Up Time Magazine - December 2008/January 2009 - (Page R9) March 23 …continued Ricky knows most of you either do not have all the positions that would make effective maintenance performance attainable including maintenance or reliability engineers. In many cases companies cannot staff all positions without exceeding the budget allowed. Ricky will discuss in this open workshop the function of maintenance and reliability engineering positions and offer you options so implementing these functions is possible with existing staff. You will learn some simple ways to make these functions work in your organization effectively with what you have. March 24 BWS10 Developing, Implementing, And Managing Technical Training Programs by Terry Wireman, Author, The Maintenance Strategy Series In the past decade, most apprentice and technical training programs have been eliminated. The result has been a tremendous lack of technically skilled people entering the workforce. This coupled with the increasing levels of technology has left many companies with a severe shortage of technically skilled personnel in their plants. The only solution? It is to re-institute technical training programs to raise the number of skilled individuals capable of maintaining and improving plant equipment and processes. Based on several case studies, this workshop highlights the processes necessary to develop technical training programs. Secondly, the workshop addresses the steps necessary to implement technical training programs. Finally, the workshop will show how to manage an on-going technical training program, including how to continuously track the training program to insure it delivers a return on investment. Topics to be covered include: • Identifying Performance Problems • Potential Skill Improvement Needs • Understanding a Duty-Task-Needs Analysis • Developing the Flexible Curriculum • Selecting the RIGHT Trainers • Motivating the Learners • Organizing the Training Environment • Measuring the Results The attendees will leave this workshop with the tools to evaluate their current workforce skills, the training options available to their organization, and a method for gaining executive support for the training initiative. Paper Topics Paper 01 Reliability Centered Design by Ramesh Gulati, CMRP, Asset Management and Reliability Planning Manager, ATA/Arnold Engineering Development Center One of the key factors in asset/system performance is its reliability- inherent reliability or designed in reliability? Are we designing the system with reliability and maintainability in mind? The O&M cost, which is about 80% plus of the total life cycle cost of the system, get fixed during early design phase. Are we specifying the reliability and maintenance needs in our requirement documents? Do designers understand how to build for reliability & maintainability? All of these and many more thought provoking questions will be discussed in this presentation. Paper 02 The Psychology Of RCM (Reliability-Centered Mindset) Michael Rezendes, Zumwalt Class Destroyer, RCM Lead Logistics Engineering, Raytheon Technical Services Company This presentation will discuss the relationship between the mindset and mental processes of the maintenance developer and the outcome of a maintenance analysis. The presentation will walk thru the life of the person selected to perform an RCM analysis and the issues that may arise. Paper 06 Reliability In Design And Procurement by Jay West of Viziya and Vince Adorno, VP of Alcoa, and Claudia Faye of Alcoa When Reliability philosophies, theories and practices are integrated into the Capital Management Process, dramatic results are achieved. Equipment Reliability needs to start in the design phase of a new plant or system and continue through construction, start-up and operations. When done correctly this process results in a far more reliable production facility that will produce more output at a lower cost. Please call 1-888-575-1245 or visit us online www.maintenanceconference.com to register. http://www.maintenanceconference.com
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