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Vehicle Maintenance and Workshop Control

Vehicles come back from the workshop late, twice for the same fault, and nobody can say what the repair actually cost. Job card discipline, preventive maintenance scheduling, warranty recovery, parts control and the decision about in house workshops against external service providers.

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What you will be able to do

  • Build a preventive maintenance schedule based on distance, hours and manufacturer intervals.
  • Control work through job cards from booking to quality check and release.
  • Measure workshop productivity, repeat repairs and vehicle downtime.
  • Recover warranty and goodwill claims that are commonly written off.
  • Manage parts stock, core returns and consumable usage against job cards.
  • Compare in house workshop costs against external service provider quotations.

Course outline

  1. 01Maintenance strategy and service intervals
  2. 02Job card control and workshop workflow
  3. 03Downtime, turnaround and productivity measures
  4. 04Parts stores and consumable control
  5. 05Warranty, goodwill and supplier claims
  6. 06Tyre and component life management
  7. 07In house against outsourced maintenance

Who should attend

Workshop managers and foremen, maintenance planners, fleet controllers, parts and stores supervisors, and transport managers who carry the maintenance budget.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 30 Sep 2026Maseru3US$1,500Closed
29 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Mbabane3US$1,500Register
30 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Lusaka3US$1,500Register
5 to 7 Oct 2026Harare3US$1,500Register
6 to 8 Oct 2026Lilongwe3US$1,500Register
7 to 9 Oct 2026Blantyre3US$1,500Register
12 to 14 Oct 2026Mozambique3US$1,500Register
13 to 15 Oct 2026Nairobi3US$1,500Register
14 to 16 Oct 2026Dar es Salaam3US$1,500Register
19 to 21 Oct 2026Kigali3US$1,500Register
20 to 22 Oct 2026Kampala3US$1,500Register
21 to 23 Oct 2026Accra3US$1,500Register
26 to 28 Oct 2026Lagos3US$1,500Register
27 to 29 Oct 2026Cairo3US$1,500Register
28 to 30 Oct 2026Mauritius3US$1,500Register
2 to 4 Nov 2026Dubai3US$1,500Register
3 to 5 Nov 2026Online3US$900Register
30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026Johannesburg3R13,000Register
1 to 3 Dec 2026Cape Town3R13,000Register
2 to 4 Dec 2026Durban3R13,000Register
7 to 9 Dec 2026Pretoria3R13,000Register
8 to 10 Dec 2026Windhoek3US$1,500Register
9 to 11 Dec 2026Gaborone3US$1,500Register

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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