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COURSE INFORMATION

Maintenance Turnaround
Type:
Training Course

Length:
1 Days
CEU:
0.8
PDH:
8

Fee:
$995 CAD

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Course Description
Turnarounds, or TARs, are among the most critical and complex events in any plant or refinery. These planned maintenance shutdowns are essential for ensuring reliability, safety, and long-term performance, yet they impact every team, budget, and operation within a facility. When executed effectively, a turnaround strengthens operations and sets the stage for years of efficient production. When mismanaged, it can lead to costly delays, overruns, and operational setbacks.

This one-day intensive course provides a practical, proven roadmap for planning and executing Maintenance Turnarounds in oil and gas facilities. Participants will gain actionable insights into every stage of the TAR lifecycle, from early planning and scope definition to execution, risk management, and post-turnaround review. The program emphasizes real-world strategies for aligning schedules, budgets, and resources while maintaining clear communication across multidisciplinary teams.

Safety, compliance, and quality are at the heart of successful turnarounds, and this course demonstrates how to embed these principles into every aspect of planning and execution. Participants will learn how to anticipate risks, manage contractors, coordinate teams, and lead effectively under pressure, ensuring that every turnaround is delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest operational standards.

By the end of the day, attendees will have the confidence, tools, and structured approach needed to transform a turnaround from a complex challenge into a strategic opportunity, thereby improving plant performance, protecting assets, and enhancing long-term operational success.

Ideal for operations leaders, maintenance planners, reliability engineers, project managers, and anyone involved in turnaround management, this course equips professionals to execute TARs with precision, efficiency, and measurable results.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for Production / Facilities / Operations Support Engineers, Operations and Maintenance personnel with a basic understanding of field and plant operations and the maintenance activities called Turnaround.
  • Preparing for the Turnaround
    • What to do when
    • Who are your Stakeholders
    • What are the drivers for the Turnaround
    • Defining the Scope of Work and when to lock it down
    • Building Work packages
    • Building the schedule and defining the critical path
  • Executing the Turnaround
    • What to do when
    • Controlling the scope to control the quality, cost and schedule
    • Resourcing and specialty services
  • Getting back to normal
    • How to hand the equipment back to Operations
  • Doing a post mortem on what went well and what did not
    • Preparing for the next Turnaround
Dale I Kraus, Bsc. Chem. Eng.
Mr. Dale I Kraus is an experienced instructor for Oil & Gas Processing Facilities Engineering, Operator Training and Turnaround & Optimization Courses with an impressive teaching career spanning over 4 decades. Dale also works as a consultant specializing in cold weather operation and brownfield modifications with extensive Production Company Field experience at Mobil Oil, Amerada Hess, PetroCanada, and PrimeWest Energy.

With a BSc.Chem. from the University Of Saskatchewan, Dale has 40 years of experience in hydrocarbon processing as well as experience in oil, gas, sweet and sour service.

For the last 14 years, Dale has been travelling the world, teaching young engineers all the practical things they didn’t learn in University.
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