Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada

Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada
Type Not-for-profit Professional / Membership Organization.
Focus Professional Development
Headquarters Mississauga, ON, Canada
Membership
Individual and Corporate
Official language
English and French
President
Susan Lubell
Key people
Executive Director - Cindy Snedden
Website Home page

The Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) is a national, not-for-profit industry and technical association for plant and facility maintenance, reliability and physical asset management practitioners and professionals in Canada.[1]

Purpose

PEMAC’s mission is to improve its member’s professionalism, safety, performance, and outside recognition, by providing specialized training and certification, undertaking research, providing forums for the exchange of information and acting as a public voice for its members and the profession.

History

In 1989, PEMAC was born out of the concern and vision of two professional engineers and a small group of people involved in plant and facility maintenance and engineering at both the practitioner and management level, who shared their concerns. The concern was, and still is, that maintenance and physical asset management professionals were providing an essential service without significant recognition. The vision was to create a national association devoted to plant and facility engineering and maintenance, created by the plant and facility engineering and maintenance practitioners in Canada.

Today PEMAC provides global leadership, education and certification in maintenance, reliability and asset management practices to professionals across Canada an around the world. PEMAC is an active and contributing member to the "Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management" working globally to align theory and practice in this developing profession. We represent individual and corporate members across a vast number of industries both public and private.

PEMAC Activities

Certification Program

In an effort to establish a clear set of standards for professional development in the field of maintenance management PEMAC has set about standardizing the training for practitioners and professionals across Canada in cooperation with various Colleges, Institutes and Universities through the Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) certificate program. Individuals wishing to use the "Maintenance Management Professional" (MMP) designation must complete a 225-hour training program made up of 8 courses, apply for certification from PEMAC and be a member in good standing of the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada. Prior learning recognition is available for up to 6 of the courses.

PEMAC launched a second certificate program in fall 2014 that introduces tools for strategic decision making at each stage of the asset lifecycle. The Asset Management Professional (AMP) Certificate program presents participants with the latest in strategic asset management thinking from recognized global organizations, while developing the capacity to engage others and build their knowledge and skill in key subject areas such as risk management, knowledge management (enterprise database systems).

The AMP program is designed for mid-career professionals from a variety of backgrounds (IT, engineering and business management) who have responsibility for managing decisions with respect to the core life cycle functions such as design, selection, operation, and maintenance of an organization’s assets. Similar to PEMAC’s signature MMP program, the AMP program it finishes with a “Capstone” project, offering the opportunity to apply the participants' new knowledge and skills to develop a real-life project recommendation. The first set of participants completed the program in winter of 2016, and were the first in the world to be CAMP certified.

The MMP program has been recognized by Alberta Industry Training for the Blue Seal "Achievement in Business Competencies" program.[2] In addition both the Alberta Water Wastewater Operators Association [3] and the Ontario Water and Wastewater Certification Office[4] recognize courses in the program for Continuing Education Credits. PEMAC is also recognized by the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) as an "Approved Education Provider". Consider studying MMP or AMP courses if you are seeking to achieve -or- maintain your CMRP certification.

National Conferences

For fourteen years, PEMAC's MainTrain conference has been the source for professional development for asset management,  maintenance and reliability professionals in every industry and private and public sector businesses that invest capital in equipment and facilities. Canada's largest annual maintenance and physical asset management conference exhibition and networking event, MainTrain gathers leading experts, practitioners and professionals from across Canada and around the world to share their insights and strategies that will support professionals and their organizations.[5]

Chapter Activity

Local chapters organize regular networking and professional development events across the country.

References

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