The Planning and Managing the Maintenance Shutdown Workshop is a three day class that will define the purpose of and types of shutdowns and will introduce SAMI’s ten step shutdown management process. Workshop participants will learn:

• Shutdown scope developement
• Shutdown roles and responsibilities
• Limits of authority and decision responsibility
• Shutdown budget development
• Planning process milestones
• Planning timeline for projects requiring long lead time, materials or services

The course will also highlight the factors effecting shutdown duration in addition to some specific shutdown and post shutdown management techniques.

The Planning and Managing the Maintenance Shutdown course will: 

• Demonstrate the importance of a well planned and executed shutdown in maximizing operational effectiveness
• Present the principles and processes required to make it happen
• Introduce a ten step shutdown management process, for organizing, planning, scheduling, and executing effective maintenance shutdowns
• Teach participants an innovative methodology to evaluate current shutdown practices against 50 Best Practice Shutdown characteristics

• Shutdown planning and management processes
• The ‘must do’ steps for an effective shutdown
• Roles and responsibilities that impact effective shutdowns
• A work identification process and prioritization that maximizes business performance
• To use a Work Breakout Structure and Critical Path to optimally schedule a shutdown
• To develop a detailed plan for the agreed shutdown scope of work
• A formal decision making process that enhances maintenance shutdown effectiveness
• To use effective project scheduling tools and processes
• To develop and implement shutdown reporting processes

• A Maintenance Shutdown Planning & Management Certificate of Completion
• A Maintenance Shutdown Planning & management Pocket Reference Manual
• A Maintenance Shutdown Planning & Management Workshop Manual
• A Maintenance Shutdown Planning and Management Best practices Matrix