems

o   Documentation standards and audit trails

Performance Measurement and Continuous Improvement

o   Maintenance KPIs (wrench time, schedule compliance, backlog)

o   Analyzing maintenance data to identify trends

o   Continuous improvement using root cause analysis

o   Planner’s role in reliability and availability