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Maintenance Supervisory and Team Leadership Skills

Technicians promoted into maintenance supervisory roles across African operations are usually strong artisans but rarely trained to lead people, plan work or manage a shift. This programme builds the supervisory skills maintenance leads need, from daily work allocation and safety oversight to handling underperformance and communicating with production, so that technical strength translates into effective team leadership.

What you will be able to do

  • Plan and allocate daily maintenance work across a team with mixed skill levels.
  • Apply basic labour relations and disciplinary procedure correctly within South African law.
  • Lead safety toolbox talks and reinforce safe work behaviour on the shop floor.
  • Communicate maintenance status and constraints clearly to production and operations teams.
  • Coach underperforming team members and manage conflict within the maintenance team.
  • Track team performance against maintenance targets and report progress upward.

Course outline

  1. 01Transition from technician to supervisor
  2. 02Daily work planning and team allocation
  3. 03Basic labour relations for supervisors
  4. 04Leading safety toolbox talks
  5. 05Communicating with production and operations
  6. 06Coaching and managing underperformance
  7. 07Conflict management within maintenance teams
  8. 08Reporting performance against maintenance targets

Who should attend

Newly appointed maintenance supervisors, foremen, team leaders and senior technicians preparing to move into a first line supervisory role.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 19 Aug 2026Kampala3US$1,500
24 to 26 Aug 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500
31 Aug to 2 Sep 2026Pretoria3R13,000
7 to 9 Sep 2026Cape Town3R13,000
21 to 23 Sep 2026Online3US$900
28 to 30 Sep 2026Mozambique3US$1,500
5 to 7 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500
12 to 14 Oct 2026Accra3US$1,500
19 to 21 Oct 2026Lusaka3US$1,500
26 to 28 Oct 2026Kigali3US$1,500
2 to 4 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500
9 to 11 Nov 2026Durban3R13,000
16 to 18 Nov 2026Johannesburg3R13,000
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Mauritius3US$1,500
7 to 9 Dec 2026Dubai3US$1,500
14 to 16 Dec 2026Lagos3US$1,500
21 to 23 Dec 2026Harare3US$1,500

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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