About
Learn to take control and not let equipment problems risk your production schedule. Don’t be afraid to schedule shutdowns — it’s a good preventive measure. There are many benefits of well planned and executed shutdowns; more proactive maintenance = less reactive or emergency maintenance. Expertly plan your shutdowns, managing and controlling the risks of serious budget overturns and costly schedule delays while maintaining the quality of the work being performed.
This course is intended for plant short term and long term (shutdown) planners and contractor staff, who are involved in the planning, co-ordination and execution of plant shutdowns and turnarounds. The Conference is especially valuable for turnaround managers and co-coordinators, planning/scheduling and cost control staff, construction supervisors, project engineers and contract administrators. Participation from inspection, materials, safety and maintenance engineering and maintenance Supervisor is also encouraged.
DAY 1
- Introductions
- Shutdown and Turnaround Introduction
- Setting the stage
- Preparing a realistic plan
- Implementing and controlling the plan
- Shutdown Planning Team
- Required Skills
- Profile of a planner
- Team communication issues
- RACI
- Shutdown Planning Challenges
- Scope
- Performance measures
- History
- Communication
- Establishing performance measures
DAY 2
- Value Based Maintenance
- Contingency Planning
- Shutdown Planning Process – Overview
- Shutdown Planning Details
DAY 3
- Elements of Shutdown Planning
- Communication
- Time
- Cost
- Quality
- Resource Management Time and Project Management
- Estimating and Controlling Shutdown and Turnaround Costs
- Cost Performance Measures
- Labor
- Overhead
- Parts
- Materials and supplies
- Rental and leasing costs
- General and administrative
DAY 4
- Shutdown Performance Management
- Reliability
- Durability
- Maintainability’
- Financial (short and long term)
- Legislated activities Identifying and Managing Risk
- FMEA
- Risk Point Identification tools and worksheets
- Scheduling Processes and Tools
- Flowcharting
- Gantt charts and software
- Critical path
- Resource Sheets
- Maximizing People Resources
- Controlling the Shutdown
- Shutdown control process
- Cost control
- WBS
- Quality control
- Control charts and worksheets
- Continuous Improvement
DAY 5
- In a team-based environment, you will participate in a case study exercise, applying all the elements of seminar to develop a shutdown plan.
Training Methodology
Pathways Training and consulting adopts the newest techniques of human resources Training and consulting and, with the following:
- Theoretical lectures are delivered via PowerPoint and visual displays (videos and short films)
- Making scientific evaluation to the trainee (before and after)
- Brainstorming and role-playing
- Using case studies related to the scientific material being delivered and the trainees' work.
- The participants get the scientific and practical material printed and on CDs and Flash memories.
- Preparing records and reports of the participants' attendance and results, with a general evaluation of the training program.
- A group of the best trainers and experts in all fields and specialties professionally prepares the scientific material.
- After finishing the course, the participants get certificates of attendance signed, certified, and issued by pathways Training and consulting.
- Our training programs start at 9:00 o'clock in the morning and end at 2:00 in the afternoon, with snack buffet during the lectures.
- Providing a lunch buffet during the training program period, with organizing a lunch party on the training program final day for taking some photos and certificate awarding.
