Oil Sampling and Used Oil Analysis for Maintenance Teams

Used oil carries an early warning of wear and contamination that many African plants never read. This programme teaches maintenance teams to take representative oil samples, understand laboratory reports, and act on wear metal, water and particle results before machinery fails. Delegates learn to build a sampling routine that fits dusty, remote and high humidity operating conditions.

What you will be able to do

Explain what oil analysis reveals about machine and lubricant condition.
Take representative oil samples without introducing contamination.
Interpret wear metal, viscosity, water and particle count results.
Set alarm limits and trend results for critical machines.
Convert analysis findings into maintenance and oil change decisions.
Design a practical sampling programme for site conditions.

Course outline

01Why oil analysis works
02Sampling points and techniques
03Reading laboratory reports
04Wear metals and contamination limits
05Trending and alarm setting
06Acting on analysis results
07Building a site sampling programme

Who should attend

Lubrication technicians, condition monitoring staff, reliability officers and maintenance artisans who sample and act on oil condition data.

Dates, venues and fees

Dates	Venue	Days	Fee
17 to 18 Aug 2026	Durban	2	R10,000
24 to 25 Aug 2026	Johannesburg	2	R10,000
7 to 8 Sep 2026	Mauritius	2	US$1,100
14 to 15 Sep 2026	Dubai	2	US$1,100
21 to 22 Sep 2026	Lagos	2	US$1,100
28 to 29 Sep 2026	Harare	2	US$1,100
5 to 6 Oct 2026	Kampala	2	US$1,100
12 to 13 Oct 2026	Dar es Salaam	2	US$1,100
19 to 20 Oct 2026	Pretoria	2	R10,000
26 to 27 Oct 2026	Cape Town	2	R10,000
9 to 10 Nov 2026	Online	2	US$900
16 to 17 Nov 2026	Mozambique	2	US$1,100
23 to 24 Nov 2026	Cairo	2	US$1,100
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026	Accra	2	US$1,100
7 to 8 Dec 2026	Lusaka	2	US$1,100
14 to 15 Dec 2026	Kigali	2	US$1,100
21 to 22 Dec 2026	Nairobi	2	US$1,100

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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We can run Oil Sampling and Used Oil Analysis for Maintenance Teams privately for your team, on your dates and built around your own systems. Group delivery is usually more cost effective from about six delegates.

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