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Introduction
Planning and managing shutdowns, turnarounds and outages in the process plant environment is a complex and demanding function. If turnarounds are not properly planned, managed and controlled, companies run the risks of serious budget overruns, costly schedule delays and negative impacts on customers.
In this seminar, you will learn:
How to develop a practical shutdown strategy
Management of all stages of the shutdown process
Develop the management plan, work plans, resource plans and budget
How to management related issues such as risk and safety
Objectives
By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:
To enhance the company’s turnaround management capabilities, and to ensure a team approach in the planning and execution of plant shutdowns and turnarounds
Provide a comprehensive understanding of effective turnaround management techniques and implementation
Create awareness of planning methods and an integrated organisational approach in the execution of successful turnarounds
Develop an action plan to improve their own shutdown management techniques
Have a much clearer understanding of their own and every other team members role in ensuring a successful turnaround
Training Methodology
This training course is a combination of dynamic instructor lead topic areas and class discussions. Interactive discussions will allow you to hear and learn best in class applications relating to shutdown and turnaround planning and execution techniques. The seminar includes practical case studies to illustrate how problems in shutdowns are dealt with.
Organisational Impact
The organisation will benefit from this seminar by:
Improved motivation of employees that are now more confident about how to go about planning managing their shutdowns and turnarounds
Improved shutdown work quality and less rework
Reduced shutdown durations due to the elimination of unnecessary work and proper scheduling
Reduced costs due to the smoothing of resource demand and improved resource utilisation
Fewer logistical delays due to improved planning and communication
Lower risk due to formal risk management
Personal Impact
The individual will benefit from this seminar by:
A greater appreciation of the key role of planning in the shutdown process
Being able to analyse, compile and communicate the initial scope and estimates with confidence
A better understanding of how the shutdown/turnaround must support the current objectives of the organisation and plan accordingly
Being a able to recognise shortcomings in the current way of planning and scheduling and being able to actively contribute to improvement
Becoming a more valued member of the team due to improved knowledge in all aspects of shutdown and turnaround management
Improved self-esteem, confidence and a fresh outlook from exposure to quality training and also the opportunity to network with people from other organisations that face similar challenges
Who should Attend?
The course would undoubtedly be of immense value and interest to:
Shutdown or turnaround professionals and coordinators
Planning/scheduling and cost control staff
Construction superintendents and supervisors
Operations shutdown/outage coordinators
Project engineers and contract administrators
Participation from inspection, materials, safety and maintenance engineering
Course Outline
Day 1
The Role of Maintenance Shutdowns and Turnarounds in World-Class Organisations
How shutdowns and turnarounds can contribute to the business
Key success factors
The three critical paths of shutdowns and turnarounds
The difference between shutdowns and projects
Shutdown and turnaround return on investment
Shutdown and turnaround management self-assessment
The shutdown and turnaround phases
Reasons for shutdowns and turnarounds
Critical Success Factors
The functional areas of shutdowns and their practical contribution
Day 2
Shutdown/Turnaround Preparation
Risk management
Justification requirements
Communications to stakeholders
Shutdown roles and organisation
RASCI matrix for shutdown
Preparation critical success factors
Identify routine PM to be included in scope
Identify routine condition based tasks to be performed prior to shutdown and turnaround
Identify function testing to be performed at conclusion of shutdown and turnaround
Day 3
Shutdown/Turnaround Preparation Continued
Apply CBM and degradation analysis to create scope visibility
Apply notification process to manage create scope visibility
Apply risk-based task selection methods to prioritise and challenge scope
Review, approve, communicate and freeze the scope
The critical outcomes of planning
The 5 Ms of maintenance work quality
Job analysis and scoping
Estimating
Risk and contingency planning
The use of planning templates
Work breakdown structure
Day 4
Shutdown and Turnaround Schedule
Terms and concepts of scheduling
Network display methods
Apply CPM
Identify resource constraints
Resource requirements based on CPM
Resource smoothing
Resource balancing
Optimised resource profile
Shutdown and turnaround budgets
Assign Shutdown Work - In-house and Contractors
Types of contractors
Types of contracts and criteria for selection
Risks associated with the use of contractors
Benefits of using contractors on shutdowns
Staying in control of the contractor
Day 5
Shutdown and Turnaround, Execution Control and Review
Shutdown work packaging
Shutdown quality control
Shift schedules
Preparing equipment for the shutdown
Daily schedules
Dealing with emergent and additional Work
Control data
Status accounting
Control the Shutdown
S-curves
Earned-value
Shutdown performance indicators
Shutdown and turnaround review meeting agenda
Why shutdowns fail
Problems in shutdowns and their origins
Start-up and commissioning
Shutdown close-out reporting and review
Shutdown closing out review
Overview of computerised tools
Conclusion
Certificates
On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
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