What are the best ways to advance your career in equipment maintenance?

Experience is important it doesn't come in a book. Those certifications with experience are valuable. but when it's time to stand and deliver I prefer someone who has experience landing the plane I may be in. give those with experience a shot too.

Some ways to get started 1. Be engaged in equipment maintenance. 2. Show serious and keen interests in advancing your knowledge in equipment maintenance. 3. Enroll in technical courses for certification in equipment maintenance. 4. After qualifying for certifications and passing the exams, apply the best practices gained during the training for certification and make a difference. 5. Introduce or propose for the introduction of systems to help in monitoring and tracking maintenance activities.

Get as many certificates you can I was blessed to have the army to spring board my schooling and certification. To make me shine above others. So yes get as much as you can from your job...

I believe a degree is important as it is representative of meeting a standard, and completing a long-term project successfully. If you don't have one listed on your resume, it leaves the hiring party in a state of wonderment, and may cause them to pass on you during an initial screening of candidates. Are technicians with degrees better than those without? Absolutely not. I've seen ex-military trained technicians without degrees run circles around some with multiple degrees even. Any manufacturing company I've seen in semiconductor or medical devices will accept 4 yrs of service in lieu of a degree. Working FT is not an excuse to avoid school IMO. The key to obtaining a degree while working FT is ONE. One class each offering session

Continuous development is not only important to the employee, but also to the company. Change is unavoidable in this day and age with the continuous technology developments we see every day. To be at the top of your game and to advance your career, it is important to stay at the top. Continuously developing your employees also helps with retention of employees as they feel valued, retention of customers as they see you are providing the best support and is ultimately also good for your profit margins and growth, as a company.

Life is a learning experience; build on a foundation that is already there. Play to your strengths! Start with your facility specific equipment and all the IO&M's on the product. Next, look at the vendor website for any free training & resources. Enroll in all the courses you can. When it's time to perform any work or projects, take the information home and study what you are doing the night before, especially the big stuff. Vendors representatives are great resources to ask questions to as well. Use your copy of the IO&M's as a notebook and make as many footnotes as possible. Couple your book knowledge with actual hands-on time, and with each successive project you will begin to build up your knowledge. Study more than the average worker!

In the semiconductor manufacturing space, there are specific groupings of equipment based on the step in the mfg process. Generally in my experience, you focus expertise on equipment in one grouping, but can cross-train on other equipment to add value to you as an employee. Cross-training is best accomplished through complete immersion in an overtime capacity so that you're not distracted by attending to your primary equipment while attempting to learn the secondary.

Learning new technologies takes time and money. Learn what intrigues you and is offered to you freely. That is, if your company is willing to front the cost of training. Otherwise, if you do it on your own dime and time, ensure you can apply it to your current position and job to establish experience with the new skill. A CMMS program will help manage the maintenance and operations of any system. Yet, finding the right CMMS can be challenging, as there are many. Learning the common one to your target industry will benefit prospective hires.

Troca de conhecimento é um ótimo meio de crescimento próprio e dos nossos colegas. Lan?ar desafios com perguntas durante a execu??o das atividades ajuda a relembrar e aprimorar as técnicas de execu??o.

Start from the base go for the OEM manual , learn about the Equipment Functions, basic Repairs , Conditional checks in general increase your knowledge About the function , repair and Upkeep for that equipment . Now the Peer to Peer Learning , Apply and discuss the Learning’s from the reading with the Process Practitioner , Operators for Equipment functionality - this Way you will learn the Function and Upkeep part , As they are the one utilising the equipment on Daily basis ( Operator Base Maintenance ) Now for the Repair or Maintenance one learning is by the Manual and for the practical Learning - find yourself and opportunity To overlook the Maintenance ,to apply the knowledge on actual Maintenance

Throughout my career I've heard the philosophy along the lines of "give me the money, then I'll do it". That's a losing mindset in many ways IMO, but especially for career advancement. "Seek responsibility, and take responsibility for your actions" was a phrase I learned early on in life. Those that go above and beyond are the ones that get rewarded with advancement. If you're not, challenge it, respectfully and tactfully I might add. You don't get anywhere swinging an attitude around about it. Keep a journal of things you accomplished that you believe are next level, and submit it to your superior prior to the rating period. On average, they don't have the time or bandwidth to write you the review you think you deserve. Help them.

Siento que en este tema se puede adentrar en la multitarea y quizás a no todos le guste hacer este tipo de actividades. Por ejemplo a mí me gusta hacer mtto preventivo a equipos electrónicos, pero quizás realizar instalación y obra civil (para ciertos equipos) no me gusta. No quiere decir que no sea proactivo en mi puesto, porque internamente yo me propongo metas que para ciertos equipos su mtto debe ser en menos tiempo si bajar la calidad, haciendo un trabajo óptimo. Sin necesidad de hacer multitarea. Ense?ar a demás compa?eros si veo que sea una buena herramienta de aprendizaje, puesto que cuando expones lo que dominas hay un feedback que te hace razonar un poco más (ves desde otra perspectiva la actividad que hacías).

Think about this. Certification is one method of valuing your knowledge, a good and proven method. Experience, the action leading to both bad and good, success and failure, cannot be taught. Process is the lesson, and certification confirms your knowledge of that process. The experience of being there and doing that can never be replaced. You can learn some valuable insights from other’s experience, but the full impact of living with the actions taken and the results of those actions must be experienced.

Más allá de la continua búsqueda de ampliar conocimiento es vital que se designe con absoluta claridad el procedimiento de cómo hacer el mantenimiento más básico. En mi experiencia es el área donde se suele tener menos cuidado, "no importa si ese tornillo/destornillador está deteriorado, no quiero buscar otro" es el ejemplo de cómo la comodidad de hoy se convierte en la dificultad de ma?ana, cuando el tornillo quede aislado dentro de la rosca.

Continuous learning, staying updated with technology advancements, and honing both technical skills and soft skills are vital for elevating expertise in maintenance. Enrolling in specialized courses, obtaining certifications, and attending workshops for technical proficiency. Cultivating problem-solving abilities and effective communication and collaborative teamwork. Building a strong network within the industry through conferences or online forums encourages knowledge sharing. Be come a leader for newcomers and juniors. Regularly seeking feedback, analyzing past performance, and implementing innovative strategies consistent growth and development, not just in equipment maintenance skills but also in career progression within the field.

Segun Charles Darwin: "No es la especie más fuerte la que sobrevive, ni la más inteligente, sino la que responde mejor al cambio". Invierte en educación continua, mantente actualizado con las últimas tecnologías, desarrolla habilidades de resolución de problemas y establece metas profesionales claras. Construye una red sólida, busca mentoría, participa en proyectos desafiantes y mantén una actitud proactiva. Aprende del feedback, reflexiona sobre tu desempe?o y recuerda que la mejora continua es esencial en un mundo en constante evolución.

There are two things that get overlooked as we grow older. Curiosity and imagination. Curiosity is the thing that drives you to seek out how things work almost effortless. Imagination is the world in which you can put that information to work. These are lost as you get older being told your just a dreamer, well how do you think the device your reading this on came about. Beam me up Scotty. Think about that.