Welcome to World Class Maintenance
"Without accurate data reactivity will rule"
- Ricky Smith CMRP, CRL, CMRT
Our Trainer -Ricky Smith CMRP
Ricky Smith is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) Certified Maintenance and Reliability Technician (CMRT) certified by the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP). He also hold a Certification Reliability Leader (CRL) by the Association of Asset Management Professionals (AMP).
Many people and organizations succeed using Ricky Smith's simple approach to any process that creates long-term value. Ricky transitions organizations from their current state to more proactive state, resulting in culture change, optimal asset reliability and lower cost.
Ricky Smith has over 30 years of experience in manufacturing, facilities, mining, foods, military and many other types of organizations as both a practitioner and change agent in maintenance reliability worldwide. He worked in two corporate roles, one as a global reliability engineering leader and the other as a corporate maintenance engineering leader. At the site level, he began his career as a maintenance technician at Exxon Company USA, Alumax Mt. Holly (This plant was rate the best in the world for 18 years) and Hercules Chemical, providing the foundation for his maintenance reliability experience.
In 2004, Ricky was mobilized by the U.S Army Reserve to deploy to South West Asia as a Maintenance Company Commander in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served in this capacity from 2004-2005. In 2007, Ricky was mobilized as a investigating military officer at the Pentagon and charged by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to identify facility issue and make recommended changes to enhance facility reliability at Walter reed National Military Medical Center. His report on the facility's condition and problems were reported to the U.S. Congress in 2007. He also wrote and article for Uptime Magazine on this issue.
Ricky Smith is the co-author of "Rule of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineer, " "Lean Maintenance: Reduce Costs, Improve Quality, and Increase Market Share," " Industrial Machinery Repair: Best Maintenance Practices" "Planning and Scheduling Made Simple," "Failure Report Made Simple," Root Cause Analysis Made Simple (RCA),"Preventive Maintenance Made Simple," "FRACAS Failure, Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System," "Maintenance and Reliability Lubrication 101 Keep it Simple," "Maintenance Reliability Metrics/ KPIs Keeping It Simple."
Ricky has written for different magazine during the past 35 years on the technical, reliability and maintenance subjects.
Ricky is past Chairman of The Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals, SIG, which has seven regional directors globally. He is past Chairman of the SMRP's Mining Special Interest Group.
Our Trainer - Joel Levitt
Joel Levitt is a leading maintenance education professional and has trained more than 20,000 maintenance leaders from 3,000 organization in 42 countries in 550+ class. Since 1980 he has been president of Springfields Resources, a maintenance and consulting firm that has developed solutions for a wide range of maintenance issues. Joel is a frequent speaker at maintenance and engineering conferences, has written books Preventive Predictive Maintenance, Basics of Feet Maintenance, TPM Reloaded, Maintenance Planning Coordination Scheduling (co-author), Maintenance Management, Lead Maintenance, Managing Factory Maintenance, Managing Maintenances Shutdowns and Outage
Preventive and Predictive Maintenance (PPM) - 1 Day workshop
This course offers a foundation for any organization want to improve or set-up a PM system.
Some of the specific things you will learn include:
- How to reduce waste in PM activity
- Slash breakdowns
- What changes to improve repeatability
- Accurate prediction of failures before they occur.
- Plan and schedule PM to reduce excessive downtime
- How to evaluate existing task lists
- How thing fail and its impact on PM
- Who makes the best PM Person?
- What are the basics of predictive maintenance?
- How can we use the P-F curve to choose inspection frequencies
"Everything within an organization should be synchronized."
Workshop - Onsite
Workshop - In Person/ Virtual
Workshop - In Person/ Virtual
World Class Maintenance
Created assist organizations in the US and around the world succeed through "Training and Consulting". Please check this website often for new ideas and concepts.
