The British Academy for Training and Development provides this course in “Certified Maintenance Planner” which is a professional training program designed to equip maintenance personnel with the practical skills and strategic knowledge required to effectively plan, schedule, and coordinate maintenance operations. This course blends industry best practices, asset management principles, and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) strategies to improve productivity, minimize downtime, and extend equipment life cycles.

Who should attend?

·       Maintenance planners and schedulers

·       Maintenance and reliability engineers

·       Operations and production supervisors

·       Asset and facility managers

·       Technicians transitioning into planning roles

Knowledge and Benefits:

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

·       Understand the role and responsibilities of a certified maintenance planner.

·       Develop preventive and predictive maintenance plans.

·       Plan and schedule maintenance work efficiently.

·       Optimize the use of manpower, materials, and equipment.

·       Utilize CMMS and other digital tools for effective planning and reporting.

·       Integrate safety and regulatory compliance into planning processes.

·       Support continuous improvement through performance metrics and analysis.

Foundations of Maintenance Planning

o   Introduction to maintenance planning and scheduling

o   Objectives and benefits of proactive maintenance

o   Role of the maintenance planner in asset management

o   The planning workflow: request to execution

Work Identification and Work Order Systems

o   Work request systems: reactive vs. proactive

o   Prioritization of work based on criticality

o   Creating and reviewing work orders

o   Screening and scoping maintenance tasks

Job Planning and Preparation

o   Developing detailed job plans (scope, labor, parts, tools)

o   Standard jobs and maintenance task libraries

o   Estimating time and resources accurately

o   Coordination with stores and procurement

Scheduling Techniques and Coordination

o   Building weekly and daily maintenance schedules

o   Gantt charts and critical path methods

o   Scheduling meetings and coordination with operations

o   Managing backlogs and emergency work

CMMS and Digital Planning Tools

o   Overview of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems

o   Key CMMS functionalities for planners

o   Data entry, reporting, and performance tracking

o   Using mobile tools and dashboards

Preventive and Predictive Maintenance

o   Developing preventive maintenance (PM) programs

o   Using condition-based monitoring for predictive maintenance

o   Integrating PM and PdM into job plans

o   RCM and FMEA principles

Safety, Compliance, and Documentation

o   Integrating safety into maintenance planning

o   Regulatory and legal requirements (OSHA, ISO 55000)

o   Job safety analysis (JSA) and permit-to-work systems

o   Documentation standards and audit trails

Performance Measurement and Continuous Improvement

o   Maintenance KPIs (wrench time, schedule compliance, backlog)

o   Analyzing maintenance data to identify trends

o   Continuous improvement using root cause analysis

o   Planner’s role in reliability and availability