Course Description
Pumps are the most numerous rotating machines in any industrial facility, and their reliable operation is critical to process performance. This course provides comprehensive knowledge of pump operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting across the main pump types.
Participants learn pump fundamentals and hydraulics, the operation and maintenance of centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, sealing systems, common failure modes, and systematic troubleshooting. The course equips maintenance and operations personnel to operate pumps within their reliable range, maintain them effectively, and diagnose problems quickly.
What you will achieve
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Explain pump fundamentals and hydraulics
- Understand centrifugal and positive displacement pump operation
- Interpret pump and system curves and the operating point
- Understand cavitation, NPSH, and reliable operating range
- Maintain pump sealing systems (mechanical seals, packing)
- Identify common pump failure modes
- Troubleshoot pump problems systematically
- Apply reliability best practices to pumps
How the course is delivered
The course combines pump theory with practical operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting guidance across pump types. Real failure examples and troubleshooting scenarios build diagnostic capability.
The programme balances hydraulic understanding with hands-on maintenance and troubleshooting practice.
Designed for
This training course is ideal for:
- Rotating equipment and maintenance engineers
- Operations and maintenance technicians
- Reliability engineers responsible for pumps
- Mechanical engineers working with pumps
- Anyone operating or maintaining pumps
Daily programme
- Pump types and applications
- Pump hydraulics fundamentals
- Pump and system curves
- The operating point
- Centrifugal pump operation
- Cavitation and NPSH
- Reliable operating range
- Pump performance problems
- Positive displacement pumps
- Mechanical seals
- Packing and sealing systems
- Seal support systems
- Pump maintenance practices
- Common pump failure modes
- Bearing and seal failures
- Alignment and installation
- Systematic pump troubleshooting
- Vibration and condition monitoring of pumps
- Reliability best practices
- Case study workshop and review
Certification & accreditation
BII Certificate of Completion
BII Certificate of Completion Upon successful completion, participants receive a BII Development Institute Certificate of Completion with a unique reference code that is independently verifiable. Our certificates are recognised internationally and reflect successful completion of your chosen programme.
