Municipal AM Training - NAMS
Asset Management BC Information Sheet
NAMS – National Asset Management Strategy Asset management requires the skills of many disciplines within our work force. For existing infrastructure, the technical (operations and maintenance) and financial information must be merged together to provide a viable asset management plan. As asset management is an on-going process, there is a clear advantage in municipal staff being trained to understand the details of the ‘work’ and know both technically and financially how to update information and assess the options and scenarios. Asset Management BC determined the best training program available was developed and sponsored by IPWE of Australia. The NAMS program has been delivered in over 300 communities in Australia with great success. It now has been delivered in over 30 BC communities and over 60 in Alberta and Saskatchewan from very small communities to large cities. Feedback from our BC communities is 100% positive. The benefits of NAMS are: Is a proven training program designed SPECIFICALLY for municipal employee integrating disciplines using the same language and approach. Communities are normally sending 4 attendees With functional, practical deliverables Fits BC municipal and Regional District needs and is compatible with Asset Management: Framework for Sustainable Service Delivery You use your data for training. You leave with an Asset Management Plan for one asset group Does not replace your existing software or management / data systems and is not a data system Provides templates already designed and tested for use with your data
NAMS.PLUS3 provides templates and modelling tools to: Uses existing software in Excel and WORD with draft text for Asset Management Plan and templates for inputting your own data Easily helps revise and update your asset management and long term financial plans Allows running various scenarios to assess the implications of asset condition, effective life, risk to assets and levels of services, and cost options Simplifies and enhances the annual budget preparation and adoption process Assists in developing long term maintenance and capital programs based on agreed service levels Provides basis for developing and updating current asset management policy and strategy assess current asset management maturity and set improvement targets and plans Can build into plan proposed future infrastructure Training programs will be offered in 2015. Best results are achieved when both financial and technical staff attend and work together with your own data. Training is a 3 days program.
Contact Asset Management BC for 2015 training schedule. E- mail:
[email protected] Telephone: 250-741-9887 Website: www.assetmanagmentbc.ca