Overview

A two-day course that will equip attendees with the skills to prepare an Infrastructure Asset Management Plan - an essential enabler for service delivery for current and future generations.

Why Should an Individual Attend?

• Comprehensive training manual that will serve as reference material
• Key concepts, definitions and techniques
• Asset Management Plan template
• Participation in interactive group activities

Outcomes

Attend this course and understand:

• Why the preparation of an Asset Management Plan (AMP) is essential for effective management
• What the content of an AMP is
• How to deal with imperfect and incomplete data
• What a sound preparation process is and who participates
• Techniques to determine a holistic overview of all infrastructure lifecycle needs … and priorities
• How to assess the maturity of current asset management (AM) practice and identify improvement needs
• How to determine a credible and integrated infrastructure and management plan

Program Outline

ASSET MANAGEMENT CONTEXT

• WHY 3 MONTHS?
  • HOW TO GET COMPLETE BASELINE DATA
    • DETERMINE ALL THE LIFE-CYCLE NEEDS
      • WHAT IS MOST CRITICAL?
        • AFFORDABILITY
          • QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT PRACTICE
            • RISK
              • PERFORMANCE
                • FORMULATING A CREDIBLE PLAN
                  • Candidate engineers, technologists and technicians
                  • People from engineering, planning, or financial disciplines engaged in the preparation of strategic and tactical plans for the management of infrastructure, at municipalities and similar entities.
                  • Experienced officials seeking an update on modern best practice.