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Precision and Predictive Maintenance

Upcoming Dates
  • Apr. 7-8, 2025 (D551)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,295
In this course, you will learn to apply proven predictive maintenance approaches that optimize availability of equipment, reduce maintenance costs, and improve product quality. Our expert instructor will help you understand which PdM diagnostic technologies are best for your plant.
Customizable
Discipline: Industrial
RA01068

Effectively Managing Your Maintenance Team Through Change Leadership

Upcoming Dates
  • Apr. 9-10, 2025 (D552)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,295
This course provides an in-depth exploration of change leadership principles and practices specifically tailored for professionals in maintenance and reliability. Participants will learn how to effectively lead change initiatives, improve maintenance and reliability processes, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Discipline: Industrial
RA01433

Best Practices in Maintenance and Reliability

Upcoming Dates
  • Apr. 15-17, 2025 (D550)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,695
  • Sep. 23-25, 2025 (D560)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,695
This required 3-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). 
Customizable
Discipline: Industrial
RA01362

Certified Maintenance and Reliability Technician New

Upcoming Dates
  • May 13-15, 2025 (D565)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,695
The SMRP (Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals) created the CMRT Body of Knowledge as a guide for maintenance technicians to be proficient in their careers. The CMRT BoK is broken up into four (4) domains: Maintenance Practices, Preventative and Predictive Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Analysis, and Corrective Maintenance. By understanding the core concepts in each of these domains, and aligning your processes with the BoK, you will guide your team and your company toward world-class performance. Our instructors not only facilitate a deep understanding of the materials but also emphasize its practical application through hands-on practice, applied learning, and group discussions. Do you need to upskill your maintenance technicians and all other reliability team members and prepare them for the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professional’s Certified Maintenance and Reliability Technicians (CMRT) Certification?
Customizable
Discipline: Industrial
RA00022

Developing a High-Performance Maintenance and Reliability Organization

Upcoming Dates
  • May 19-20, 2025 (D553)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,295
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.  
Discipline: Industrial
RA01483

CMMS Setup and Utilization

Upcoming Dates
  • May 21-22, 2025 (D554)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,295
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.
Discipline: Industrial
RA01639

Asset Strategy Development with FMEA, PMO and RCM

Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 8-9, 2025 (D556)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,295
In this course, you will learn the key elements of a holistic maintenance strategy, which can lead your maintenance organization into becoming more proactive and less reactive. You will learn the steps to effectively implement and sustain the strategy and how to sell the strategy to top management.
Discipline: Industrial
RA01644

Total Productive Maintenance and Operator Driven Reliability

Upcoming Dates
  • Sep. 10-11, 2025 (D557)
    Madison, WI or Live Online
    $1,295
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.
Customizable
Discipline: Industrial
RA01638
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