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Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Good planning is what separates a maintenance department that controls its workload from one that lives in permanent reaction. The full planning cycle is built here, from work identification through job preparation to scheduling and backlog control, including how to plan around load shedding and narrow production windows.

What you will be able to do

  • Distinguish the planning role from the scheduling role and define the outputs each must produce.
  • Screen and prioritise incoming work requests using criticality and risk rather than the loudest voice.
  • Prepare job packs that specify labour, materials, tools, permits and safety requirements before work starts.
  • Estimate job durations realistically and build weekly schedules that match available capacity.
  • Control the backlog so that it becomes a planning tool instead of a source of anxiety.
  • Adjust planning routines to cope with interrupted power supply and unpredictable production access.

Course outline

  1. 01The maintenance planning cycle and planner role
  2. 02Work identification, screening and prioritisation
  3. 03Job estimating and job pack preparation
  4. 04Weekly scheduling and capacity balancing
  5. 05Backlog measurement and control
  6. 06Materials and spares coordination with stores
  7. 07Planning around load shedding and production windows
  8. 08Planning performance measures and continuous review

Who should attend

Maintenance planners, schedulers, maintenance supervisors, foremen, engineering superintendents and reliability coordinators in mining, manufacturing, utilities, water services and process plants.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 21 Aug 2026Nairobi5US$1,800
24 to 28 Aug 2026Durban5R18,000
31 Aug to 4 Sep 2026Johannesburg5R18,000
14 to 18 Sep 2026Mauritius5US$1,800
21 to 25 Sep 2026Dubai5US$1,800
28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Lagos5US$1,800
5 to 9 Oct 2026Harare5US$1,800
12 to 16 Oct 2026Kampala5US$1,800
19 to 23 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam5US$1,800
26 to 30 Oct 2026Pretoria5R18,000
2 to 6 Nov 2026Cape Town5R18,000
16 to 20 Nov 2026Online5US$900
23 to 27 Nov 2026Mozambique5US$1,800
30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026Cairo5US$1,800
7 to 11 Dec 2026Accra5US$1,800
14 to 18 Dec 2026Lusaka5US$1,800
21 to 25 Dec 2026Kigali5US$1,800

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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