Maintenance Planner

The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Maintenance Planner. A Maintenance Planner performs work management to ensure optimal utilization of resources in a logical sequence. A qualified learner will be able to: • Identify work through notifications/work requests. • Scope and plan work in accordance with identified notifications/work requests. • Schedule planned activities. • Coordinate the execution of tasks. • Close out documentation. • Review the execution outcomes of the work management process. • Maintain master data.

Globalisation, advance technology and socio-economic factors have brought with them challenges that require organisations to be innovative in order to survive economic down turn. This implies that organisations should be effective in their performance. Being effective in performance implies effective operational practices with minimum disruptions. One way of ensuring minimum disruptions in operations is the availability of a qualified maintenance planner who will ensure that maintenance activities are performed at all times though proper planning, scheduling, and coordination of the executed plan, controlling planning activities and reviewing of the executed plan in order to improve on future maintenance plans. The South African economy has also been affected by the economic down turn. In order for the economy of this country to improve, South African companies that are in the mining, construction and manufacturing sectors should have qualified maintenance planners that will ensure the availability of an effective work management plan that will eliminate potential delays through planning and coordination of both human and physical resources. This qualification is intended for learners who are currently in the manufacturing, mining, construction and other fields and currently working as artisans that aspire to pursue a career as maintenance planners, supervisors of artisans with either no formal maintenance planning qualification or are maintenance planners, maintenance advisors, maintenance schedulers, maintenance supervisors, shutdown coordinators and shutdown planners who do not have a formal qualification; and/or new entrants who want to become qualified maintenance planners. This qualification will benefit learners who successfully complete it as they will get employment as qualified maintenance planners. The availability of qualified maintenance planners will benefit the South African economy through the optimal use of resources which results from minimised equipment downtime. The qualification has made provision for Recognition of Prior Learning for those learners who have acquired knowledge and skills in the field of maintenance planning in the past either informally or otherwise. Learners who successfully completed this qualification can progress into managerial positions related to their specialised technical areas of work.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): RPL for access to the external integrated summative assessment: Accredited providers and approved workplaces must apply the internal assessment criteria specified in the related curriculum document to establish and confirm prior learning. Accredited providers and workplaces must confirm prior learning by issuing a statement of result or certifying a work experience record. RPL for access to the qualification: Accredited providers and approved workplaces may recognise prior learning against the relevant access requirements. Entry Requirements: • Level 4 with Mathematics and Physical Science. Or • Level 4 with at least three years' experience within the maintenance planning environment. Or • A qualified artisan.

• Compile a workable schedule for proper execution of maintenance task.
• Coordinate the implementation and execution of the schedule.
• Close all work requests successfully and review the outcomes of the schedule.
• Maintain master data.