Increasing Your Preventive Maintenance Efforts

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Manage Time. Have staff do both reactive and preventive maintenance. Do not focus energies only on what's visible, or reactive maintenance.

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Train staff in preventive maintenance. Staff need to be trained in planning, setting up the record keeping for preventive maintenance schedules, and implementing.

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Have knowledgeable camp administrators. Management needs to understand the value of preventive maintenance to: write requirements into job descriptions, include in tactical plans, budget both reactive and proactive monies, and acknowledge/reward staff for their preventive maintenance work during the performance review process.

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Provides comfort, health, and safety of participants, guests, volunteers, and employees.

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Saves money. DuPont states, "Maintenance is the largest single controllable expenditure."

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Have knowledgeable camp administrators. Management needs to understand the value of preventive maintenance to: write requirements into job descriptions, include in tactical plans, budget both reactive and proactive monies, and acknowledge/reward staff for their preventive maintenance work during the performance review process.

– Saves energy costs. "Cleaning dirty refrigeration coils can save 25% in operating cost and help to prevent early compressor failure." (Pacific Energy Center Factsheet)

– Validates warranties. Some warranties state: "Failures due to lack of maintenance may void your warranty."

– Stops small problems from growing into larger ones. Noticing a drainage problem outside a building is easier to correct than a cracked foundation later.

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Helps you choose your downtime. Who wants to service an air conditioner unit when it's 100 degrees outside?

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Improves risk management. Writing a policy, enacting a regular schedule, and documenting the work can help manage your risks.