Certified Professional Maintenance Manager

Both plant/facilities maintenance professionals and property management executives must confront a wide variety of complex issues. Therefore, they must possess an extensive knowledge of the many facets of maintenance management. Earning the Certified Professional Maintenance Manager credential will indicate, to both your employer and industry officials, that you possess in-depth expertise in plant and facilities maintenance management. The CPMM program is updated annually; therefore it is always on the cutting edge of techniques and technologies in maintenance management.

Core Topics
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Maintenance Management

Learning Objectives:

Explain the functions of the management process
Explain the objectives of a maintenance organization
Explain how maintenance evolves from the basics to advanced techniques
Describe the three major geographic classifications of maintenance organizations
Explain the factors in deciding how to staff a maintenance organization
List the duties of the maintenance supervisor, the maintenance planner, and the maintenance engineer
Explain how to determine proper maintenance staffing levels
Explain the use and different levels of Key Performance Indicators
Describe the evolution of a maintenance program through the different maintenance strategies
Describe the difference between a reactive maintenance program and a proactive program

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Preventive Maintenance

Learning Objectives:

Explain why preventive maintenance programs are important to a company's operation
Explain the benefits of a good PM program
Describe the main types of preventive maintenance
List the major costs that are incurred when equipment breaks down
Explain the steps required to start a successful preventive maintenance program
Explain how to manage a Preventive Maintenance program
Describe the Key Performance Indicators
Explain why some preventive maintenance programs fail

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Inventory and Procurement

Learning Objectives:

Conduct a mini-analysis of your MRO inventory and purchasing organizations
Identify maintenance delays caused by inefficient MRO inventory and purchasing organizations
Describe the relationship between maintenance planning and the MRO inventory and purchasing functions
Define the various types of maintenance spare parts in a MRO inventory
Describe how to lower overall MRO inventory and purchasing costs
Describe the duties of a Stores Clerk

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Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Learning Objectives:

Explain how maintenance planning and scheduling impacts the productivity of the craft technicians
Explain the various types of work orders and their purposes
Describe some of the Key Performance Indicators for effective planning and scheduling
List the decisions that need to be made during maintenance planning
Explain the enablers for an effective work order system
Describe how to develop and execute a weekly maintenance schedule

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Computerized Maintenance Management Systems

Learning Objectives:

Conduct an assessment in preparation for selecting a CMMS
Develop a sample specification document for the features and functions of a CMMS
Explain the five major activities required to implement a CMMS
Describe the most common problems encountered when implementing a CMMS
Explain how to successfully use a CMMS to manage maintenance

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Maintenance Training and Work Cultures

Learning Objectives (Part 1):

Correctly define the term "training"
Describe the purposes of maintenance training
Define the basic approaches to maintenance training
Describe the phases of maintenance training and qualification-system design
Explain the "worker-centered" approach to effective training
List and explain the major steps in a maintenance training and qualification process

Learning Objectives (Part II):

Define "work culture"
Define the typical maintenance work-culture models
Describe the driving forces for changing maintenance work-cultures
Explain the roles of leadership in successful maintenance work cultures
Describe six factors of successful culture change
Explain the "eight-step process for leading major change"

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Predictive Maintenance

Learning Objectives:

Explain the importance of predictive maintenance as a part of an overall maintenance philosophy
Describe how to use vibration analysis as a monitoring tool
Explain the value of thermography in a predictive maintenance program
Explain when to use ultrasonics in a plant or facility
Determine when lubricant analysis should be used in a plant or facility

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Reliability Centered Maintenance

Learning Objectives:

Explain the concept of Reliability Centered Maintenance
Describe how RCM transforms an organization from a reactive to a proactive culture
Explain how RCM supports an integrated and “evergreen” approach to maintenance
Describe some reliability prediction techniques
Explain some of the various RCM failure analysis techniques
Describe the RCM implementation steps

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Total Productive Maintenance

Learning Objectives:

Explain the benefits of TPM
Explain the six key elements of TPM
Identify the major equipment effectiveness losses
Explain how to focus TPM on results
Identify the common visual systems for improving equipment effectiveness

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Maintenance Return on Investment

Learning Objectives:

Explain how improving maintenance labor productivity can reduce maintenance expenses
Explain how improving maintenance materials controls can reduce maintenance expenses
Explain how maintenance can increase equipment availability and support the production of a company's product or its service at a lower overall cost
Explain the various ways in which maintenance practices can impact a company's energy costs
List various other ways in which improving maintenance practices can lower a company's overall costs

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Safety and Health

Learning Objectives:

Explain the four elements of an effective occupational safety and health program
Explain how and why management commitment and employee involvement are tied together for a good safety and health program
Describe what a worksite analysis is
Explain systems used to prevent and control hazards
Describe a Safety Culture
Explain how to set up a safety and health training program

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Indoor Air Quality

Learning Objectives:

Define indoor air quality
Explain the factors affecting indoor air quality
List the various sources of contaminants
Define sick building syndrome and building related illness
Review the standards governing air quality
Review the process for creating an IAQ profile
Review the process for developing an IAQ management plan
Review the process for diagnosing an IAQ complaint
Review the basic mitigation techniques

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Documentation

Learning Objectives:

Describe the types of documentation that should be recorded in a facility
Review how to set up a process for creating the documentation
Explain how to file documents properly
Describe the process for disposing of it in a certain timeframe
Explain the organization of ISO manuals and their importance

Forms/Information

CPMM FAQ

Eligibility Matrix

CPMM Application (New Applicants)

Employment Verification

Renewal Guidelines

Renewal Application (Current Certificate Holders)

To get complete information on your eligibility for the CPMM, the application and testing process and materials, the schedule of CPMM Review Programs and Exams and test results, contact the Certification Representative in the AFE Office of Professional Development at 571-395-8770 or certification@afe.org.