Maintenance in Industry

Module #1 – An introduction to Industry

This module walks you through the basics of a general industrial/commercial company from the perspective of someone that is new to the industry or considering a career change into the maintenance industry.

If you are new to your career in maintenance or considering starting a career in the high income world of maintenance, than Module #1 can kick-off your exploration of industry.

Specific Topics Covered:

- Definition of Maintenance, Asset Management, and the Asset Life Cycle

- The typical departments of Industrial/Commercial companies

- The customer/service provider relationship

- An overview of each department: Operations, Maintenance, Supply-chain, Projects, Sales, HR, Finance, IT

A few things to keep in mind about this module, is that:

At Maintenance Academy our experience originates from primary industries like mining and oil and gas, so our examples tend towards those fields, though the principles we cover apply to maintenance in all industries.

The concepts covered in this module are applicable to both large and small businesses.
Though a large company has more people which allows people to focus on more specialized roles, the very same things need to be done in the smaller companies.

So let’s get into it. Welcome to the introduction to Industry and how maintenance fits into it.