Professional Development Offerings

In today’s competitive business environment, the difference between success and failure is often based on how well our machines and facilities perform. Learn detailed strategic approaches to management and leadership in maintenance and reliability. You will leave this course with the ability to create a strategy, and develop and manage your team. The course will also include an overview of major approaches such as Reliability Centered Maintenance, ISO55000, and PM Optimization for effectively managing assets.  

Learn to develop and execute an effective maintenance planning and scheduling process and track KPIs and metrics; accurately estimate time and materials for maintenance PM and PdM activities; and use your CMMS to complete maintenance work orders on time.

Working on the personnel side of any department can be challenging. Maintenance managers have to set policy, determine targets and goals, and increase the team’s motivation to reach them. Completing these tasks simultaneously can be a struggle—but in this course, you’ll learn ways to better manage your team to improve productivity.

This required 4-day, highly interactive course designed to build student's knowledge on global best practices regardless of the learner’s starting point is new and improved, as one of the 5 total courses required for the MRM Certificate.  Course content as outlined is based on the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) knowledge base.   Extensive research was conducted using today’s leading and latest sources for best practices.  Many who have completed this program gain confidence and, along with independent study, go on to successfully achieve their certification as a maintenance and reliability professional (CMRP). 

This course will cover the following topics: What a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) can and can't do; configuration strategies and their real-world applications; and on-going, must-do activities to realize improved-asset performance and workplace productivity.

This course will provide you with the skills to dig deep into a particular situation and to develop strong countermeasures and resolution plans to improve your operation, product, or system. Root cause analysis leads to elimination of repeat errors, improved efficiencies, enhanced quality products and services, and improved morale.

Realizing and sustaining high on-demand utilization of equipment is achievable with a fully functioning total productive maintenance (TPM) system. This class provides an overview of TPM and dives deep into 2 pivotal pillars for a TPM system to yield meaningful results: Planned Maintenance and Autonomous Maintenance.

The Business Basics for Maintenance Operations course will help you drive a cultural evolution and unveil industry secrets to help you create a center of excellence and turn your plant around in only a few years!