Improve Workforce Efficiency

Course #: 286085
Duration: 5 hours
Course Prerequisites: Trades Safety: Getting Started (186001); Basic Industrial Math (Block X21); Practical Measurements (Block X22);
What Students Learn: Preview
The purpose of a preventive maintenance program is to locate possible machine or equipment faults before the machine fails.
Objectives
When a student completes this study unit, he and she will be able to:

• Describe the function of inspection and scheduled maintenance as the basis of preventive maintenance.
• Explain why preventive maintenance is performed and how it's scheduled.
• Identify those within industry who should be part of preventive maintenance planning and execution.
• Discuss the causes, effects, and goals of a successful preventive maintenance program.
• Explain how a computerized preventive maintenance program can be developed and implemented.

Contents
Introduction To Preventive Maintenance; Why Perform Preventive Maintenance?; Scheduling Preventive Maintenance; PM Program Personnel; PM Program Goals; Computerized PM Programs.