Elements and Performance Criteria
- Define maintenance targets
- Compliance documentation relevant to maintaining the vessel is interpreted
- Vessel planned maintenance system is interpreted to establish maintenance activities and priorities, according to regulatory and organisational requirements
- Current maintenance practices are reviewed to evaluate efficiency, reliability and comparative cost effectiveness
- Maintenance targets are set to ensure compliance and cost effectiveness
- Optimise maintenance management
- Objectives of maintenance are clearly defined and appropriate maintenance mechanisms are determined
- Preventative maintenance activities are forecast, scheduled and matched to resources to ensure work is done on time and within cost
- Optimal cost balance between preventative and corrective maintenance activities is determined
- Priority system for preventative and corrective maintenance is developed based on critical analysis to maximise quality outcomes
- Maintenance plan is negotiated and agreed in consultation with relevant stakeholders
- Monitoring and reporting arrangements for maintenance activities are established and documented according to organisational procedures
- Risk management plan to identify, assess and control risks is incorporated into maintenance plan according to regulatory and organisational requirements
- Organise support processes
- Resource requirements are determined and organised according to the maintenance plan
- Targets and milestones are identified and linked to the achievement of outcomes according to the maintenance plan
- Documentation and checklists associated with the implementation of the maintenance plan are prepared in established formats and distributed to relevant people
- Information related to the implementation of the maintenance plan is distributed according to organisational procedures
- Contingency arrangements for the implementation of the maintenance plan are identified
- Monitor implementation of maintenance plan
- Progress is systematically monitored and variations to implementation of the maintenance plan are verified as required with relevant people
- Expenditure and resource usage are monitored and controlled to ensure objectives are achieved within specified parameters
- Coaching and mentoring assistance is provided to crew members as required to overcome difficulties in implementing the plan
- Systems, records and reporting procedures are maintained according to regulatory and organisational requirements
- Evaluate implementation of maintenance plan
- Regular reports on progress and outcomes are provided orally or in writing to relevant stakeholders to ensure completion of activities is in line with maintenance plan
- Systematic review processes and established evaluation methods are used to evaluate implementation processes and outcomes
- Evaluation results are prepared in required format and presented to relevant people within agreed timeframes
- Recommendations for improving implementation processes are presented to relevant people according to organisational procedures
- Relevant documentation is completed and processed according to regulatory and organisational requirements