Certificate detail: LCIPSC - Life Cycle Institute Planning & Scheduling Certification

The Planning and Scheduling Certification (PSC) builds and certifies competency in building and sustaining a maintenance planning and scheudling program. Successful candidates will learn practical skills that can be applied on the job right away, demonstrate their commitment to building a solid maintenance planning and scheduling program, and increase their value to your organization.

Participants learn how to:
  • Move your organization from a reactive to proactive environment.
  • Calculate work management performance metrics.
  • Develop a comprehensive "standard" job plan and apply work planning best practices.
  • Develop governing principles and standard procedures for CMMS data entry and use.
  • Describe a disciplined approach to managing work for aplanned shutdown.
  • Develop an audit and continuous improvement strategy for the planning program.


To earn a Planning and Scheduling Certification (PSC), candidates must complete four courses and successfully pass the certification exam within three years.

For more information on how to earn a PSC, please email professionalprograms@ku.edu.

Courses

Course title Mandatory Year span
Managing Planning and Scheduling Mandatory 2
Materials Management Mandatory 2
Planning for Shutdowns, Turnarounds, and Outages Mandatory 2
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Mandatory 2

Electives required: