Diagnostic Test

Name: _________________________________________ Program: ______________ Year: 2015

Objectives of the lesson 2:

Maintenance engineering Maintenance Engineering is the discipline and profession of

applying engineering concepts to the optimization of equipment, procedures, and

departmental budgets to achieve better maintainability, reliability, and availability of

equipment.

Maintenance, and hence maintenance engineering, is increasing in importance due

to rising amounts of equipment, systems, machineries and infrastructure. Since the

Industrial Revolution, devices, equipment, machinery and structures have grown

increasingly complex, requiring a host of personnel, vocations and related systems

needed to maintain them.[1] Prior to 2006, the United States spent approximately

US$300 billion annually on plant maintenance and operations alone. Maintenance

is to insure a unit is fit for purpose, with maximum availability at minimum costs. A

person practicing Maintenance Engineering is known as a Maintenance

Engineer.

Maintenance Engineer's Essential Knowledge

A Maintenance Engineer should possess significant knowledge

of statistics, probability and logistics, and additionally in the fundamentals of the

operation of the equipment and machinery he or she is responsible for.

A Maintenance Engineer shall also possess high interpersonal, communication,

management skills and ability to make quick decisions.

-To evaluate the development of Reading skills through the extraction of general and specific information from a written text related to the subject area. -To evaluate the acquisition of vocabulary related to the subject area. -To evaluate the development of correct orthography.

Diagnostic Test

Typical Maintenance Engineering Responsibilities

Assessing the needs for equipment replacements and establish replacement

programs when due

Assessing maintenance tools and skills required for efficient maintenance of

equipment

Assessing required skills for maintenance personnel

Assessing and reporting safety hazards associated with maintenance of

equipment

I. Read the text and answer the following questions

1. Which mathematical skills should maintenance professionals have?

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2. Which social skills are important in maintenance work?

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3. What is Maintenance Engineering specifically about?

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4. Why is maintenance so important nowadays?

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5. What’s the most important assessment in maintenance?

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