Managing Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages

Corporate ethos, which sees change as a survival necessity, coupled with continual demands to achieve greater production efficiencies and reduced operating/maintenance costs, means that Engineers and Technologists are faced with ever-increasing plant and process performance targets. As a consequence, more and more reliance is being placed upon the accurate and reliable analysis, representation, and interpretation of data. This course aims to provide engineers and technologists with the understanding and practical capabilities needed to convert data into information, and then to represent this information in ways that it can be readily exploited. A Working vocabulary of analytical terms that will enable you to converse with people who are experts in the areas of data analysis, statistics, and probability, and to be able to read and comprehend common textbooks and journal articles in this field.

An understanding and practical experience of a range of the more common analytical techniques and data representation methods, which have direct relevance to a wide range of engineering problems. The ability to recognize which types of analysis are best suited to particular types of problems. A sufficient background and theoretical knowledge to be able to judge when an applied technique will likely lead to incorrect conclusions. Planning and managing shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages in the process plant environment is a complex and demanding function. If turnarounds are not properly planned, managed, and controlled, companies run the risk of serious budget overruns, costly schedule delays, and negative impacts on customers.

This BOOST training course includes the core techniques of quality planning, critical path scheduling, resource optimisation, and the earned value method of progress and cost control. Applying these techniques in an integrated manner together with work breakdown structures, milestone planning, and contractor management will produce the outcomes that the organisation needs to ensure the sustains its business going forward.
 

In this Managing Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages (STO) training course, you will learn about:
 

• The overall shutdown management process
• How to develop the scope of work and control for late work
• Planning with quality in mind
• The critical path method of planning and control
• Contracting STO work and dealing with contractors
• Controlling progress
• Controlling risks, hazards, and other STO issues in a shutdown/turnaround environment 

• To enhance the company’s turnaround management capabilities, and to ensure a team approach in the planning and execution of plant shutdowns and turnarounds
• Provide a comprehensive understanding of effective turnaround management techniques and implementation
• Create awareness of planning methods and an integrated organisational approach in the execution of successful turnarounds
• Incorporate the latest developments in turnaround planning and management techniques and emerging industry trends
• Develop an action plan to improve their own turnaround management techniques
• Have a much clearer understanding of their own and every other team member's role in ensuring a successful turnaround