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Certified Practitioner in Asset

Management (CPAM)

Asset Management Council

PO Box 2249 Hawthorn
Victoria 3122 Australia

GENERAL
Holders of this certificate will have an understanding of the contribution that they make to the successful
application of the principles of asset management in their organization.
Their contribution will be generally operational within well defined processes and procedures.
CPAMs are responsible for implementing aspects of asset management projects and programs in an
operational sense, for:

Bringing knowledge to bear from specific disciplines to develop solutions to problems and issues,
and

Ensuring that technical considerations are properly integrated and risks managed appropriately.
A CPAM must demonstrate Level 2 competencies and meet all the requirements of the AM Councils
Certification scheme, in relation to projects and activities that involve the following:

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

A knowledge background equivalent to that required for the Level 2 competencies, as determined by the AM
Council.
Where the person seeking accreditation has a primary engineering background, an accredited three or four
year Engineering diploma or degree or recognised alternative, with knowledge in one or more fields of
engineering will apply. Where an applicant has another primary background, a similar requirement will exist.
In general, the applicants knowledge and understanding will include the ability to:

Tackle asset management problems using defined processes to make reliable predictions of
outcomes; and

Ensure that specific aspects of a project are soundly based in theory.

Understand how new developments relate to established practice and to other disciplines with which
they may interact.

COMPETENCY SETS
General competencies include:

Addressing encountered issues and problems, within those encompassed by standards and codes
of practice for professional asset management.
Engagement with asset management issues and resolution of problems arising from interactions
between such issues, including interaction with other asset management disciplines.
Some integration of functional elements to form a consistent system.
Ability to conceptualise alternative approaches, define the risks and benefits of each.

The specific competencies relevant to CPAM are in the Appendix.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUTCOMES

CPAMs are able to manage specific aspects of project/enterprise outcomes in a range of contexts, namely.

Interactions between aspects of the asset management system and the environment in which it
operates, and some integration of social, legal, environmental and economic intended
outputs/outcomes.

Effective interaction and integration with other disciplines and professions for specific asset
management activities requiring detail professional knowledge.

Interpreting possibilities, within the constraints of an approved process, to society, business, and
government, and ensuring that policy decisions are properly informed.

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Competency Standard: Certified Practitioner

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AM Council
PO Box 2249 Hawthorn
Victoria 3122 Australia

MANAGEMENT ROLES
A CPAM may assist in managing teams appropriate to the above responsibilities.
In asset management roles, a CPAM should ably implement requirements across specific facets of asset
management, namely:

Identifying, assessing and managing risk, in relation to clients, users, the community and the
environment;

Ensuring that costs, risks and limitations are properly understood with respect to the desirable
outcomes; and

Recognising limits to own knowledge and seeking advice to supplement own knowledge and
experience.

APPENDIX: SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES FOR CPAM

Asset Management Principles
Capabilities
Maintains customer focus and relationships

Learning Organisations
Core

Applies Decision Making Processes and Procedures

Accesses the Internet
Applies problem solving techniques
Accesses and Interprets Technical Data and Information
Composes workplace documents

Level of Assurance
Supervises Configuration Management
Applies Configuration Management Processes and Procedures
Maintains Configuration Management Documentation
Applies Asset Management Processes and Procedures

Output Focus
Designs and develops text documents

Asset Management Processes

Financial
Core

Core

Participates in quality processes

Participates in environmental work practices
Applies Life Cycle Cost Processes and Procedures
Prepares Specifications for the Supply of Materials and Services
Applies Asset Valuation Processes and Procedures
Applies Basic Accounting Methods
Participates in safety work practices

Leadership and Culture

Creates and uses spreadsheets
Participates in workplace change
Accesses and uses resources
Communicates in the workplace
Creates and uses databases
Contributes in a Team Environment
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Gives and receives workplace feedback

Allocates Resources to Projects
Pursues continuing professional development

Configuration Management
Engineering Change
Core

Prepares Cost Justification Proposals

Applies Engineering Change Processes and Procedures

Continuous Improvement
Process Audit
Applies Root Cause Analysis Methods
Applies Lean Thinking Methods
Applies Technical Compliance Management Processes and Procedures

Process Change
Core

Applies Process Change Processes and Procedures

Participates in improvement processes

Process Monitoring
Core

Core

Applies Data Analysis Methods

Analyses Condition Monitoring Data
Analyses Performance Indicators
Prepares General Reports
Participates in the incidents investigation
Maintains Problem Reporting and Incident Recording Documentation
Applies Statistical Process Control Methods
Applies Problem Reporting and Incident Recording Processes and Procedures

Demand Management
Demand Analysis
Communicates with Stakeholders
Applies Asset Solution Processes and Procedures
Applies Demand Analysis Processes and Procedures
Applies Demand Management Processes and Procedures

Integrated Support
Computer Support
Core

Utilises Computer Systems

Maintains Integrated Support Documentation
Implements Computer Systems

Spares
Maintains Materials Cataloguing Documentation
Applies Materials Cataloguing Methods
Plans Distribution of Spares and Supplies
Applies Inventory (Spare Parts) Level Methods

Support Analysis

Core

Applies Technical Data and Information Processes and Procedures

Applies RCM Analysis
Applies FMEA/FMECA Analysis
Applies Reliability Analysis Methods

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Applies Reliability Modelling Methods

Applies Supply Chain Processes and Procedures
Applies Support Analysis Processes and Procedures
Applies Asset Renewal Methods
Applies Regulatory Frameworks Processes and Procedures
Prepares Operating Instructions
Applies Asset Renewal Processes and Procedures
Maintains Supply Chain Documentation
Applies Integrated Support Processes and Procedures

Operations and Maintenance

Maintenance Management
Applies Maintenance Management Processes and Procedures
Plans Shutdowns
Forecasts Maintenance Work
Plans Minor Projects
Schedules Maintenance Work
Allocates Resources to Maintenance Work
Supervises Maintenance Work
Forecasts Maintenance Costs
Utilises Computerised Work Management System
Plans Maintenance Work
Maintains Maintenance Management Documentation
Prepares Maintenance Work Instructions
Applies Work Management Processes and Procedures

Maintenance Planning
Develops Preventive Maintenance Tactics

Operations Management
Supervises Operations Work
Maintains Operating Documentation
Plans Operations Work
Applies Operations Management Processes and Procedures
Schedules Operations Work

Systems Engineering
Commissioning
Maintains Commissioning Documentation
Applies Commissioning Processes and Procedures
Supervises Commissioning Work

Concept Exploration and Validation

Applies Reliability Test Plans
Applies Research
Prepares Investment Options Proposals
Designs Reliability Test Plans
Applies Concept Exploration Processes and Procedures

Construction
Applies Construction Processes and Procedures
Prepares Construction Reports
Maintains Construction Documentation
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PO Box 2249 Hawthorn
Victoria 3122 Australia

Allocates Resources to Construction Work

Plans Construction Work
Supervises Construction Work

Create/Dispose
Plans Asset Disposal Work
Applies Asset Disposal Processes and Procedures

Design
Documents Design
Applies Design Verification and Validation Processes and Procedures
Plans Design Verification and Validation Work
Applies Design Processes and Procedures
Applies Technical Design Methods
Maintains Design Verification and Validation Documentation

Needs Definition
Applies Needs Definition Processes and Procedures

Specification
Applies Specification Processes and Procedures

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