How to Manage Your Condition-Based Maintenance Program

Wednesday, March 6 | | 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall, Room N255
Maintenance/Technical Issues Track

Members of the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) Joint Helicopter Safety Implementation Team (JHSIT) Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring (HFDM) Industry Working Group’s HUMS Project Team will provide a brief introduction to helicopter vibration, vibration analysis, the concept of condition-based maintenance (CBM), as well as the history of its use. More importantly, the presenters will reveal why CBM is an essential part of a maintenance program, how to properly manage a CBM program, and how it can positively impact the safety culture of an organization.

Learning Objectives/Benefits

Participants should walk away with a basic understanding of the principles of CBM, its “interaction” with a proactive safety management system program, the benefits of an effective CBM program, and ideas and resources for CBM implementation.

Instructor

In addition to holding Federal Aviation Administration airframe and powerplant and inspection authorization certificates, Daniel Green served in the U.S. Navy, attended Loyola University in New Orleans, and is Level 1 certified in vibration analysis. Green is also a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, a certified ISO 9001:2000 internal quality auditor, and a trained facilitator in RCA Why Tree and 5 Why Analysis. He is a member of the Association for Maintenance Professionals and of the IHST JHSIT HFDM IWG and that group’s HUMS Project Team and is an HAI Technical Committee applicant. Green participates in the IHST HeliShare Program and has been published in and is on the Editorial Advisory Board for HeliMX magazine.