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Facility Manager's
Maintenance Awareness Seminar

We have a myriad of training programs for managers that are responsible for real estate, schools, ports, factories, mines, and office buildings that give excellent guidance to HR, organizational, and marketing skills.  However, we offer little or no training in how to monitor and manage the mechanical health of these essential facilities. The Facility Manager needs to know how to diagnose the mechanical condition of their facilities and equipment. Early Detection and Early Intervention can prevent a routine maintenance item from becoming a significant expense or a safety event.

"If a Facility Manager or tenant is not able to recognize a pending infrastructure  failure, then every breakdown is a surprise and every surprise a potential accident." ~ David Geaslin

This seminar teaches Facility Managers and building operators how to become involved in the management of the maintenance of the facilities and machines they operate. They need a coherent plan to assure that maintenance is managed in the most efficient way. 

If they know how recognize a pending failure, have the confidence to act, and create an excellent write-up to maintenance, the cost of the repair is dramatically reduced and interruptions to service is minimized. 

Of the multiple variables affecting the operation of a facility, none is more important than for the operator to be able to recognize a pending failure before it occurs. Some points covered in my class:

• What makes a facility unsafe?

• What makes a facility's services become unreliable?

• How do the building's controls work?

• What are the key things to look for on every trip through the facility?

• How do you know what is "normal" for your facility?

• What are the critical paths in your facility that can cause the services to cease and the facility to shut-down?

• What critical path spare parts should be stocked to avoid shut-downs of service?

• When should you shut down your facility for repairs?

Our colleges and universities offer nothing to help inform Facility Managers concerning these challenges; however, this course does. 

The Facility Manager can have a dramatic effect on maintenance cost. They can are the first to notice a puff of smoke, a strange smell, a small puddle of fluid, or an unusual vibration or sound. If the Facility Manager has the confidence to act and report these symptoms early, maintenance cost drop like a rock. It has been my experience over my 43 years in managing maintenance that the more an Facility Manager knows, the more likely they are to perform in an efficient and safe manner. When Facility Managers are better educated about the mechanics of the machines in their care, they perform better under adverse conditions. 

This seminar is a 4 - 6 hour class that starts with the routine inspections and goes through the necessary planning to avoid mechanical interruptions. It is targeted to the Facility Manager and the people they delegate maintenance authority to. It is also recommended that the Facility Operations Manager and maintenance foremen also attend to create a consistency of communication. 

Seminar Offered At Your Location:
4-hour Class
You may mix & match classes for Facility, Operator, and Driver Courses.
Class size unrestricted if offered at your facility.