Industrial Technology Maintenance (ITM) Standards

NIMS Smart Standards are centered on job roles defined by collections of individual duties. These duties establish minimum performance requirements independent of specifications or tolerances.

Performance Measures (PMs) are practical experiences that validate an individual or team meets the minimum requirements to perform on the job. NIMS has developed a framework that organizations may use to design customized PMs to include specifications and tolerances most relevant to their operations. Organizations may also select pre-developed PMs from a NIMS catalog.

Knowledge Requirements are specified for each job role in the standard. NIMS theory tests validate successful retention of knowledge required to perform duties within a role.

Roles

Maintenance Operations Specialist
Maintenance Operations Specialists repair and maintain equipment to operating condition.
Mechanical Systems Specialist
Mechanical Systems Specialists repair and maintain mechanical systems and associated components such as belts, chains, gears, bearings, sprockets, shafts, and couplings to keep mechanical systems in operating condition.
Hydraulic Systems Specialist
Hydraulic Systems Specialists repair and maintain hydraulic systems and associated components such as pumps, valves, cylinders, motors, and filters to keep hydraulic systems in operating condition.
Pneumatic Systems Specialist
Pneumatic Systems Specialists repair and maintain pneumatic systems and associated components such as compressors, valves, regulators, cylinders, and filters to keep equipment in operating condition.
Electrical Systems Specialist
Electrical Systems Specialists repair and maintain electrical systems and associated components such as wiring, fuses and circuit breakers, switches, relays, solenoids, and motors to keep electrical systems in operating condition.
Electronic Control Systems Specialist
Electronic Control Systems Specialists repair and maintain electronic control systems and associated components such as programmable logic controllers, motor control systems, sensors, and power supplies to keep electronic controls in operating condition.
Process Control Specialist
Process Control Specialists repair and maintain industrial process control systems and associated components such as sensors, signal conditioners, I/P converters, and loop systems to keep process controls in operating condition.

Knowledge Requirements

How do these relate to current NIMS credentials?
Transition Guide

Acknowledgements

The content of this standard is the result of hours of work from national Technical Work Group and has been validated by subject matter experts in industry and education. Material from the classic Industrial Technology Maintenance published in 2015 was combined and reconfigured to fit the state of industry today.

Standard ID: TBD

First Published: July 2020

Last Modified: July 2020