Predictive & Preventive Maintenance Strategies Training
Every maintenance organization eventually faces the same question: fix it on a schedule, or fix it based on what the equipment is actually telling you. Both approaches have their place, and knowing which one to apply — and when to combine them — is what separates a maintenance program that controls costs and downtime from one that’s constantly reacting. Burraq Consulting’s course builds that judgment.
What Are Predictive & Preventive Maintenance?
Preventive maintenance performs scheduled tasks — inspections, part replacements, servicing — at fixed intervals regardless of equipment condition, aiming to catch problems before they cause failure. Predictive maintenance instead uses condition monitoring data — vibration, temperature, oil analysis, and other indicators — to perform maintenance only when equipment condition actually indicates it’s needed. Most effective maintenance programs blend both approaches deliberately rather than committing entirely to one philosophy.
Who Should Attend
- Maintenance engineers responsible for planning and scheduling maintenance work
- Maintenance planners building maintenance calendars and work order systems
- Reliability technicians supporting condition monitoring programs
Prerequisites
Basic maintenance experience is recommended.
What the Course Covers
- Preventive maintenance planning, including interval setting based on manufacturer data, operating conditions, and failure history
- Predictive maintenance technologies overview — vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and ultrasonic monitoring
- Choosing between preventive and predictive approaches for different equipment types and failure modes
- Maintenance scheduling and work order management, and how poor scheduling undermines even a well-designed maintenance strategy
- Spare parts planning aligned to maintenance strategy, avoiding both stockouts and excess inventory
- Maintenance cost analysis, comparing the true cost of preventive, predictive, and reactive approaches over an asset's life
- Building a maintenance strategy roadmap for transitioning a facility from purely preventive to a more predictive-driven program
Course at a Glance
Why Train with Burraq Consulting
Burraq Consulting’s instructors bring direct maintenance planning experience from facilities across the region, and this course focuses on the practical trade-offs maintenance teams actually face — limited technician hours, spare parts lead times, and how to justify a predictive maintenance investment to management with numbers that hold up.
Certification and Next Steps
This course builds practical maintenance strategy competency. It pairs naturally with Burraq Consulting’s Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Vibration Analysis & Condition Monitoring courses for a complete maintenance planning skill set.
Frequently Asked Questions
Not necessarily. Predictive maintenance requires monitoring infrastructure and technical expertise that may not be justified for low-criticality equipment, where simple preventive maintenance or even run-to-failure can be more cost-effective. The course covers how to make that call.
The course provides an overview of vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and ultrasonic monitoring at a planning and selection level. For deep vibration analysis technique, Burraq Consulting’s dedicated Vibration Analysis & Condition Monitoring course goes further.
The course covers a practical framework based on equipment criticality, failure consequence, and available monitoring technology — similar in spirit to RCM principles but focused on immediate scheduling and planning decisions.
Yes. Part of the course addresses cost comparison between reactive, preventive, and predictive approaches, giving participants the framework to build a business case for maintenance strategy changes.
Stop choosing between scheduled and reactive maintenance by default.
or contact us to arrange an in-house program for your maintenance planning team.