Managing Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages Training

Managing Shutdowns
  • Online (Microsoft Teams)
  • +971 562069465
  • info@velosiaims.com
Course Overview

  • Velosi is conducting Managing Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages Training

    The planning and management of start-ups and shutdowns in a process plant setting are becoming a more complicated and demanding task, all these essential steps will be explained and illustrated in this course. Plant shutdowns and startup operations must be properly planned, managed, and controlled to avoid unanticipated risks and expensive delays.

    On the other hand, well-planned and carried out shutdowns lead to better preventative or urgent maintenance. By offering a comprehensive, in-depth examination of the topic, this course has been built extensively to address the requirement to assist owners and contractors in achieving their turnaround targets.

Learning Objectives

  • By the end of this course, participants will learn to:

    • Gain knowledge of effective people and logistical management for shutdowns and startup situations.
    • Know how to clearly define, develop and regulate the shutdown and startup scope.
    • Learn to execute adequate planning for a successful shutdown and startup.
    • Efficiently choose performance metrics to ensure a smooth shutdown and restart.
    • Discover how to engage contractors to ensure commitment during shutdowns and startup.
    • Showcase the utilization of efficient and logical planning strategies for shutdown and startup.
    • Utilize industrial case studies to systematically carry out shutdowns and startups.
Mode of Delivery

  • Training will be conducted via Microsoft Team Meeting. Meeting invites will be shared one day before the first day of training. 

    Face-to-face training is available as per request.

Training Timings

  • 05 Days of training from 09:00 AM to 03:00 PM GST (UAE Time)

Materials Provided
    • Presentation Slides
    • Study References
Certificate

  • Upon successful completion of training, participants will receive a “Managing Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages Training" course completion certificate.

Who Should Attend?

  • This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

    • Planning / Scheduling and cost control staff
    • Shutdown or turnaround professionals and coordinators
    • Plant Engineers
    • Technicians
    • Maintenance Engineers
    • System Engineers
    • Operators in the power generation, oil, chemical, paper, and other processing
    • Individuals/professionals involved in operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting
how can we help you?

Contact us at the Velosi office nearest to you or submit a business inquiry online.

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(including coffee breaks and a buffet lunch daily)

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Course Outline

Module 1

  • The Importance of Maintenance Shutdowns and Turnarounds in Leading Organizations 

    • How shutdowns and turnarounds contribute to a leading business
    • Key success factors
    • The three vital paths of shutdowns and turnarounds
    • The difference between shutdowns and projects
    • Shutdown and turnaround return on investment
    • Shutdown and turnaround management self-assessment
    • The shutdown and turnaround phases
    • Reasons for shutdowns and turnarounds
    • Critical Success Factors
    • Shutdown functional areas and their practical contribution
Module 2

  • Shutdown/Turnaround Preparation

    • Risk management
    • Justification requirements
    • Communications to stakeholders
    • Shutdown roles and organization
    • RASCI/RACI matrix for shutdown
    • Preparation critical success factors
    • Identify routine preventive maintenance (PM) to be included in the scope
    • Identify routine condition-based tasks to be performed prior to shutdown and turnaround
    • Determine which functions will be tested at the end of the shutdown and turnaround.
Module 3

  • Shutdown/Turnaround Preparation Continued 

    • Make use of CBM and degradation analysis to improve scope visibility.
    • Use the notification process to manage the visibility of created scopes.
    • Apply risk-based task selection methods to prioritize and challenge the scope
    • Review, approve, communicate and freeze the scope
    • The critical outcomes of planning
    • The 5 Ms of maintenance work quality
    • Job analysis and scoping
    • Estimations
    • Risk and contingency planning
    • The use of planning templates
    • Work breakdown structure
Module 4

  • Shutdown and Turnaround Schedule

    • Terms and concepts of scheduling
    • Network display methods
    • Apply the critical path method (CPM)
    • Identify resource constraints
    • Resource requirements based on CPM
    • Resource smoothing
    • Resource balancing
    • Optimised resource profile
    • Shutdown and turnaround budgets
    • Allocate Shutdown Work - In-house and Contractors
    • Types of contractors
    • Types of contracts and criteria for selection
    • The risks associated with employing contractors
    • Benefits of using contractors on shutdowns
    • Staying in control of the contractor
Module 5

  • Shutdown and Turnaround, Execution Control and Review 

    • Shutdown work packaging
    • Shutdown quality control
    • Shift schedules
    • Preparing equipment for the shutdown
    • Daily schedules
    • Dealing with emergent and additional work
    • Control data
    • Status accounting
    • Controlling the shutdown
    • S-curves
    • Earned-value
    • Shutdown performance indicators
    • Shutdown and turnaround review meeting agenda
    • Causes of shutdown failures
    • Problems in shutdowns and their origins
    • Start-up and commissioning
    • Shutdown close-out reporting and review
    • Shutdown closing out the review
    • Overview of computerized tools
    • Conclusion