Maintenance and Safety (Apprenticeship)
Description
This module provides a solid understanding of the concepts, processes, and legislation for Risk Assessment, Risk Management, and Health and Safety Management.
The module develops the student’s ability to identify and select maintenance practices that are appropriate for real workplace scenarios and distinguish their respective impacts on system reliability.
Learning Outcomes
Recognise the risks and hazards associated with machinery, equipment and workplaces, identify control measures necessary for Health and Safety management, and prepare relevant safety documentation
Analyse and compare different Maintenance Management strategies such as breakdown, planned and preventive maintenance techniques and apply them to appropriate workplace situations.
Illustrate the reasons for and benefits of maintenance systems such as TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and RCM (Reliability Centred Maintenance) in a workplace environment
Develop an implementation plan for a new workplace maintenance system and schedule and appraise a maintenance system currently in place
Assess equipment effectivenss, maintenance economics, work scheduling and reliability, and FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)