About the CPMM Program

AFE's Certified Plant Maintenance Manager (CPMM) Program has been created to provide a standard of professional competence for maintenance managers and to enhance the status of this field as a unique discipline and profession. It is built on the success of the CPE (Certified Plant Engineer) program, which has certified over 4,000 professionals since its inception. The CPMM review program has been developed to assist candidates in preparing for the CPMM exam. Review sessions, scheduled in two- and four- hour segments, will be held over a four-day period. The CPMM exam is scheduled for the fifth day of the program. Candidates may take the exam at this time or schedule it for a later date. The exam/filing fee is included in the registration cost. Each of the sessions will review the general principles for a maintenance management discipline as addressed on the exam, with an opportunity to work through sample questions with instructors. Sessions are designed to be interactive; questions are encouraged. The registration fee includes the exam and filing fee, the CPMM review pak, and a list of suggested review textbooks. If after participating in the CPE review program, an individual does not achieve a passing score on the exam, the re-take fee will be waived.

Eligibility:
To be eligible to sit for the CPMM exam, you must currently be working as a maintenance supervisor or manager or have at least five or more years of experience in the maintenance management field. Individuals with five or more years of experience in plant engineering, facilities engineering, maintenance management, or related and/or equivalent employment will be eligible to take the exam at a Maintenance Management Certification site at any time without registering for the entire training/certification package. Eligibility is confirmed by submitting a preliminary application to AFE.

How to Apply:
Application for the CPMM designation involves a two step process. First, a simple preliminary application is submitted to determine if the individual is eligible to be certified. This form will be faxed to you upon registration for the review program. If you are eligible, a more extensive final application form and verification forms for employment and qualifications will be sent to you with a confirmation letter. If you are not qualified, we will notify you and immediately refund your money. Final exam grades are not released until all paperwork is complete.

CPMM Review Descriptions

Maintenance Management
Addresses the goals and objectives for maintenance organizations. Reviews the steps of evolution from reactive to proactive maintenance. The review includes maintenance organizational structures, job roles and responsibilities, calculating the proper staffing levels for the organization and how to measure organizational performance.

Preventive Maintenance
Reviews the fundamental objectives of preventive maintenance. Includes the benefits of preventive maintenance, the types of preventive maintenance activities, how to schedule preventive maintenance activities, and concludes with key performance indicators for preventive maintenance programs.

Inventory and Procurement
Reviews the fundamentals of maintenance inventory and purchasing. Addresses how to establish good inventory and procurement practices, organizing stores to support maintenance, developing stores locations, designing purchasing controls to best serve maintenance needs, establishing proper accounting policies, and how to insure that the stores and procurement functions are cost effective.

Work Orders - Work Flow / Planning and Scheduling
Addresses the maintenance controls required to support an effective work order system. Reviews data required by work orders, some basic features of work orders, and reports that should be used to track work order effectiveness. The session also reviews maintenance planning and scheduling techniques, and the organizational disciplines to be successful.

CMMS
Reviews the goals for computerizing maintenance. Addresses the specification, selection and implementation process for successfully computerizing maintenance management. Reviews the requirements for utilizing a CMMS to ensure full benefits are derived from the investment.

Training and Work Cultures
Reviews the current state of maintenance workforces. Addresses the steps necessary to develop a comprehensive maintenance training and development process. Reviews pay for skill / knowledge programs and discusses common options. The review also addresses current maintenance work cultures and how to initiate effective changes. The review concludes with common problems for maintenance training and suggested solutions.

Predictive Maintenance
Addresses predictive maintenance techniques, discussing application of the popular techniques and the derived benefits. Reviews common problems and solutions for each of the techniques mentioned. The review concludes with a review of how to insure the right levels of PDM activities.

Reliability Centered Maintenance
Reviews the concept of Reliability Centered Maintenance and its application in maintenance management. Addresses common terms, including reliability and maintainability. Addresses the function of RCM, how to perform root cause analysis and failure and effect mode analysis.

Total Productive Maintenance
Reviews the objective of Total Productive Maintenance, what TPM is and what TPM isn't. Reviews operator involvement, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, and common sense approaches to implementing TPM. Addresses organizational, personnel and technical issues for TPM.

Maintenance Financials and ROI
Reviews the common areas of cost benefits from improving maintenance, including labor efficiencies, materials management, energy savings, and equipment availability saving. Addresses how to present financial benefits of maintenance to upper management. The review concludes with an overview of benchmarking and its application in maintenance.

CPMM Review Session Schedule

(Note: This schedule is subject to change due to instructor availability. The final schedule will be included in egistration confirmation.)

CPMM Exam
CPMM Review Program participants are invited to take the CPMM exam at the conclusion of the program. The comprehensive multiple choice exam addresses the breath of specialized knowledge required for success in the field of maintenance management. The exam consists of the following 10 sections: maintenance management, preventive maintenance, inventory and procurement, work orders - work flow / planning and scheduling, CMMS, training and work cultures, predictive maintenance, reliability centered maintenance, total productive maintenance, maintenance financials and ROI.

Up to four hours are allotted for this open-book exam. Any reference book may be used during the exam including the CPMM review pack. Scores are not released until all paperwork and fees are submitted..

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