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Oil Sampling and Used Oil Analysis for Maintenance Teams

Used oil carries an early warning of wear and contamination that many African plants never read. This programme teaches maintenance teams to take representative oil samples, understand laboratory reports, and act on wear metal, water and particle results before machinery fails. Delegates learn to build a sampling routine that fits dusty, remote and high humidity operating conditions.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain what oil analysis reveals about machine and lubricant condition.
  • Take representative oil samples without introducing contamination.
  • Interpret wear metal, viscosity, water and particle count results.
  • Set alarm limits and trend results for critical machines.
  • Convert analysis findings into maintenance and oil change decisions.
  • Design a practical sampling programme for site conditions.

Course outline

  1. 01Why oil analysis works
  2. 02Sampling points and techniques
  3. 03Reading laboratory reports
  4. 04Wear metals and contamination limits
  5. 05Trending and alarm setting
  6. 06Acting on analysis results
  7. 07Building a site sampling programme

Who should attend

Lubrication technicians, condition monitoring staff, reliability officers and maintenance artisans who sample and act on oil condition data.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 29 Sep 2026Kigali2US$1,100Closed
29 to 30 Sep 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
30 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Oct 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Oct 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
6 to 7 Oct 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Oct 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Oct 2026Online2US$900Register
19 to 20 Nov 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
23 to 24 Nov 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
24 to 25 Nov 2026Durban2R10,000Register
25 to 26 Nov 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
26 to 27 Nov 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Dec 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Dec 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Dec 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Dec 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Dec 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Dec 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Dec 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Dec 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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