Start Date : 13 Apr,2025
End Date : 17 Apr,2025
Duration : 5 Days
Overview:
Planning and managing shutdowns, turnarounds and outages in the process plant environment is a complex and demanding function. If turnarounds are not properly planned, managed and controlled, companies run the risk of serious budget overruns, costly schedule delays and negative impacts on customers.
This training course, includes the core techniques of quality planning critical path scheduling, resource optimisation and the earned value method of progress and cost control. Applying these techniques in an integrated manner together with work breakdown structures, milestone planning and contractor management will produce the outcomes that the organisation needs to ensure the sustain its business going forward.
Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, participant will be able to:
Enhance the company’s turnaround management capabilities, and to ensure a team approach in the planning and execution of plant shutdowns and turnarounds
Provide a comprehensive understanding of effective turnaround management techniques and implementation
Create awareness of planning methods and an integrated organisational approach in the execution of successful turnarounds
Incorporate latest developments in turnaround planning and management techniques and emerging industry trends
Develop an action plan to improve their own turnaround management techniques
Have a much clearer understanding of their own and every other team member role in ensuring a successful turnaround
Course Content:
1- Introduction to Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages
Introduction and overview of the phases
The impact of STOs on business performance and costs
The team, roles and responsibilities matrix
The STO steering committee and other essential roles
Risk management
2- Planning and Preparation
Define and justify the need
Identify the sources and types of work
Define and develop the scope of work
Work planning for efficiency
Work quality planning for effectiveness
Work estimating for scheduling and budgeting
3- Scheduling and Resourcing
Work breakdown structures
Introduction to scheduling
Critical path scheduling
Resource scheduling and optimisation
Schedule and resource optimisation practical
Work packaging
4- Execution and Control
Cost budget and control
Health, safety and environmental control
Work quality control
Execution control
Progress tracking and schedule control
5- Commissioning, Close-out and Review
S-curves, earned value and performance indicators
Contract and contractor management
Commissioning and start-up
Close-out reporting and review
Targeted Audience:
Turnaround Managers
Planners & Schedulers
Reliability Engineers
Maintenance Managers &d Supervisors
Project Managers & Engineers
Operations Managers & Supervisors