Our organization offers Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices consulting and training onsite or Virtual Globally
Private Workshop:
- World Class Attributes (3 Days)
- Maintenance Assessment plus Master Plan (3 Days)
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, Maintenance Assessment plus Master plan (4 Days)
- Maintenance Excellence for Maintenance Supervisor
(3 Days)
- Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices plus CMRP prep (3 Days)
- Preventive Maintenance Best Practice (3 Days)
- Maintenance Technician Best Practice plus CMRT Prep (3 Days)
- Preventive Maintenance Best Practice (3 Days)
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Questions? send your request to email: worldclassmaintenance57@gmail.com or rsmith@worldclassmaintenance.org
Workshop - In Person/ Virtual
Workshop - In Person/ Virtual
Workshop - In Person/ Virtual
Public Workshop 2024
Virtual Workshop:
- Virtual Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices plus CMRP Prep Sat Oct 5 and Sat Oct 12 (2 Days) 9.00 am - 4.00 pm (ET) by Ricky Smith CMRP
- Virtual Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Nov 5-7
(3 Days) 9.00 am -4.00 pm (ET) by Ricky Smith CMRP
- Master Class Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices plus Master Plan Nov 26-28 (3 Days) 9.00 am-4.00 pm ET
In Person Workshop:
- Maintenance Planning and Scheduling plus Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Oct 21-23 (3 Days) Charlotte, NC By Ricky Smith CMRP and Joel Levitt President of Springfield Resources
- Maintenance Excellence for Maintenance Supervisor plus Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Oct 23-25 (3 Days) Charlotte, NC by Joe Levitt President of Springfield Resources and Ricky Smith CMRP
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling - Charlotte, NC (2 Days)
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling - Charlotte, NC (2 Days)
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling - Charlotte, NC (2 Days)
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling -Virtual Workshop
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling - Charlotte, NC (2 Days)
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling - Charlotte, NC (2 Days)
Maintenance Excellence for Maintenance Supervisor - Charlotte, NC (2 Days)
Maintenance Excellence for Maintenance Supervisor - Charlotte, NC (2 Days)
Maintenance Excellence for Maintenance Supervisor - Charlotte, NC (2 Days)
2024 Maintenance Workshop
Maintenance Excellence for Maintenance Supervisor - Charlotte, NC (2 Days)
Maintenance Excellence for Maintenance Supervisor - Charlotte, NC (2 Days)
World Class Maintenace
About us: We provide project planning and execution services to ensure that your engineering projects are completed on time and within budget.
Maintenance Best Practices Education, Consulting, and Certification in US and Canada
A Focus on Results
The first step is for us to work with you and come up with a plan to get the results you need. Through our Knowledge and Experience of Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices we bring the right solution to any issue.
Knowledge is the Foundation of Skills
Don't wait! Contact us for a free phone consultation. Let us help you figure out your best next steps are. The sooner you have a plan of action, the better your chances of taking the correct steps to get the results you want.
Maintenance Best Practices Training and Consulting by Ricky Smith CMRP, CMRT, CRL and his associates and ready meet your needs.
" Without accurate date reactive will rule"
-Ricky Smith CMRP, CRL, CMRT
"If you do not like something, change it, if you cannot change it, change your attitude -Maya Angelon
The Story of World Class Maintenance
Our Beginnings
Our Beginnings
Our Beginnings
World Class Maintenance was founded in 2010 by a group of passionate engineers who saw a need for innovative engineering solutions in the industry. Since then, we have grown into a team of over 50 experts, serving clients across the globe.
Our Growth
Our Beginnings
Our Beginnings
Over the years, we have expanded our services to include a wide range of engineering disciplines, from civil and mechanical to electrical and environmental. Our commitment to innovation and excellence has helped us establish ourselves as industry leaders.
Our Values
Our Beginnings
Our Values
At World Class Maintenance, we believe in honesty, integrity, and hard work. We are dedicated to providing our clients with the best possible service, and we are committed to building lasting relationships based on trust and respect.