Build the shutdown schedule and material readiness report

You are the Production Planner in the Engineering Office.

Simulated workplaceAdvanced missionCAQA Ironbark Engineering

What is going on

The Mount Errol Quarries seventy-two hour shutdown starts at 6:00 am on 13 October 2026 and the plant must be handed back by 6:00 am on 16 October. The approved shutdown plan gives the scope, crews and sequence but not a shift-by-shift schedule. Materials are arriving against the delivery schedule: the bearings and chute liners are in, the jaw liner certificate is still requested, and the mobile welding unit is under repair after a yard incident. Jodie Ferrante needs a detailed schedule loaded against job card JC-26-0420, a material and equipment readiness check and a one-page risk summary for the General Manager so problems are fixed before mobilisation.

Jodie Ferrante, Engineering Office Manager
Subject: Shutdown schedule and material deliveries

Bree has approved the Mount Errol shutdown plan and I need the detailed schedule built from it. Break the three days into shifts and tasks per crew, check that the materials on the delivery schedule are received in the materials register, and flag anything missing or in quarantine. The jaw liner certificate is still outstanding. Update the job card JC-26-0420 with the schedule and give me a one-page summary of risks to the handover time.

Your brief

Build a shift-by-shift schedule for the shutdown from the plan, check material, certificate and equipment readiness in the registers, estimate labour hours by crew against the quoted hours, and write a one-page risk summary with actions to protect the handover time.

Work through it

You do not need to do it all. Doing a few of these will show you what the work is like. Your ticks and notes stay on this device.

Read the Mount Errol Quarries October Shutdown Plan and list every work package, its crew, its dependencies and the permits it needs.
Build a schedule that allocates each work package to day and night shifts across the three days, showing which packages run in parallel and the critical path to handover.
Estimate labour hours per crew from the schedule and compare them with the 640 quoted hours on job card JC-26-0420, explaining any gap.
Check the Materials and Certificate Register for every item on the delivery schedule and list anything not received, quarantined or with a certificate still requested.
Check the Plant and Equipment Register for the mobile welding unit, torque tools and alignment kit and identify what must be repaired or calibrated before 9 October.
Review the Training and Competency Matrix for the rostered crew and flag any induction or competency that expires before or during the shutdown.
Update job card JC-26-0420 with the schedule summary and write a one-page risk summary with owners and dates for each action.
Prepare a material delivery schedule for the outstanding items showing supplier, item, required-on-site date and the person chasing it.

My notes: what did I enjoy, and what surprised me?

What someone in this role would produce

Shift-by-shift shutdown schedule with critical path
Labour hours estimate compared with the quoted hours
Material and equipment readiness report
One-page risk summary with actions
Updated job card JC-26-0420

Printing this is a record of what you explored. It is not a certificate or a qualification.