Park Maintenance Management PRKS 3600

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

Module 1 - Introduction to Maintenance Management

• Define the mandate and principles fundamental to BC Parks operations.
• Define the general terms and concepts of facility maintenance management.
• Explain maintenance activity types and their triggering conditions or events.
• Explain the basic elements and components of a maintenance management system as it applies to BC Parks.
• List the basic rating methods used to establish project priorities.

Module 2 - Inventories and Standards

• Describe the basic database requirement for the operation of system-based maintenance management.
• Define 'designed levels of service.'

Module 3 - Inspection and Analysis

• Describe the components of an inspection program.
• Explain the purposes of inspections, and how inspection requirements or schedules may be generated.
• Explain the importance of inspections and quality control programs.
• Define the types of inspection records that may be generated in an inspection program.
• Define the Condition Ratings applicable to inspection programs.

Module 4 - Planning and Estimating

• Explain the parts of the BC Parks project planning process.
• Define subjective, justified and objective priority rating systems.
• Explain how priority rating relates to developing work plans.
• Explain how to assess the impact of factor changes on unit costs on projects.
• Describe the basic components of project cost estimating.

Module 5 - Project Delivery

• Define the information required to manage work organization and resources.
• Explain the fundamentals of Project Management.
• List the common risk management and transfer instruments used on projects, particularly in connection with contracted works and services.
• Define the work methods and tendering procedures which would apply to specific situations.

Module 6 - Safety

• List the primary provisions of the OIIP program.
• Explain the purpose, and responsibility for, workplace inspections.
• Describe where additional safety and testing expertise may be found.
• Explain the basic principles of WCB regulations, and where to locate pertinent sections.
• Explain the basic requirements of the WHMIS program.

Effective as of Fall 2003