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?

• Gain a comprehensive training manual that doubles as a long-term reference guide for practical application and continued learning.
• Master key concepts, definitions, and techniques essential to effective asset management, empowering confident decision-making.
• Receive a ready-to-use Asset Management Plan template to streamline implementation and support strategic planning.
• Engage in interactive group activities that foster collaboration, deepen understanding, and connect theory to real-world scenarios.

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

• Organisational mandate, structure, sector responsibility and resourcing strategy
• What is an Asset Management Framework?
• What is an Asset Management Plan (AMP)?
• What is a Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP)?

Why 3 Months?

• Process and timing considerations
• Stakeholders

How to get Complete Baseline Data

• Determine a complete picture of the nature, extent, value and status of existing infrastructure, right from the start
• Deal with scope, scale and consistency

Determine all the Life-Cycle Needs

• Failure modes (condition, capacity, performance) and their assessment
• Model capital renewal and maintenance needs
• Infrastructure service levels, standards and backlogs
• Future demand, management and lifecycle needs

What Is Most Critical?

• Criticality assessment

Affordability

• Financial status, recent and planned performance: opportunities and constraints

Quality of Management Practice

• AM practice assessment
• Improvement needs and planning
• Capital and maintenance management

Risk

• Identify exposure
• Response review
• Assess current strategies, programmes and projects
• Risk plan

Performance

• AM Objectives
• Key Performance Areas and Indicators
• Links to strategy and Integrated Development Plan (IDP)

Formulating a Credible Plan

• Initial working document
• Assessment of existing responses
• Determination of priorities and tactics
• Stakeholder engagement
• Adoption … and implementation

Who Should Attend?

• 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.