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A long time argument that I have encountered in the facility field has been, "at what point does a none licensed maintence person or field service technician have to let the licensed person completed an assigned job"? I have heard many different comments on how that is to be determined. Is...

In my years in this industry, I have learned that continual exposure to training is essential to success. With the varied types of equipment, power sources and technologies that we are deluged with daily, no one person is capable of remembering all of the key aspects of each variable we are charged with...

Doesn't matter what your situation is, I would like to here from you about the biggest problems or difficulties you are facing as a FM. Management problems, funding, staff, safety, operational cost reductions, energy efficiency? What's going on in your world?

As you know, I travel frequently. The first part of the week was no different as I found myself on a flight to Atlanta. I was leafing through a Maintenance book when the person across the aisle struck up a conversation. Turns out, he worked as a veteran Maintenance Supervisor in a large mill where he...

Before you attempt to ask people to learn something new, you should take a few minutes to diagnose their needs and how they might learn best. See, not everyone learns the same way, at the same rate, or has the same background or experiences that you do. At the end of the day, you aren’t the one...

High school students have no idea you exist. OK, let’s put that more accurately: Many of the most promising candidates for vacant technician jobs in maintenance and engineering departments know little or nothing about the maintenance profession or its specific jobs. Given that blind spot, it is...