In this course you learn the basics of facility management. From operations and maintenance to facility planning, it covers all of the areas that a facility manager is responsible for when managing buildings.
This course can be applied to the following certificate:
Facility Management Certificate
Benefits and Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate the basics of facility management
- Identify the typical hard and soft services that facility managers are responsible for delivering
- Recognize the planning and business side of delivering facility management services
Course Outline/Topics
Topic 1-Introduction to Facility Management
This session will provide an overall view (from 1,000 feet up) of the broad range of tasks and responsibilities involved in managing a facility and the juggling act that is the daily life of a facility manager.
Topic 2- Facility Services – Part 1
This session will cover the different areas of a facility that are often overlooked or taken for granted, yet areas that somehow manage to give each facility a distinctive look and feel.
Topic 3-Facility Services – Part 2
This session will cover typical FM activities related to the day-to-day operational activities, some of which are typically performed in-house and some outsourced. Examples include: building operations and maintenance, outsourcing and out-tasking, janitorial services and food service.
Topic 4-Facility Planning
In this session we will cover activities related to the planning and business side of facility management. It includes items such as: budgeting, finance, master planning, strategic and tactical planning, the balanced scorecard, benchmarking, and asset management
Instructors
Tony Lillibridge began his education at Grand Valley State University, graduating in May of 1993. Upon graduation, he began working for the General Services Administration of the U.S. Federal Government as a Property Manager in Detroit, Michigan. In 1995, Tony moved to Chicago to… read more
Grant Horn began his education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, graduating in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and a master’s degree in architecture in 2005 from UWM as well. Gaining professional architectural experience, he worked for a small… read more