a staff function whose prime responsibility is to ensure that maintenance techniques are effective, that equipment is designed and modified to improve maintainability, that ongoing maintenance technical problems are investigated, and appropriate corrective and improvement actions are taken. Used interchangeably with Plant Engineering

Any additional damage to equipment, above and beyond the initial failure mode, that occurs as a direct consequence of the initial failure mode. 

Statistical analysis of failure data to determine the age-reliability characteristics of an item. 

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a tradesperson (or craftsperson) in training 

unlike in the accounting definition, in maintenance this is commonly taken to be any item of physical plant or equipment.

the systematic planning and control of a physical resource throughout its life. This may include the specification, design, and construction of the asset, its operation, maintenance and modification while in use, and its disposal when no longer required. 

a list of all the Assets

the proportion of total time that an item of equipment is capable of performing its specified functions

downtime, as a proportion of total time, not scheduled operating time.