Maintenance Budgeting and Cost Control
Maintenance budgets are cut in the years nothing breaks and blown in the years everything does. This course covers building a defensible maintenance budget and demonstrating the cost of deferring work.
Course outline
What this programme covers, module by module.
- 01Why maintenance budgets are cut and then blown
- 02Building a budget from asset register and work history
- 03Routine, corrective, shutdown and capital separated
- 04Forecasting the planned programme cost
- 05Quantifying the cost of deferring maintenance
- 06In year control, commitment tracking and variance
- 07Making the maintenance case to a finance audience
What you will gain
- Build a maintenance budget from asset and work data
- Separate routine, corrective and capital expenditure
- Forecast the cost of the planned programme
- Quantify the cost of deferring maintenance
- Control spend through the year and explain variance
- Present the maintenance case to finance
Who should attend
- Maintenance and engineering managers
- Planners and supervisors
- Finance staff supporting maintenance
- Asset managers
Upcoming sessions
| Date | City | Duration | Fees | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 to 4 Nov 2026 | Dubai | 3 Days | US$1,500 | |
| 23 to 25 Nov 2026 | Pretoria | 3 Days | R13,000 | |
| 11 to 13 Jan 2027 | Durban | 3 Days | R13,000 | |
| 1 to 3 Feb 2027 | Johannesburg | 3 Days | R13,000 | |
| 12 to 14 Apr 2027 | London | 3 Days | US$1,500 | |
| 28 to 30 Jun 2027 | Dubai | 3 Days | US$1,500 |
Fees are per delegate and exclude VAT. Public intakes are confirmed once minimum numbers are met. We also deliver this course on your own schedule, in-house or live online.
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- R13,000 per delegate
- Duration
- 3 Days
- Field
- Maintenance, Reliability & Asset Management
- Formats
- In-house, public, online
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