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Factory Maintenance and Engineering Stores

Machines that run when the plan says they will — and a spares store that does not stop the line.

Written by Sanjeewa Dehiwalage · Free online garment-industry education

3 modules · 10 subjects Intermediate About 8–10 hours of reading and quizzes at your own pace

What this course is

A free, self-paced specialist course on garment factory maintenance: planned and predictive maintenance, sewing and cutting machine upkeep, safe operation of electrical and utility systems, and running an engineering store that supports uptime instead of hiding cost. Three modules, each ending with a five-question quiz.

Who it is for

  • Maintenance technicians and engineering supervisors
  • Production supervisors who depend on machine availability
  • Engineering store and purchasing staff
  • Students and graduates entering factory engineering

What you will be able to do

  • Build a maintenance schedule from failure history rather than from habit
  • Separate breakdown, planned and predictive work, and measure each one
  • Apply the safety rules that govern electrical, steam, compressed air and ventilation systems
  • Hold the right spares at the right level instead of the ones that were easy to buy
  • Show maintenance's effect on output, quality and energy cost in numbers

Modules

  1. Module 1 — Maintenance systems and machine upkeep

    Design a maintenance plan for a line: what is checked daily, what is planned, what is predicted from condition, and what gets recorded.

    3 subjects · five-question quiz

  2. Module 2 — Utilities and safety systems

    State the operating and safety requirements of each major utility, and identify the losses that make utilities a cost as well as a hazard.

    4 subjects · five-question quiz

  3. Module 3 — Engineering stores and spares planning

    Set spares levels from criticality and lead time, control the store with real issue records, and buy through a controlled purchase process.

    3 subjects · five-question quiz

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