TS EN 15628
Maintenance - Qualification of maintenance personnel
This European Standard specifies the qualification of the personnel with regard to the tasks to be performed in the context of the maintenance of plant, infrastructure and production systems.
In this European Standard, maintenance of plants and buildings is included in terms of technical aspects of services.
This European Standard guides to define the knowledge, skills and competencies required for the qualification of maintenance personnel.
This European Standard covers the following professional persons in the maintenance organization:
— Maintenance Technician Specialist;
— Maintenance Supervisor and Maintenance Engineer;
— Maintenance Manager (Responsible of Maintenance Function or Service).
This European Standard does not specify the verification criteria nor the specialized training of the personnel, which is related to the specific commodity sector.
NOTE Specialization and profession are the subject of the training carried out in the relevant sector.
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TS EN 15628 is a qualification standard for maintenance personnel, defining the knowledge, skills and competencies expected for different maintenance roles in plant, infrastructure and production-system maintenance. It treats maintenance as a broader technical function than simple repair, covering the people who plan, supervise, analyse and lead maintenance work that supports continuity of service.
How the maintenance roles are differentiated
A key feature of this standard is the clear separation of responsibility levels within a maintenance organisation. A maintenance technician specialist is oriented toward practical technical tasks, while a maintenance engineer and maintenance supervisor take on more analytical and method-based duties; the maintenance manager carries overall responsibility for the maintenance function or service. This distinction matters because maintenance teams often combine hands-on work, coordination and managerial decision-making, but not every role requires the same depth or type of competence.
Scope boundaries and technical context
The standard includes maintenance of plants and buildings in terms of technical service aspects, but it does not set verification criteria for a specific commodity sector and it does not define specialised training content for sector-specific occupations. In general technical practice, maintenance competence involves understanding equipment behaviour, interpreting reliability and quality concepts, and managing maintenance activities alongside operational, environmental and organisational needs. In that sense, the document provides a competence framework for maintenance personnel rather than a sector training syllabus.
- Provides a qualification framework for tasks in plant, infrastructure and production-system maintenance.
- Includes the technical service aspects of maintenance for plants and buildings.
- Distinguishes between technician specialist, engineer/supervisor, and maintenance manager roles.
- Does not define sector-specific training or verification criteria.
- Publication Date: 13.11.2014
- Standard Status: H (İptal Edilmiş Standard/Withdrawn standard)
- Publisher: TSE
- Document Language: tr
- ICS Classification: 03.080.10 Endüstriyel Hizmetler ; 03.100.30 İnsan Kaynakları Yönetimi
- Pages: 30
- Source Standard: EN 15628:2014
- International Equivalents: 15628-EQV
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