Carcharodon

Training

In today’s competitive environment, operational excellence isn’t optional – it’s essential. We recognise that quality training can be the difference between meeting targets and surpassing goals. That’s why we offer so much more than the standard PowerPoint monologues; our dynamic, practical sessions mirror the challenges of your industry. We design every session to be interactive, enjoyable, and truly effective, so your team walks away with practical skills, fresh motivation, and a genuine drive to excel.

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Shared experiences that foster connection

We understand that effective training is a shared experience. It’s about building connections, creating a positive atmosphere and encouraging teamwork. Our training sessions promote interaction and collaboration, enabling participants to learn from each other and share insights. This collective approach not only enhances the learning experience but also strengthens team dynamics, leading to better outcomes for your organisation.

Engaging methods for lasting impact

Our training programmes apply engaging methodologies to ensure that every session is both informative and entertaining. From interactive workshops to hands-on activities, we employ a range of techniques to cater to diverse learning styles. All our training is delivered by active industry practitioners, ensuring that you receive the most up-to-date best practices and case studies that reflect today’s key challenges.

A comprehensive portfolio

At Carcharodon, we provide training programs designed to enhance your skills in maintenance, turnarounds, and asset management. Whether you're looking for standardised courses or personalised modular solutions, we offer training that aligns with your desired outcomes.

Every course is fully accredited and certified by ATOM, the Academy of Turnarounds Operations and Maintenance.

Read on to find the right starting point for your Carcharodon learning journey.

Executive Coaching

Executives must grasp the key aspects of the technological complexities involved in their organisation’s operations to make informed decisions, encourage innovation, and communicate effectively with their technical teams. Building on the powerful models in our management training, Carcharodon offers a tailored solution that helps executives overcome complexity, communicate their ideas clearly, drive meaningful improvements, and gain a deeper understanding of progress in the technical realms of their business.

Managing Operating Assets

This is the top tier of our technical training. We combine the concepts and models from our core training with strategy, business alignment and improvement methodology to ensure you can master and implement the topic within your business context.

Foundations of Maintenance & Reliability

This is the heart of our technical training. Building on our proven models, these courses will provide practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of how to achieve excellence in maintenance and reliability. Our extensive use of exercises and case studies will ensure you are equipped to apply the knowledge learned within your business context.

Process Improvement

Organisations must foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement to adapt to market changes and retain a competitive advantage. These courses enhance our technical training by equipping participants with the knowledge and skills to identify key areas for improvement and implement new concepts and processes that drive measurable progress within their organisation.

  • Managing Operating Assets

    Advanced Maintenance Management

    This course is based on a maintenance management model comprising six essential steps to enhance operations. We explore how each of the six elements of the maintenance management model can be implemented in your business. We find that most organisations tend to favour certain areas of the model while overlooking others. We ensure that participants gain an understanding of each element and how to maintain balance to optimise maintenance management.

  • Process Improvement

    Risk Management

    Every organization engages in a risk assessment process, yet many mistakenly assume that merely identifying a risk equates to managing it. True risk management goes beyond identification; it necessitates tangible risk reduction. This course guides you on a comprehensive journey through the entire risk management lifecycle—from identifying risks to quantifying them, implementing effective mitigation strategies, and ultimately measuring the real impact of risk reduction.

  • Process Improvement

    Performance Improvement

    Organisations often believe that performance improvement is the domain of consultants, who use their mystical tools to uncover hidden business opportunities and then help the organisation capture the value. This course aims to demystify performance improvement and equip you with the toolkit to lead or support your own performance improvement journey.

  • Process Improvement

    Value Engineering

    When we seek to improve, it is critical to understand the value that the asset, process, or system contributes to the organisation; only by comprehending this value can we measure improvement. This course guides you through the roadmap for Value Engineering, enabling you to implement value-driven change within your organisation.

  • Process Improvement

    Root Cause Analysis

    All improvement starts with understanding what went wrong. Whether you are investigating a reliability failure, a safety incident or a poor-performing business process, the objective is the same – find the root cause. This practical course guides you through the route for getting to root cause and implementing sustainable improvement.

  • Foundations of Maintenance & Reliability

    Preventive and Predictive Maintenance

    Do you need to find a way out of a reactive maintenance loop, or are you looking to optimise your maintenance routines? This course will guide you through a detailed understanding of the failure modes of your assets, so you can select the correct type of maintenance and optimise its application. You will see how Preventive and Predictive maintenance can save you money, increase reliability and improve the performance of your assets.

  • Foundations of Maintenance & Reliability

    Reliability Improvement Masterclass

    Reliable assets are safe, cost-effective, and high-performing. Drawing on key concepts from Reliability-Centred Maintenance (RCM), Design for Reliability (DfR), and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), this course will show you how to make reliability a reality in your assets.

    We will help you analyse your current performance, design a reliability improvement programme, and engage your organisation in improving its reliability culture.

  • Foundations of Maintenance & Reliability

    STO – planning, scheduling and control

    STO events are among the most complex activities in the industry. This course will help you excel at the core elements necessary to succeed in your STO event.  

    We will cover the full breadth of planning, from job stepping and estimating through plant and materials specification to setting up and optimising a schedule.

    We will discuss how to engage contractors to optimise performance, set up efficient logistics, track planning performance, and achieve effective execution delivery.

  • Foundations of Maintenance & Reliability

    Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Control

    Join us on this course as we explore the application of our comprehensive maintenance delivery model. Regardless of what you are maintaining, we will equip you with essential strategies to effectively organise the maintenance of your assets, ensuring they are always ready to support optimal business performance. We will cover the people, processes and controls required to make maintenance a success.

  • Foundations of Maintenance & Reliability

    Cost Effective Maintenance

    We recognise the pressure organisations face to reduce maintenance costs; however, we have observed that generic fixed-cost maintenance reductions can lead to poor asset reliability, shorter asset lifespan, and increased safety incidents. This course will apply our proven best practice models to assist you in analysing your maintenance costs, comprehending the total cost of maintenance for your organisation, and safely removing costs without compromising business performance.

  • Managing Operating Assets

    Asset Management

    This course aims to ensure you make the best use of your assets to drive your business objectives. We will emphasise leadership's commitment to effective asset management and highlight the value assets provide to your organisation. The course will illustrate how maintenance activities align with business objectives, facilitating clear decision-making regarding the replacement, repair, or refurbishment of assets. Participants will acquire a solid understanding of asset management risks, lifecycle costs, and ongoing maintenance requirements, resulting in improved asset performance. The course is aligned with ISO 55000 standards. 

  • Managing Operating Assets

    STO Strategy & Improvement

    This course will use the Carcharodon STO model to provide a comprehensive guide on organising turnarounds, shutdowns, and outages effectively. The key objectives include clarifying your goals, ensuring organisational alignment, setting appropriate project scopes, optimising planning cycles, building a competent team, and enhancing supply chain efficiency. By the end of the course, participants will acquire the skills to successfully coordinate these complex processes, ensuring that objectives are met, and resources are utilised efficiently.

  • Process Improvement

    Maintenance Auditing

    How can we truly improve? What heights can we reach? Only by gaining a deep understanding of our current position can we effectively measure the distance to our desired destination. 

    Maintenance Auditing unveils a world of opportunity, empowering you to assess your status and benchmark against the competition. This course is not about attaining certification; it will enable you to foster a culture of internal measurement within your organisation, igniting a pursuit of performance improvement.

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