PPM's and Reactive Maintenance

[Deleted member 109422]

Hi there guys.
I have mostly been a house basher, oh the shame.
Please sit down before reading the following.....

Could someone please explain to me, in depth, what "carry out PPM's and Reactive Maintenance" means.

I might sound like a village idiot but I am not completely stupid, I do have my 2391 but that was years ago. I have got an interview.

Please help.

Thanks

 

[Nigel]

PPM stands for 'Pre-Planned Maintenance'.

It will change slightly from client to client but will be things like:

Lamp changing
Cleaning of fittings
Emergency lighting inspection
Fire alarm inspection

 

[Shoei]

Planned Preventative Maintenance, the stuff you do to a schedule to keep things ticking over, like cleaning lights or changing filters (say), Reactive Maintenance, fixing things when they break.

Planned preventive maintenance - Designing Buildings Wiki - https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Planned_preventive_maintenance

Unplanned maintenance - Designing Buildings Wiki - https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Unplanned_maintenance

 

[DPG]

As per Shoie above, it is Planned Preventive Maintenance. Preventive as in it hopefully prevents a lot of breakdowns occuring.

Good PPM reduces reactive maintenance, ie. Panic fixing when the ---- hits the badly maintained fan

It goes a bit further though and includes regular servicing and checking of equipment and machinery. Thus preventing breakdowns.

 

[Deleted member 109422]

Shoei
thank you so much for your reply! So appreciated!
I feel confident I can do both of those things.
Will have a look at your links, interview is on Friday, I will let you know the outcome.
Cheers for your help fella.

 

[Deleted member 109422]

DPG
Thank you.
It seems like there is a helpful community here.
Nice one.

 

[Deleted member 109422]

Thanks Essex,
What a great place this is.
I was worried about posting my query but you lot are helpful and friendly.
Most excellent.

 

[DPG]

Thanks Essex,
What a great place this is.
I was worried about posting my query but you lot are helpful and friendly.
Most excellent.

Most of us are . Seriously though, it's a great forum this. Very useful.

 

[Deleted member 109422]

Thank you guys. So helpful.

 

[Deleted member 109422]

Most of us are . Seriously though, it's a great forum this. Very useful.

Yes, I was involved a while back and I found the place friendly.
There are some very clever people here. Much appreciated.

 

[gazdkw82]

I work in a reactive maintenance department.

I can tell you exactly what it entails.

Where is the interview for? What kind of institution?

 

[Deleted member 109422]

Hi gazdkw82
The interview is for a job assisting with the relocation of a major hospital.

 

[gazdkw82]

Ok so I'd suspect it will be similar to what I do.

You will mostly be maintaining and repairing light fittings, repairing or replacing sockets/fcu etc

You will have small projects to do (lighting upgrades/Spurs/motor replacement etc.

Depending on the ethos of the department, you may be able to get involved with BMS, designs, inverters, controls etc.

It can be mundane but it can be brilliant too. At my workplace we have lots of old buildings so I do get the chance to work on really old equipment and systems not touched since the Jurassic period. It's interesting and educational to get your head around them.

Also, if your workplace is similar to mine, get your head around risk assessments/asbestos registers/permits etc. They are really hot on this

 

[Deleted member 109422]

Hi gazdkw82
thank you for your swift and informative reply, nice one.
Some food for thought there. I will be asking about asbestos, permits to work and risk assessments at my interview. Thanks for the heads up mate, much appreciated.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I once worked in a meat factory conducting ppm and reactive maintenance.
A great deal of the work was mechanical rather than electrical.
Very vairied and interesting work, interspaced with quite a bit of sitting around drinking tea.

 

[Deleted member 109422]

Thanks for the reply spinlondon.
Unfortunately I don't have much mechanical skill, I will discuss this at the interview if the subject arises. However, I am very efficient at tea drinking.