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Facility Management Certificate Program
The Center for Workforce & Community Education has partnered with the Engineering and Technology Academic Department to develop a Facility Management Certificate. This Facilities Management Certificate curriculum prepares students to assume key positions of facility operation, maintenance, and management. In this program the student will gain knowledge in building systems including heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, fire protection and electrical. In addition, the student will learn basic writing and computer skills and become more familiar with federal and state codes and regulations.
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The Facilities Management Certificate Program consists of 6 required credit courses including that will be offered in either the spring and/or fall semesters:
AutoCAD - ENGT-1060
Fundamentals of Emergency Management - EMER-1000
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning - ENGT-2500
Introduction to Instrumentation - INST-1010
Architectural Blueprint Reading - MAPR-1170
Principles of Management - BUSN-2050
The Facility Management Certificate Program also includes the following required non-credit courses:
Intro to Facility Management
While many functions and responsibilities within plant and facilities management are universal, there are substantial differences from industrial to commercial to institutional and other businesses. This 20-hour course will introduce the multidisciplinary field of facilities management to give a better understanding of the following areas of management:
- Design of facilities systems
- Construction of facilities systems
- Installation of facilities systems
- Start up systems
- Operation of systems
- Maintenance of facilities and systems
- Environmental controls
- Safety and Health
- Security
- Energy Management
- Administration, planning, supervision and organization
Basic Business Writing for Facility Managers
This 12-hour non-credit program is designed for facility managers. It provides the learners with basic grammar and technical writing skills that are needed for their daily work routines. Included in each session will be some time devoted to hands-on work either one-on-one with the facilitator or in small groups.
Fire Protective Systems & Equipment
This emergency action plan should address emergencies that the employer may reasonably expect in the workplaces. Examples are fire, toxic chemical releases, natural disasters, etc. The course will instruct the attendees on the four principles of mitigations, preparedness, response and recovery.
Security Issues
This course will introduce and explain what is necessary to ensure proper levels of security including analysis, vulnerability assessments for their work environment. The intent of a facilities security assessment is to highlight the general and specific findings and briefly describe and recommend security improvements required to strengthen security.
One Computer Program- (Word, PowerPoint, Excel or Access) – Please visit our Online Instruction Center for more info.
Building Plumbing Systems
This course will provide necessary details on plumbing including how to information on the basic skills, major renovations and the installment of all new plumbing systems. It will also cover how to avoid common plumbing code violations.
And five of the following seminars:
Lead Hazard Awareness for Facility Managers
This course applies to all occupational exposures to lead in all industries covered by the Dept. of Health’s regulations.
Asbestos Awareness for Facility Managers
This course applies to all occupational exposures to asbestos in all industries covered by the Dept. of Health’s regulations.
Purchasing/Warranties and Guaranties
Electrical Procedures
This course will give you an overview of electrical terms, requirements for lighting and appliances, code restrictions and safety considerations. This 10 hour course is offered in 3 sessions.
OSHA Awareness
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout / Tag-out)
Instruction of the is regulatory standards covers the serving and maintenance of machines and equipment in which there is a potential for unexpected energization or start up of the machines or equipment, or release of stored energy could cause injury to employees. This standard establishes minimum performance requirements for the control of such hazardous energy. Additionally, it requires employers to establish a program and utilize procedures for affixing appropriate lockout devises or tagout devices to energy isolating devices, and to otherwise disable machines or equipment to prevent unexpected energization, start up of release of stored in order to prevent injury to employees.
- Assessment Techniques
- Devise Types and Mechanisms
- Lockout Procedures
- Definitions
- Program Component Outline
Indoor Air Quality
Mold Awareness
This course will review the proposed regulations that would require affected employers to develop a written indoor air quality compliance plan and implement that plan through actions such as inspection and maintenance of building systems which influence indoor air quality. In addition, this course would cover the implementation of environmental controls for specific contaminants and their sources such as outdoor air contaminants, microbial contamination maintenance and cleaning chemicals, pesticides and other hazardous chemicals within indoor work environments. Specific instruction would also be included for limiting the degradation of indoor air quality during the performance of renovation, remodeling and similar activities. Instruction would include indoor air quality building assessment, element targeting, equipment and media selection and laboratory methods and analysis.
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