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Fully online courseT3.1Awaiting launch
Building Maintenance Management, Asset Planning and Cost Control in Practice
إدارة صيانة المباني ومعداتها وأنظمتها وضبط الكلفة من واقع الممارسة
This self-paced course helps you organize the maintenance of a building, its equipment and systems in practice. You begin with operating context, responsibilities and service requirements, then build usable records, select maintenance approaches, examine recurring failures and plan work, resources, budgets and procurement. Contextual examples from hotels, schools, commercial complexes and healthcare facilities support the learning. Each module includes a tool, and you assemble a maintenance management file for a facility of your choice. The proposed learning workload is 45 hours, including independent application, the project and final assessment. You may revisit any module during assessment and resume your current question. Detailed diagnosis, inspection and technical solutions belong in T3.2.
Before enrollment
Study format and learning plan
The estimated learning duration is 45 hours, including careful reading of both Arabic and English, reviewing figures, using the tools, assessment, and one hour of rest per eight active hours. Duration varies with experience and reading speed. This is self-paced learning, not measured attendance or external accreditation.
T3.1 focuses on management, decisions, planning, monitoring and verification, with examples from hotels, schools, commercial complexes and healthcare facilities. Detailed diagnosis, inspection and technical solutions are covered in T3.2.
| Module | Tool |
|---|---|
| Introduction — Course Introduction and Study Guide | Choose the facility and project scope |
| M1 — Maintenance Management and Arab Operating Context | Maintenance Context Profiler |
| M2 — Governance, Owner Policy and Service Levels | Service Governance and Continuity Mapper |
| M3 — Asset Register, Hierarchy, Criticality and Data | Asset Register and Criticality Builder |
| M4 — Maintenance Strategies and Simplified RCM | Maintenance Strategy Classifier and Simplified RCM Planner |
| M5 — Failure Analysis, FMEA/FMECA and Root Cause Analysis | Failure Analysis and Investigation Decision Tool |
| M6 — Maintainability, Handover and Job Planning | Maintainability and Job Readiness Lab |
| M7 — Maintenance Work Management and Digital Systems | Maintenance Work Control Centre |
| M8 — Budget, Asset Planning and Cost Control in Practice | Budget and Life-Cycle Cost Lab |
| M9 — Procurement, Spares, Contracts and Obsolescence | Procurement, Spares and Contractor Management Lab |
| M10 — Owner Planning, Staffing, KPIs and Integrated Project | Owner Planning and KPI Lab |
| Final assessment | Planning hour; no timer |
Assessment, certificate and study terms
Is this self-paced or live?
Self-paced study in Arabic and English, with an introduction, ten modules, examples and tools. No live sessions are currently scheduled.
What do I need before starting?
Basic familiarity with buildings and services, a device and browser for reading and trying tools, and a facility you know or a clearly declared hypothetical case for the project. No mandatory prior certificate has been specified.
How do I access and pass the assessment?
Under the content plan, open all ten modules to unlock the assessment. It contains 50 single-answer multiple-choice questions, five per module, selected from a bank of 100. Pass at 70%, or 35 correct answers: two points per correct answer, with no penalty for incorrect answers. Modules have no separately graded assessments.
Is the assessment timed, and can I revisit modules?
There is no assessment timer. Revisit modules, search, resume the same question and change answers until submission. Correct answers and explanations appear only after submission. Retry after an unsuccessful attempt; the first successful result is final under the content plan.
What is the project for?
Build a maintenance management file for a facility of your choice, progressing from context, governance and records to strategy, job planning, budgeting, procurement and the owner plan. Document sources, gaps, decision reasons, owners, dates and acceptance evidence. The project and learning reviews do not count toward the current score; mandatory project submission or human marking has not been prescribed.
What certificate is planned, and is it issued now?
The planned certificate records non-academic professional learning completion and a pass after account and score validation. It does not confer an academic qualification or professional licence. This learning complements academic education without replacing it or diminishing its importance. At launch, your account issues the certificate after a passing assessment, with estimated learning duration, a self-declared experience badge and a verification code.
Does progress synchronize between devices?
The review edition keeps reading position, drafts and assessment state in the current browser. Opening a module records a visit, not proof of full reading. The website saves unit completion and assessment answers in your account. Tool application data remains in the browser; export a backup.
How long is access, and what is the refund policy?
Online course access lasts 12 months from purchase. Refund requests may be made within 30 days under the published refund policy and its conditions, subject to mandatory consumer rights. No launch date is set; enrollment and payment are currently closed.
Is buying the book required to complete the course?
No. The USD 100 course includes platform activities and tools, assessment and the certificate once requirements are met and the service launches. The bilingual e-book and ten standalone downloadable applications form a separate, optional USD 50 bundle. Learning tools are used within the platform; enrollment alone does not unlock bundle downloads.
Companion book written and prepared by: مصطفى عوني الموعد — Degree in Civil Engineering | Master's in Management | Construction Projects Manager.
Enquiries and suggestions: info@arab-professional-expertise-network.org
What will you learn?
