About this course
A planned shutdown is an intended stoppage of all or a part of a facility to allow access for essential maintenance. It is an end-to-end controlled process, aimed at compressing the agreed work scope safely into the minimum amount of time, utilising different areas or units of the workforce. Often a planned shutdown requires a number of outsourced contractors.
Successful shutdown management requires sound project management skills, supported by an integrated project team who are competent in the different shutdown principles and best practices.
Often a lack of focus on schedule compression during shutdowns causes major challenges. This course will provide learners with the necessary guidelines and best practice principles on how to best plan, manage and close out a successful shutdown of an asset, a component of an asset or a facility.
Outcomes
Use software tools to be able to schedule a simple critical path network
Describe the activities in the establishment and preparation phases of the shutdown
Describe the management control and metrics which are used in a shutdown
Explain how a shutdown is scoped, planned and scheduled
Explain how changes in scope are managed
Describe the routines used in shutdown delivery
Describe the inspection and quality control processes used in a shutdown
Describe the activities in the completion phase of the shutdown
Project Management Concepts and Software
- Project management concepts
- Planning and scheduling a project using software
- Use of the critical path method
- Practical application
Scoping and Planning a Shutdown
- Introduction to shutdown management
- Structures, governance bodies and their responsibilities
- Compiling a shutdown charter
- The process of scoping and planning a shutdown
- Managing scope and scope changes
Scheduling and Resourcing a Shutdown
- Scheduling principles and practices
- High level scheduling and link to the master schedule
- Spare part and material specifications
- Schedule of delivery
- Transportation and staging
- Compiling a shutdown budget
Delivering the Shutdown
- Daily meetings and routines
- Quality control
- Managing emergent work and scope creep
- Managing scope changes and risks
- Commissioning and run-up
- Managing the shutdown team
- Managing contractors
Completing the Shutdown
- Completion activities and documentation
- Post-shutdown review
- Embedding the change
- Critical success factors
- Managing risks and uncertainties
Assessment
Learners will be assessed based on their attendance of all contact sessions, participation during contact sessions and group discussions, individual assignments (portfolio of evidence) and an online knowledge assessment.
Who should attend?
- Shutdown managers
- Section engineers
- Asset managers
- Project engineers
- Maintenance supervisors
- Shutdown planners
- Shutdown schedulers
- Resource coordinators
Format and duration
- Blended learning training
programme with a
recommended delivery
over 6 weeks. - 27 notional hours
Take-home tools
- Learners will complete a practical individual assignment (portfolio of evidence) to cement learning and demonstrate application in the workplace.
Certification
- Learners completing this training can obtain SAAMA CPD points.
