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OMA1 - Oil Monitoring Analyst
Course Overview

Interested in becoming a certified Oil Monitoring Analyst? Oil Monitoring Analyst's are predictive maintenance professionals who oversee the oil analysis program for a shop/plant. OMA I is recommended for mechanics, engineers, operators, tradesmen, chemical managers or on-site lab personnel whose core responsibilities include; Taking oil samples, reviewing oil analysis reports and selecting the correct oil analysis tests, maintaining overall care of equipment and determining appropriate maintenance actions based on oil analysis reports.

Develop the knowledge to kick-start your own Oil Analysis program. Undoubtedly if you have not taken that journey you are not sure how oil analysis fits within your maintenance program, and you require the knowledge to make oil analysis more successful within your organization. If you want to avoid making the mistakes these companies made, and if you want to learn the insights that these companies gained by trial and effort you need the training that Lubrigard offers.

Improve the way you do maintenance. The course first teaches you the fundamentals of oil analysis, then teaches you the skills necessary to ensure the success of your own oil analysis program. This course goes beyond the basics and shows you the necessary strategies to improve your maintenance through the integration of oil analysis. In just two days you will gain the knowledge to significantly improve the way you do maintenance within your company.

What You Will Learn
  • Understand how lubricants work, how to create lubricant specifications for different types of machines, and how to manage their condition.
  • Learn how to select a grease, the most effective application method, and how to determine the optimum application amount and frequency
  • Learn how to identify, prevent, and remediate lubricant contamination.
  • Learn how to design a world-class lubricant storage and handling system.
  • Understand the key elements and uses of oil analysis.
  • Learn how to modify equipment for lubrication, inspection, oil analysis, and contamination control.
  • Learn how to identify gaps in your program and create a game plan for your next steps.
Course Outline
Day 1
  • Lubricant Fundamentals
  • Functions of lubricating oil
  • Lubrication films
  • Mineral oil refining
  • Lubricant Properties
  • This module provides an understanding of oil properties by deconstructing technical data sheets for a number of common oil products
  • Viscosity classification (sae, iso, agma, nlgi)
  • Oxidation & thermal stability (an, bn, rpvot, ruler, tost, ft-ir)
  • Low temperature operation (pour point)
  • Base oil characteristics (specific / api gravity, flash point, ft-ir)
  • Air entrainment (foam characteristics)
  • Water shedding & rust and corrosion control (demulsibility / separability)
  • Detecting Contamination
  • Elemental analysis (icp, aa, xrf)
  • Wear particle screening (pq, dr-ferr)
  • Wear particle analysis (a-ferr, lnf, pdf, fda)
Day 2
  • Program Management
  • Maintenance strategies
  • The role of oil analysis
  • Setting program goals
  • Oil sampling
  • Completing sample information
  • Reading oil analysis sample reports
  • Lubricant degradation
  • Determining tan/tbn/viscosity limits
  • Interpretation of tan/tbn/viscosity results
  • Additive depletion
  • Contamination
  • Setting iso targets and alarms
  • Interpretation of particle count data
  • Setting water, glycol, soot, fuel limits
  • Determining incorrect oil top-ups
  • Ferrography/ferrous debris
Day 3
  • Wear Particle Analysis
  • Particle analysis techniques
  • Fundamentals of wear particle
  • Morphology
  • Wear regimes
  • Ferrous wear particles
  • Non-ferrous wear particles
  • Contaminants and lubricant degradation
  • Determining alloy composition of wear metals
  • Interpretaion of Wear & Fatigue
  • This module provides theory on oil analysis data
  • Interpretation through real-life case studies
  • Understanding wear limits
  • Determining wear limits
  • Detailed wear case studies

On the 4th day there will be a scheduled MLT1 certification exam. You can read about the MLT1 certification on the ICML website: http://www.lubecouncil.org/

To become certified, an individual must meet the following requirements:

Education and/or Experience - Candidates must have at least two years education (post-secondary) or on-the-job training in one or more of the following fields: machine lubrication, engineering, mechanical maintenance and/or maintenance trades.

Examination - Each candidate must successfully pass a written, 100 question, multiple-choice examination that evaluates the candidate's knowledge of the topic. Candidates have three hours to complete the closed-book examination. A score of 70% is required to pass the examination and achieve certification. Contact ICML about the availability of the exam in other languages.

The cost of the 3 day course is $1795 Canadian. The cost of the exam is $275 USD. Attendees wishing to take the exam must register directly with ICML