Build the internal capability for wind farm operation and maintenance rather than depending on external support indefinitely.
Managing the Operation and Maintenance of Onshore and Offshore Wind Farms
A working programme in wind farm operation and maintenance for managers who have to deliver with existing resources.
📍 Cairo🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points
Course Overview
The energy transition has not removed the need for rigour in wind farm operation and maintenance; it has added to it. Regulators and insurers increasingly want documented evidence of how operation and maintenance is controlled. Post-incident reviews keep identifying weaknesses in this part of energy and hydrocarbon operations that were visible long before the incident. Sessions alternate between guided analysis of wind farm operation and maintenance and supervised application. Most organisations already have a policy on this strand of energy and hydrocarbon operations; far fewer can show it working. The outcome is a practitioner who can hold a position on operation and maintenance and revise it on evidence. It is pitched for practitioners with responsibility for wind farm operation and maintenance, not for observers of it. The course covers operation and maintenance at the level of detail needed to act, and stops there. Participants leave with a first-ninety-days plan for the wider energy and hydrocarbon operations agenda rather than a set of notes.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Estimate what operation and maintenance costs to run properly, and what is lost when it is not.
Structure contracts and service agreements covering wind farm operation and maintenance.
Build the competence and certification matrix for staff working on operation and maintenance.
Design permit and isolation controls covering the work involved in wind farm operation and maintenance.
Define the escalation path for abnormal conditions detected in operation and maintenance.
Assign clear ownership for each element of wind farm operation and maintenance across the functions involved.
Who Should Attend
Specialists advising senior management on wind farm operation and maintenance.
Project and programme managers whose delivery depends on operation and maintenance.
Inspection and integrity engineers assessing wind farm operation and maintenance.
Contract and procurement staff supporting operation and maintenance.
Maintenance and reliability engineers supporting wind farm operation and maintenance.
Environmental and regulatory compliance officers covering operation and maintenance.
Course Modules
Wind farm operation and maintenance: integrity, inspection and condition assessment
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Holding contractors on wind farm operation and maintenance to the standard you hold yourself
- Confirm that lessons from wind farm operation and maintenance are shared beyond the team that learned them.
- Establish what evidence demonstrates operation and maintenance is under control.
- Verify isolation points for wind farm operation and maintenance are proven and documented.
- Identify single points of dependency in operation and maintenance and reduce them.
Session 2Building the investment case for operation and maintenance that finance will accept
- Define acceptance criteria for wind farm operation and maintenance in advance.
- Set the trigger for a life-extension versus replacement study on operation and maintenance.
- Rank the weaknesses in wind farm operation and maintenance by consequence rather than by ease of fixing.
- Confirm contractor competence records for anyone working on operation and maintenance.
Operation and maintenance: technical fundamentals and operating envelope
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1What the instrumentation on operation and maintenance is and is not telling you
- Check that management of change is applied to every modification of wind farm operation and maintenance.
- Identify the failure modes of operation and maintenance with the highest consequence.
- Check that the permit regime covering wind farm operation and maintenance matches the actual hazard.
- Confirm handover documentation for operation and maintenance is complete and current.
Session 2The decisions in operation and maintenance that cannot be delegated
- Draft the minimum viable operating procedure for wind farm operation and maintenance.
- Review incident and near-miss history involving operation and maintenance.
- Record the technical rationale for the chosen approach to wind farm operation and maintenance.
- Confirm that contractual obligations around operation and maintenance are understood.
Operation and maintenance: contracts, contractors and service delivery
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Deciding between life extension and replacement for operation and maintenance
- Establish the alarm philosophy applying to wind farm operation and maintenance and remove nuisance alarms.
- Reduce the variation in how operation and maintenance is carried out between teams.
- Prepare the response for the most likely failure in wind farm operation and maintenance.
- Plan the sequence in which improvements to operation and maintenance will be introduced.
Session 2Who answers for wind farm operation and maintenance, and to whom
- Assess the emissions and discharge attributable to wind farm operation and maintenance.
- Estimate the resource operation and maintenance requires to run as designed.
- Define the safe operating envelope for wind farm operation and maintenance and how deviations are detected.
- Review the instrumentation on operation and maintenance for coverage gaps.
Operation and maintenance: incidents, lessons and continual improvement
2 sessions · 8 pointsSession 1Getting other functions to support operation and maintenance
- Set the review interval for wind farm operation and maintenance and who attends.
- Identify the data already collected that bears on operation and maintenance.
- Name a single owner for each element of wind farm operation and maintenance.
- Rehearse the briefing on operation and maintenance that would follow an incident.
Session 2Competence and handover on operation and maintenance when experienced staff leave
- Agree what will be standardised in wind farm operation and maintenance and what will not.
- Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in operation and maintenance.
- Model the economics of wind farm operation and maintenance at low, base and high price cases.
- Verify emergency response arrangements cover the scenarios operation and maintenance can create.
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Silver Package
At least 3 people
USD1,250
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
Gold Package
At least 3 people
USD1,850
- 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
- Workshop or Program Participation
- Airport Transfers
- Customized Badge
- Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
- Supervision & Secretarial Services
- Accredited Certificate of Participation
- Complete Training Kit
- Coffee Break
- Closing Ceremony
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