Learn about best practices in asset management from our library of resources.
You can access courses and free tools for whatever stage of your asset management journey you’re in.
ASSET MANAGEMENT COURSES
Develop your municipality’s asset management program with AIM Network’s online training program.
Build skills for modern infrastructure management through our self-paced courses. You will learn about climate change, nature-based solutions, and how to adapt to new development and demographic demands in your community.
COURSE TOPICS
You can develop a complete asset management program for your municipality or Indigenous community by taking our courses. Take the whole program, or select individual courses that apply best to your context. The program includes 5 courses covering:
AM Policy & AM Roadmap
Level of Service Assessment
Risk Assessment (includes Climate Adaptation Assessment)
Asset Management Culture & Managing Your Data
Capital Plan & How to Engage Your Council (LoS & Risk courses are pre-requisites)
WHAT TO EXPECT IN EACH COURSE
Short, explanatory videos that can be viewed on your own time
6-8 weeks to complete each course (expected level of effort is 1-2 hours per week)
Tools and templates included to build your asset management program with your data, tailored to your asset management needs
Technical support through the learning platform by the AIM Network team
Wrap up meeting via video call with AIM Network to review your documents
You’re encouraged to involve your whole asset management team in the learning process
Investment:
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Create an asset management policy that can be taken to council at the end of the course
Understand how policy principles are applied at decision-making
Create a specific and measurable list of activities for 2 years to grow and track your asset management program
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Understand what levels of service are and how to measure them
Assess your current service levels, target service levels, and where the gaps are in services
Develop options and possible costs to close service gaps
Prepare a report for council to demonstrate level of service assessment
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Understand how probability and consequences of failure impact project priority
Conduct a high-level risk assessment to narrow down priority projects for 5-year planning
Learn how to purposefully manage risk to balance priorities and available budgets
Assess your service risk from a range of climate impacts and compare adaptation options to the cost of doing nothing
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Understand how asset management is a continuous process
Develop a continuous improvement program for asset management and assign responsibilities
Plan for changes in staff and responsibilities with robust documentation
Learn what activities are critical to update periodically and generate an information management plan
With demonstrations using included open-source AIM Network tools, learn how to update your information and adapt to changing asset management needs
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Use your existing asset data and capital budgets to identify shortfalls in infrastructure investment
Understand the differences and pros vs. cons of replacement, rehabilitation, and renewal as infrastructure strategies
Identify where levels of service can be adjusted to extend replacement timelines
Understand how to develop materials for public engagement on infrastructure investment
Balance your 5-year projections with available investment and funding opportunities
Generate a 5-year capital report with defined yearly projects and identify critical finance, funding and service impacts of the decisions
Full program: $1,699+HST, individual courses: $399+HST
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ASSET MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
Find best practice guides, tools, and templates in our library of resources. We’ve compiled all the best information for you in one place, so you don’t need to spend hours searching across different websites.
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Discover information, case studies, and tools to advance your practice.
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An excellent overview for staff, council, and community member.
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This framework developed by AMBC addresses why asset management is necessary, what asset management is and how it can be implemented.
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An asset management video from the Northwest Territories Association of Communities.
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A guide for those wishing to host climate events in their municipality.
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A guide for planning inclusive and equitable municipal climate events.
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