From knowledge to professional decisions
Asset life-cycle cost
Connect repair or replacement to operating, energy and downtime costs and expected asset life.
Traceable maintenance management
Translate owner policy into work plans, procurement and KPIs, documenting decisions, evidence and next actions.
Track journey
Training units
Open any unit title to explore its subject and objective. This is a curriculum overview; detailed lessons will be available at course launch.
M1Maintenance Management and Arab Operating Contextإدارة الصيانة والسياق التشغيلي العربي＋
Distinguish maintenance management from fault repair, define the building scope, interpret operating conditions and produce a context profile with guiding principles.
Project output: A facility maintenance context profile and guiding principles describing what the plan must preserve and why.
Companion tool: Maintenance Context Profiler
M2Governance, Owner Policy and Service Levelsالحوكمة وسياسة المالك ومستويات الخدمة＋
Separate responsibility, accountability and authority; define service and escalation rules, control deferrals and record service governance and continuity.
Project output: A service governance and continuity register covering service levels, responsibilities, authority, follow-up, escalation and deferral.
Companion tool: Service Governance and Continuity Mapper
M3Asset Register, Hierarchy, Criticality and Dataسجل المبنى ومعداته وأنظمته وهيكلها وأهميتها والبيانات＋
Build record hierarchies and stable identifiers, document data sources, assess failure criticality and plan how to resolve unknown information.
Project output: Organized building, equipment and system records, justified criticality ratings and a plan to close data gaps.
Companion tool: Asset Register and Criticality Builder
M4Maintenance Strategies and Simplified RCMاستراتيجيات الصيانة والصيانة المرتكزة على الاعتمادية — مدخل مبسط＋
Define functions and functional failures, select intervention logic, interpret P–F intervals and hidden functions, and justify a reviewable maintenance strategy.
Project output: A schedule linking building elements, equipment and systems to intervention type, justification, trigger, owner and verification.
Companion tool: Maintenance Strategy Classifier and Simplified RCM Planner
M5Failure Analysis, FMEA/FMECA and Root Cause Analysisتحليل الأعطال وتحليل السبب الجذري＋
Separate facts from hypotheses, record failure modes and effects, justify investigation depth and define actions, owners and evidence of effectiveness.
Project output: A selected failure record documenting function, impact, evidence, possible causes, verification needs and proposed action.
Companion tool: Failure Analysis and Investigation Decision Tool
M6Maintainability, Handover and Job Planningقابلية الصيانة والاستلام وتخطيط العمل＋
Review access, isolation and handover, match documentation to installed equipment, and prepare job plans with readiness, acceptance and post-maintenance test criteria.
Project output: A job plan covering scope, resources, timing, coordination, closure criteria and required evidence.
Companion tool: Maintainability and Job Readiness Lab
M7Maintenance Work Management and Digital Systemsإدارة دورة أعمال الصيانة والأنظمة الرقمية＋
Manage requests, triage, priorities, readiness, scheduling and closure; connect CMMS/BMS to evidence and control data ownership, access, changes and continuity.
Project output: A work order and tracking process linking the request to the building element, owner, status, outcome and evidence.
Companion tool: Maintenance Work Control Centre
M8Budget, Asset Planning and Cost Control in Practiceإدارة الموازنة وتخطيط صيانة المبنى ومعداته وأنظمته وضبط الكلفة＋
Identify complete costs, distinguish operating and capital expenditure, prepare budgets, compare life-cycle costs over a common horizon, test sensitivity and document the decision.
Project output: A plan-linked budget and justified comparison of at least two options, with cost sources and assumptions.
Companion tool: Budget and Life-Cycle Cost Lab
M9Procurement, Spares, Contracts and Obsolescenceالمشتريات وقطع الغيار والعقود والتقادم＋
Define procurement needs and acceptance criteria, justify spares, calculate reorder points separately from purchase quantities, and review obsolescence and contractor suitability.
Project output: A prioritized list of materials, services and spares, with procurement or contract requirements and performance monitoring.
Companion tool: Procurement, Spares and Contractor Management Lab
M10Owner Planning, Staffing, KPIs and Integrated Projectتخطيط المالك وتقدير احتياجات فريق الصيانة ومؤشرات الأداء والمشروع المتكامل＋
Combine outputs into annual and multi-year owner plans, estimate capacity, funding and staffing needs, select useful indicators and assemble a consistent decision report.
Project output: An integrated maintenance management file covering the owner plan, resources, budget, monitoring, verification and improvement.
Companion tool: Owner Planning and KPI Lab
Separate option
The book and tool applications bundle
Buying the book includes downloadable tool applications: enter figures and data to obtain outputs. This bundle is sold separately from the course.
USD 50
View the book in the shopThe bundle is optional
Complete the course, its activities and assessment and earn the certificate without buying the bundle. Course tools are used within the platform; downloadable standalone applications come with the book purchase.
Learning connected to your work
For maintenance engineers, officers and supervisors, facilities managers, owner representatives and contractor coordinators. Basic familiarity with buildings and services is suitable; advanced diagnostic expertise or English fluency is not required.
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