Asset Integrity Management Systems (AIMS)

Asset Integrity Management Systems (AIMS)

1 Weeks
Professional Level
Certificate Included
Course Content

Available Events

Available Events
CityDatePriceStatus
AmsterdamNetherlands
October 9, 2026
€4,900
Confirmed date
Kuala LumpurMalaysia
November 20, 2026
€4,800
Confirmed date
OnlineOnline
December 31, 2026
€2,400
Confirmed date
TunisTunis
February 11, 2027
€4,400
Confirmed date
GenevaSwitzerland
March 25, 2027
€4,900
Confirmed date
LisbonPortugal
May 6, 2027
€4,800
Confirmed date

Course Information

Duration

1 Weeks

Category

Oil & Gas

Level

Professional Level

Certificate

Included

Introduction

Asset Integrity Management Systems (AIMS) are a strategic discipline that protects organizational value by ensuring that critical assets perform safely, reliably, and efficiently throughout their lifecycle, from design and construction through operation, maintenance, and decommissioning. In modern leadership environments, integrity is no longer a technical function operating in isolation; it is a performance, risk, and governance priority that directly influences operational continuity, brand trust, regulatory confidence, and capital efficiency. Executives face increasing pressure to achieve predictable uptime while controlling cost, reducing risk exposure, and sustaining workforce and environmental protection in complex operating conditions. This course positions AIMS as a practical management system that converts integrity objectives into measurable performance outcomes through disciplined decision-making, clear accountability, data-driven prioritization, and robust assurance. Participants will learn how to define integrity goals, translate them into actionable plans, allocate resources based on risk and consequence, and implement effective controls that deliver verifiable results. The program also addresses common challenges such as fragmented data, competing operational priorities, weak interfaces between functions, and inconsistent contractor performance, while highlighting opportunities to strengthen resilience, optimize maintenance strategies, and elevate integrity maturity across the organization.

Course Objectives

  • Define and apply an end-to-end Asset Integrity Management System aligned to organizational risk and performance targets
  • Establish measurable integrity performance indicators and reporting dashboards for leadership oversight
  • Build an integrity governance model with clear roles, responsibilities, and decision rights across functions
  • Execute risk-based integrity planning that prioritizes resources by consequence and likelihood
  • Evaluate degradation mechanisms and translate findings into inspection, monitoring, and mitigation plans
  • Implement integrity assurance processes, including audits, barrier verification, and management review routines
  • Improve integrity data quality and lifecycle traceability to strengthen decision-making and accountability
  • Develop practical integrity strategies for high-criticality equipment to sustain reliability and compliance
  • Integrate change management and operational discipline to reduce integrity threats from non-routine work
  • Produce an actionable AIMS improvement roadmap with timelines, owners, and measurable outcomes

Target Audience

This course is designed for asset integrity managers, reliability and maintenance leaders, inspection and corrosion professionals, operations and production supervisors, HSE and risk practitioners, engineering managers, quality and assurance teams, project and facilities managers, technical authorities, and contract/contractor management professionals responsible for asset performance, risk control, and governance.

Benefits for the Organization

  • Strengthens operational resilience by reducing integrity-related failures and unplanned downtime

  • Improves risk visibility and decision quality through consistent risk-based prioritization and governance

  • Enhances compliance confidence via auditable processes, clear assurance routines, and traceable evidence

  • Optimizes maintenance and inspection spend by focusing resources on critical risk and consequence drivers

  • Increases cross-functional alignment by standardizing roles, interfaces, and performance expectations

  • Elevates leadership oversight through meaningful integrity KPIs, dashboards, and management reviews

Benefits for the Trainee

  • Builds practical capability to design, implement, and sustain an Asset Integrity Management System

  • Improves competence in risk-based planning, prioritization, and integrity performance measurement

  • Strengthens ability to translate technical integrity findings into executive-ready decisions and actions

  • Develops confidence in assurance activities such as audits, barrier checks, and management reviews

  • Enhances skills in integrity data management, reporting, and lifecycle traceability for accountability

  • Enables creation of a realistic improvement roadmap that can be applied immediately in the workplace

