By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

• The objectives of maintenance, namely to retain equipment availability, capability and efficiency.
• The definition and relationship of different types of maintenance such as running maintenance, preventive maintenance, major overhaul, predictive maintenance, and breakdown maintenance.
• The principals of preventive maintenance, i.e. regular scheduled inspection and replacement of components where necessary
• The application of predictive maintenance through condition monitoring
• Condition monitoring techniques, on line and off line
• The application of NDE (Non-Destructive Examination) techniques

Electrical Engineers, Power Generation Engineers, Power System Protection Engineers, Process Control Engineers & Personnel, Electrical and Instrumentation Technicians & Design Engineers, Maintenance Technicians & Supervisors, Plant Operators & Technicians, Oil & Gas Industry Personnel

• Typical running maintenance activities
• Reliability Centred Maintenance RCM
• The effect of operating regime on equipment deterioration
• The need for planning, control and co-ordination of maintenance activities
• Typical documentation, which is used for maintenance control
• The critical importance of recording measured values during overhaul inspection
• The need to keep the equipment history file updated
• Spare parts data
• Flexibility of the maintenance schedule
• Typical boiler maintenance activities, during operation and during overhaul
• Boiler predictive maintenance activities
• Boiler internal inspection
• Maintenance of boiler auxiliary equipment
• Typical outage schedule for turbine maintenance
• Turbine condition monitoring activities
• Typical maintenance activities during turbine overhaul
• Maintenance of turbine auxiliary equipment
• Generator running maintenance activities
• Generator overhaul activities
• Generator condition monitoring
• Typical transformer maintenance activities
• Typical switchgear maintenance activities

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing a minimum of 80% of the total course duration.