Thirdly, core skill and competence of bottom level maintenance workforce was
discovered to be inadequate.
Fourthly, computer maintenance management system or computer support
structures to optimize rotating equipment maintenance in Nigerian refineries have
little or zero presence.
Lastly, rotating equipment maintenance management practices in Sasol proves
rewarding with the integration of condition monitoring into maintenance program.
Computer supports have also been vital to achieving commendable equipment
availability. Management commitment, driven by customer focus, ensures that plant
reliability is restored on schedule.
A procedure to Manage Rotating Equipment Maintenance Strategy (MREMS) was
developed for the Nigerian refineries. This is expected to tackle the issue of low
availability of rotating equipment maintenance and also assist maintenance
personnel to review or evolve a more specific equipment maintenance strategy
based on reliability-centred maintenance principle of condition-based maintenance.
A new Internal Job card is also presented in this dissertation. It would also serve to
support the MREMS procedure.
The proposed Framework and Approach for Training and People Development
(FATDP) have a huge potential to address skills and competency deficiencies,
particularly, for bottom level maintenance personnel at the Nigerian refineries.
Recommendations on the adoption and implementation of MREMS procedure,
Internal Job card and FATDP were also presented in this dissertation.