Preventive Maintenance Guide for Equipment

The mission of this guide is to provide procedures designed to preclude failures and assist in establishing a plan for proper periodic maintenance and overhauling in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications. All equipment must be maintained in a condition of readiness and individual shop instructors may be assigned certain responsibilities as are appropriate.

Equipment in the program areas is serviced and repaired by individual program instructors and students as practical projects and by request for services by approved work orders for maintenance. Specialty items that are highly technical are serviced or repaired by contract with authorized dealers or vendors qualified to perform the service. Major repairs and maintenance are contracted to service vendors either by the bid process or by direct contract with authorized dealers.

A Maintenance/Service Work Order must be completed and signed by the faculty and/or staff member requesting maintenance. Maintenance/Service Work Orders are available to all employees. The form is completed and signed by a campus dean and forwarded to the proper personnel who will perform the requested maintenance or repair. If someone other than Region 4 personnel must perform the repair work, administrative personnel will follow the Louisiana Community Technical College System’s policy in determining how the repair work is completed. Once the work has been completed, the form is returned to the administrative office to be filed.