The British Academy for Training and Development offers this specialized training program titled “Certified Maintenance Planner (CMP)”, designed for professionals aiming to earn the Certified Maintenance Planner credential.

The program aims to equip participants with the skills, knowledge, and tools required to plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance activities effectively in industrial environments and facility operations. It aligns with global best practices in Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), work order management, preventive maintenance, and the use of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).

Who Should Attend?

• Maintenance planners and coordinators

• Reliability engineers

• Maintenance supervisors and engineers

• Asset and facility managers

• CMMS administrators

• Operations managers in industrial facilities

Knowledge and Benefits:

After completing the program, participants will be able to master the following:

• Understand the principles of maintenance planning and scheduling.

• Develop and manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs.

• Prepare effective maintenance work plans, work orders, and task packages.

• Utilize CMMS systems for planning and reporting.

• Integrate maintenance planning with asset management and reliability engineering strategies.

• Improve maintenance productivity, reduce downtime, and enhance safety compliance.

• Introduction to Maintenance Planning

  • Role of the maintenance planner: responsibilities and boundaries

  • Reactive vs. preventive and predictive maintenance

  • Maintenance strategies in asset-intensive industries

  • Importance of planning for maintenance performance

• Work Identification and Prioritization

  • Work request mechanisms and sources of maintenance tasks

  • Evaluating criticality and using priority matrices

  • Defining the scope of maintenance work

  • Planning for safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance

• Task Planning and Development

  • Detailing maintenance work plans

  • Task instructions, standard procedures, and Bill of Materials (BOM)

  • Estimating labor, time, and resource requirements

  • Creating and managing maintenance checklists

• Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Planning

  • Fundamentals of preventive and predictive maintenance programs

  • Determining triggers and frequencies for preventive maintenance

  • Condition-based vs. time-based maintenance

  • Optimizing maintenance programs using historical failure data

• Scheduling and Resource Management

  • Daily and weekly scheduling techniques

  • Managing backlog and balancing workloads

  • Coordinating maintenance with operations

  • Handling emergency and unscheduled tasks

• CMMS and Digital Maintenance Planning

  • Overview of CMMS functions for maintenance planners

  • Work order lifecycle: creation, planning, scheduling, and closure

  • Using CMMS for reporting and performance tracking

• Materials and Tools Planning

  • Inventory management in maintenance environments

  • Planning spare parts, tools, and contractor services

  • Preparing and staging materials to improve task execution efficiency

• Continuous Improvement in Maintenance Planning

  • Maintenance audits and performance indicators

  • Analysis of metrics such as MTTR, MTBF, and backlog ratios

  • Planning reviews and feedback meetings