- The Association of Asset Management Professionals, AMP, is currently promoting the achievement of this badge, after passing an exam that anyone can take.
- The Reliabilityweb.com organization offers the entire syllabus, related to the Uptime® Elements™ Framework, as well as other learning resources to successfully pass this test.
- Those who earn this badge will boost their own career by gaining greater credibility, as the badge is "a testament to the individual's commitment and expertise in lubrication as a critical aspect of asset management."
Asset management is the science that enables organizations to achieve greater heights of profitability, safety in operations, achieve stability and remain competitive in increasingly demanding markets and highly complex environments. Reliability, as a science and as a culture, ensures the proper functioning of equipment, assets and facilities by reducing and eliminating failures, ensuring the availability of these to meet the objectives of organizations.
In the context of industrial maintenance, practices such as equipment condition monitoring, maintenance planning and scheduling, risk management and life cycle optimization, and a whole series of practices that are crucial for effective industrial maintenance, are applied to achieve efficient operations. Lubrication is one of the crucial practices, and its application allows reducing wear and friction, reducing energy consumption and protecting against corrosion and oxidation. All of this extends equipment life, provides greater energy efficiency, reduces the risk of failure and generally improves productivity. By virtue of this, the Association of Asset Management Professionals (AMP) offers industrial maintenance professionals in the field of lubrication The Lubrication Leader Badge.
This distinction "represents recognition for professionals in the field of lubrication and asset management who have in-depth knowledge and competence in LEADER lubrication practices, which are crucial to ensuring the reliability and performance of assets" -explains the AMP website. The awards and distinctions are a way to recognize and celebrate professional achievements, and in the case of Lubrication Leader Badge is an assurance of the knowledge and preparation of the professional who obtains it, and their ability to support reliability and asset management from maintenance. Lubrication is one of the critical aspects within asset management, hence AMP's effort to promote this badge, which goes beyond a conventional certification.
This Lubrication Leader Badge is also one of the ways in which professionals can boost their own careers and become highly valuable individuals to the organizations they work for, and "reflects the individual's readiness to contribute to the improvement of asset reliability and performance through expert lubrication practices," AMP explains. Likewise, it is worth noting that the awards reinforce the sense of belonging, and this distinction will allow the recipient to become part of the large international reliability and asset management community, a huge network of professionals around the world who strive for operational excellence, safety, competitiveness and continuous improvement.
How to earn the Lubrication Leader Badge
Lubrication is one of the techniques listed in the Uptime® Elements™ Framework, specifically in the Asset Condition Management Domain, under Machinery Lubrication. O
btaining this badge requires passing a test of 25 questions, to be answered in 30 minutes, which is obviously linked to knowledge of the Uptime® Elements™ Framework and Body of Knowledge.
Therefore, it is recommended that those who wish to obtain this Lubrication Leader Badge study in depth the Uptime® Elements™ Lubrication Workbook available at this link and participate in the Workshop Study System offered by Reliabilityweb.com to understand the knowledge, techniques and lubrication practices that will make you a leader in this area. They will also have other resources such as online videos to strengthen the knowledge and competencies that will enable them to pass the test.
"A Lubrication Leader is someone who ensures that their organization's lubrication program provides value to the organization. A Lubrication Leader is someone who creates a new future that wasn't going to happen anyway"-the AMP web portal very aptly explains about this badge, which can be accessed by anyone interested in learning about the subject. The test is governed by the general guidelines of the international quality standard ISO 17024, and once the badge is earned it does not need to be renewed, as is the case with other certifications. More information is available here .