Mantenimiento de un buque

A 90-minute, 4-round basic Express simulation for Spanish vocational training (Formacion Profesional), module 1313 Planificacion del mantenimiento de maquinaria de buques y embarcaciones of the Tecnico Superior en Organizacion del Mantenimiento de Maquinaria de Buques y Embarcaciones (Real Decreto 1075/2012).

The learner is Nerea Ruigomez, a newly qualified technician who plans from ashore the maintenance of the two purse seiners of a fictional family fishing company in a port of eastern Cantabria through 2027: anchovy in the spring costera, bonito with live bait in the summer one, the winter in port.

Four situations set the year's course: the winter, and how the preventive plan is set (by running hours in a maintenance software, not stretched, not by the calendar) and when the boats go to the dry dock (booked for the winter lull with its work list, not when the certificate falls due); the anchovy costera, and how the machines are monitored (oil samples and vibration trends) and how the spares are kept (critical spares on board and ashore); the bonito costera, and what is done with a failing seawater pump (repaired to its root cause) and when the engine crew does its maintenance (planned into the watch rota inside the rest hours); and the autumn, and how the maintenance records are kept for the class survey (true, deferred tasks written as deferred) and how the year is accounted (by boat and machine, with the 2028 plan).

One critical error caps the round: recording deferred tasks as done. Some mistakes look fine on the day they are made and come back later through the machines and the spares: the intervals stretched by half, no stock with the supplier in 48 hours, a temporary fix at sea. KPIs: fleet availability, controllable maintenance cost, hours out of service from breakdowns and spare-part stock-outs.

Lesson: a well-planned dry dock prevents the breakdowns that cost a season. Spanish primary, English parity. Fictional company, boats and people; real curriculum and rules cited.

An introductory simulation that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, designed for undergraduate courses. It also works in vocational and high-school programmes and in onboarding sessions.