DOI: 10.5937/jaes11-3322
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The second Axiom of
Mirce Mechanics, states, “The probability of faulty execution of any
maintenance task is greater than zero”. Analysis of maintenance processes
clearly shows that ineffective communication between system designers and
maintenance personnel, through maintenance documentation, is a well-recognised
contributor to the occurrence of faulty maintenance task, which in turn could
have a signifi cant impact on reliability, availability, safety, cost and
effectiveness of technical systems. This paper addresses the lack of
understanding of maintenance manuals, written in English, by 80% of the global
maintenance personnel whose native language is not English. The majority of
them have knowledge of English that is rather limited and are easily confused
by complex sentence structures and by the number of meanings and synonyms that
English words may have. Signifi cant improvements in the direction of effective
communication have been achieved by the creation and use of Simplifi ed
Technical English, the benefi t of which is presented in this paper.
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