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Knowledge for shutdowns and projects that sticks.

Methods for turnarounds and capital projects – developed by practitioners, for client teams and for our own team.

by practitioners
every trainer works on projects themselves
400+
turnarounds and projects as our base of experience
3 target groups
Client teams, temporary reinforcement and our own team
in-house
at your site, at ours or alongside the project
Who it is for

One Academy, three target groups.

The same content, three occasions: we develop the knowledge of your teams, prepare the specialists we find for you – and make sure our own people come to you with the same standard.

For client teams

Develop your team

With practical training and workshops, we develop the knowledge of your teams – and make your company's know-how reproducible instead of tied to individual people. The concepts meet every participant at their own level of knowledge.

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For temporary reinforcement

Prepared for your project

On request, we prepare the specialists we find for you through Staffing in Gelsenkirchen: on topics that were still open in the technical interview and, with your approval, on the standards of your company.

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For our own team

The same standard in our own team

We train our own people in a targeted way: when they join, between projects and whenever a new task calls for it – above all our junior staff on their way to a lead role. That way, we work in your project with the same methods, standards and quality requirements.

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Topics

What we teach.

Developed with experts from education and industry, with a clear practical focus.

Turnaround methodology

The phase model from definition to closeout and lessons learned – roles, milestones and the mistakes you only make once.

Scheduling

Primavera P6 and MS Project in shutdown and project practice: network logic, critical path, progress control.

Project Controls

Schedule, cost, documents and contracts as one system – reporting that enables decisions instead of producing paper.

Scope and technical planning

From scope capture through the freeze to the execution-ready work package – work preparation that works in the plant.

Leadership in the shutdown

Shift handovers, control of trades, escalation: leading under time pressure – in a shutdown as on the large construction site of a capital project.

Custom workshops

Individual formats for your questions – in-house at your site, at our locations or alongside your project.

We are currently building an open course programme with fixed dates. Until then, we agree content, scope and dates individually for each enquiry.

Our standard

By practitioners. For practice.

A training course is good when it changes the next shutdown or the next project – not when it produces a certificate.

Experience from 400+ projects

Every trainer works on turnarounds and projects themselves. The examples in the course are real cases, not textbook constructions.

Brought along, not left behind

The concepts start from the actual level of knowledge – from career starters to experienced professionals. Everyone starts where they stand.

Impact on the project

The goal is not the certificate but the difference in the next shutdown and the next project: knowledge that can be applied and found again.

Frequently asked questions

What you want to know beforehand.

Can I have individual employees trained, or only whole teams?

Both are possible. The formats range from one-to-one coaching for a new role to a multi-day workshop for a complete turnaround organisation. We clarify which format fits in a preliminary call, based on your situation.

Does the training take place at our premises?

If you wish, yes. In-house formats have the advantage that we can work with your plants, your processes and your schedules instead of general examples. Alternatively, we train at our locations or alongside a preparation that is already under way.

Are there fixed dates and a course programme?

We are currently building an open course programme with fixed dates. Until then, we agree content and dates individually – which has the advantage that the training fits the level of your team and the point your project has reached.

Do your own employees go through the same training?

Yes, as needed. We train our own people with the same content – when they join, between projects and whenever a new task calls for it, above all our junior staff on their way to a lead role. That way, everyone works with the same methods, standards and quality requirements.

Our glossary explains technical terms from the shutdown and project business – 59 entries, each linked to the relevant service.

From the blog

From the field.

Further reading: an article by our specialists on this topic.

Turnaround · Thomas Krischak

From foreman to planner: what operators gain when practitioners plan

No vocational training teaches technical planning and turnaround scheduling. We train practitioners to become our planners – for the entire turnaround.

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