Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify a framework for asset maintenance planning in a social housing context
- Apply understanding of asset maintenance in terms of strategic asset management
- Apply understanding of the role of asset management in the wider context of social housing
- Identify an appropriate model for asset management which is customer focused and flexible to meet changing customer expectations and external influences
- Apply legislative and regulatory requirements for preparing an asset maintenance plan based on key principles of asset maintenance planning
- Identify appropriate human and IT resources to develop and document the asset management plan
- Assess property condition according to relevant standards
- Cost services accurately and ratify operational budgets with relevant parties
- Establish planning and operating systems that enable regular monitoring of performance
- Identify appropriate strategic and financial reporting and risk management processes
- Estimate life cycle performance of asset components
- Establish an asset register
- Identify criteria for establishing an asset register that meet client and legislative requirements
- Adopt cost effective procedures or methods for the collection and assessment of asset data
- Ensure data collected on assets is quantifiable in terms of selected criteria
- Maintain asset register with accurate and up to date information
- Produce accurate reports of asset characteristics relevant to use in the maintenance strategy
- Specify maintenance requirements
- Schedule activities
- Schedule work allocations to maximise productivity and meet client expectations
- Plan service activities to minimise backtracking, travel time and staff downtime in accordance with relevantlegislation and company policy
- Take into account in work allocation, specific skills, preferences and capacities of staff and licences relevant to the work being performed
- Enable achievement of required business targets over defined period through scheduling
- Schedule emergency and urgent work requirements for priority attention
- Monitor and adjust schedules
- Review asset performance and requirements
- Determine and maintain methods and procedures for review of the asset management plan
- Ensure data on asset performance has integrity, appropriate accuracy and is recorded at time of inspection
- Undertake periodic review to meet client and legislative expectations for compliance and data integrity
- Rectify variations to condition and performance of assets to ensure property performance is not at risk