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How to Create PRIDE in Maintenance within Craft Leaders and the Technical Workforce

Abstract

This chapter strives to understand the importance of planners readily soliciting and accepting ideas from the crafts workforce. Planners who have luckily moved from being a good craftsperson into one as a planner at the next level will have an important advantage. We will also see why planners not only support reliability improvement but also help create pride in maintenance within craft leaders and the technical workforce. One of the key points included: “Do every job as if you owned the plant, the department, or the piece of equipment you operate or maintain. Every employee in a plant is a manager of a small piece of the business.”

Keywords

Craft leader; ...

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