Management Skills for Maintenance Team Leaders, Supervisors, and Managers

This Web-based training is provided in an intensive workshop format that emphasizes practical skills specific to a maintenance environment. Participants will learn ways to better plan their work, to improve morale within their department, and to accurately and effectively monitor, evaluate, and improve each individual's performance and efficiency. This program will provide participant with the skills necessary to make the most effective use of their time. On the average, maintenance supervisors spend approximately 35%, or less, of their time actually supervising the maintenance staff. At the same time the maintenance staff spends as much as 85% of their time in a reactive mode - putting out fires.In the broadest sense, the job of the maintenance supervisor is to translate company goals into real-world actions/results. To succeed in this, one must know how to effectively communicate with the maintenance team, motivate them, resolve conflicts and technical problems, and run the department at optimum efficiency. At the same time, the maintenance supervisor wants the boss to know just how valuable the entire maintenance department is to overall success in meeting the company's goals.In three short sentences, the previous paragraph translates into a supervisor with a complex mix of skills, knowledge, experience, and sometimes, seemingly, a little bit of magic; not a combination of abilities which can be acquired without a substantial effort.This Web-based training is provided in an intensive workshop format that emphasizes practical skills specific to a maintenance environment. Participants will learn ways to better plan their work, to improve morale within their department, and to accurately and effectively monitor, evaluate, and improve each individual's performance and efficiency. Internet Guide for Maintenance Management -- Joel LevittIndustrial Press Inc., 1st / 1998