Certified Maintenance Planner (CMP) Course

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