Course Outline

Day 1 – AIMS Foundations, Governance, and Leadership Oversight

  • Asset integrity principles and lifecycle thinking: design to end-of-life accountability
  • AIMS architecture: policies, standards, processes, and performance integration
  • Governance and operating model: roles, decision rights, technical authority, and escalation paths
  • Leadership oversight: management review cadence, reporting discipline, and evidence-based decisions
  • Integrity culture and accountability: behaviors, competence, and operational discipline expectations
  • Integrity risk language: consequence, likelihood, criticality, and tolerability in business terms
  • Building an integrity performance framework: leading and lagging indicators, targets, and thresholds

Day 2 – Risk-Based Integrity Planning and Criticality Management

  • Risk-based integrity planning: turning risk insight into actionable annual and multi-year plans
  • Criticality assessment methods for systems, equipment, and barriers
  • Integrity threats and degradation mechanisms: identification, screening, and prioritization logic
  • Inspection and monitoring strategies: selection, intervals, and effectiveness validation
  • Mitigation planning: repair, replacement, operational controls, and temporary measures governance
  • Backlog and deferral control: risk justification, approvals, and time-bound action tracking
  • Resource planning: competence, contractors, tools, and budget aligned to integrity priorities

Day 3 – Degradation Management, Inspection Programs, and Technical Justification

  • Corrosion and degradation management programs: drivers, controls, and verification routines
  • Fitness-for-service thinking: technical justification, acceptance criteria, and decision documentation
  • Integrity operating windows and limits: defining safe operating envelopes and response actions
  • Integrity management of piping, vessels, rotating equipment, and structural elements
  • Inspection planning quality: scope definition, data capture standards, and evidence traceability
  • Managing anomalies and findings: classification, risk ranking, corrective actions, and close-out quality
  • Interface management between operations, maintenance, inspection, and engineering for fast decisions

Day 4 – Integrity Data, Assurance, and Performance Reporting

  • Integrity data lifecycle: standards, taxonomy, and data ownership for consistent decisions
  • Data quality management: completeness, accuracy, timeliness, and single-source-of-truth practices
  • Integrity dashboards: KPI design, visualization principles, and decision-oriented reporting
  • Assurance model: audits, self-assessments, field verification, and independent review approaches
  • Barrier and critical control verification: assurance frequency, evidence quality, and effectiveness testing
  • Lessons learned and learning loops: incident learning translated into system improvements
  • Management of action items: tracking discipline, verification of effectiveness, and closure governance

Day 5 – Implementation Roadmap, Change Management, and Continuous Improvement

  • AIMS implementation strategy: sequencing, milestones, and stakeholder engagement plan
  • Management of change impacts on integrity: process, approvals, risk evaluation, and documentation
  • Contractor and supplier integrity management: performance expectations, assurance, and accountability
  • Integrity competence management: role profiles, training needs analysis, and verification
  • Maturity assessment: current-state diagnostics, gap analysis, and target-state definition
  • Building the AIMS improvement roadmap: owners, timelines, KPIs, and measurable deliverables
  • Final capstone: executive-ready integrity plan presentation with governance and performance measures

Course Duration

Duration: 1 Weeks

Duration: 5 days
Format: Classroom / Online / Blended

Instructor Information

“The training will be delivered by a team of experts specialized in negotiation and professional relationships. They have extensive practical experience in managing complex negotiations, as well as a strong record in delivering leadership and management development programs.”

Conclusion

This course equips leaders and technical professionals with a disciplined, performance-driven approach to Asset Integrity Management Systems that strengthens reliability, sharpens risk control, and reinforces governance through measurable results. By converting integrity expectations into executable plans, clear accountability, and auditable assurance routines, participants will be positioned to reduce integrity threats, improve decision quality, and sustain operational continuity while maintaining credible oversight. Graduates leave with practical tools, structured implementation logic, and an actionable roadmap that can be applied immediately to elevate integrity maturity, protect organizational value, and strengthen confidence at every level of leadership.

Asset Integrity Management Systems (AIMS)

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