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Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Strategies

Many South African plants swing between reactive firefighting and rigid time based servicing that wastes labour and spares. This programme shows maintenance practitioners how to build a balanced preventive and predictive programme, choosing the right monitoring technique for each asset class, setting realistic service intervals, and using early warning data to plan work before breakdowns interrupt production.

What you will be able to do

  • Compare preventive, predictive and reactive maintenance approaches and identify where each adds the most value.
  • Select monitoring techniques appropriate to specific asset types, operating conditions and failure modes.
  • Design preventive maintenance intervals based on manufacturer guidance, operating history and criticality.
  • Interpret condition data to distinguish genuine deterioration trends from normal operating noise.
  • Convert monitoring findings into scheduled work orders that fit existing planning systems.
  • Justify maintenance strategy changes to plant management using downtime and cost evidence.

Course outline

  1. 01Maintenance strategy types and selection criteria
  2. 02Failure modes and asset criticality ranking
  3. 03Time based servicing and interval setting
  4. 04Condition monitoring technique overview
  5. 05Reading and trending condition data
  6. 06Linking monitoring to work order systems
  7. 07Cost and downtime justification methods
  8. 08Building a site maintenance strategy plan

Who should attend

Maintenance engineers, reliability technicians, plant engineers and maintenance planners responsible for choosing or reviewing servicing strategies for production or process assets.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 19 Aug 2026Lagos3US$1,500
24 to 26 Aug 2026Harare3US$1,500
31 Aug to 2 Sep 2026Kampala3US$1,500
7 to 9 Sep 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500
14 to 16 Sep 2026Pretoria3R13,000
21 to 23 Sep 2026Cape Town3R13,000
5 to 7 Oct 2026Online3US$900
12 to 14 Oct 2026Mozambique3US$1,500
19 to 21 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500
26 to 28 Oct 2026Accra3US$1,500
2 to 4 Nov 2026Lusaka3US$1,500
9 to 11 Nov 2026Kigali3US$1,500
16 to 18 Nov 2026Nairobi3US$1,500
23 to 25 Nov 2026Durban3R13,000
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Johannesburg3R13,000
14 to 16 Dec 2026Mauritius3US$1,500
21 to 23 Dec 2026Dubai3US$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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