Course Description
This module looks at how human resources practices relate to the maintenance environment. Topics covered include the role of human resources in maintenance management, meeting legal requirements, recruitment and selection, orientation training and employee development, proper application of performance appraisals, the union management interface, managing change through effective leadership and managing safety in the workplace.
• Understanding the legal aspects of human resource management
• Dealing with labour issues within the maintenance environment
• Human resource planning
• Applying recruitment and selection procedures
• Conducting performance appraisals
• Implementing performance management
• Compensation management
• Managing safety within a maintenance environment
Sessions are delivered LIVE ONLINE via internet conferencing - distance learning. Ten, 3 hour weekly evening sessions.
Course materials include a textbook and a participant workbook. The participant workbook is available in Moodle (the Learning Management System used for this course) as a pdf that you can download. Access to your course in Moodle is available 14 days before the course start date.
This course is approved for:
The "Achievement in Business Competencies" (Blue Seal) program through the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Department. For more information on the Blue Seal Program go to: http://tradesecrets.alberta.ca/experiencedworkers/business-competencies/
1.6 Continuing Education Unit Credits for Alberta Environment Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Program. For more information on the Certification Program including approved CEUs go to: https://www.alberta.ca/water-wastewater-operator-certification.aspx#toc-3
PEMAC is recognized by the Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) as an approved provider of continuing education and training aligned with key subject areas related to reliability and physical asset management.
This module has the option for a physical textbook version OR an e-version. When registering, you can choose the option you wish. If you choose the e-version, your e-book order will be submitted to PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada for processing. Directions for downloading the e-book, and the unique redemption code, will be forwarded to you by PEMAC within three business days.
Books Required
Textbook: Canadian Human Resource Management: A Strategic Approach, 12th Canadian Edition, by Schwind, Das, Wagar
Workbook: MMP Module 3: Human Resources Management for the Maintenance Manager Courseware, Version 10.30 (pdf available for student printing/reference in Moodle)