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Credentials

 
 
     Facility Management Professional TM
 
The IFMA FMP Credential Program is the only tool you’ll need to earn your FMP credential. The program will help you gain a solid IFMA Credentials
 
IFMA’s Facility Management Professional (FMP) designation is a knowledge-based credential that will help to accelerate an FM's transition into the profession. By earning your FMP credential, you will improve your knowledge, enhance your skills, and gain immediate credibility with employers, clients and peers
 
How do I earn the FMP? 
Understanding of the facility management profession, develop the knowledge and skills demanded by employers and, ultimately, earn the FMP credential
 
     Sustainbility Facility Professional TM                                                                     
IFMA’s SFPTM is an assessment-based certificate program delivering a specialty credential in sustainability. By earning your SFP credential, you will develop and gain recognition for your expertise in sustainable FM practices while impacting your organization's triple bottom line
Why is Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability now considered a core FM competency?
Although IFMA has always recognized sustainability as part of the human and environmental factors competency and as an important thread that runs through many of IFMA's competencies, the IFMA 2009 global job task analysis survey elevated it to the stature of a full competency area
  
 
 
     The Certified Facility Manager® (CFM)
 
The Certified Facility Manager® (CFM) credential sets the industry standard for ensuring the knowledge and abilities of practicing facility manager and is the most respected global credential in facility management.  Now more than ever, recognizing competency, establishing benchmarks and setting performance standards are vital to the global economy.  Never before have public and private sector employers relied as much on certification organizations as they do today.  Professional associations are now taking a lead role in the development of credentialing programs, and IFMA’s CFM program was the first, and is still the only globally recognized certification in facility management.
IFMA’s certification process is designed to assess competency in the field through work experience, education and the ability to pass a comprehensive exam. Since the program began in 1992, more than 3,100 facility managers from 32 countries have achieved this prestigious recognition.
 
Competency-based
The CFM Exam is competency-based, testing what a person can do compared to standards that define the practice of facility management.  One cannot take a course or a simple knowledge-based exam to earn the credential.  IFMA’s competency-based program is at a higher level than a knowledge-based program, reflecting the growing importance of facility management in the international business world.
 
Recognized globally
In addition, the CFM is the only global facility management certification available.
 
Goals of IFMA's certification program:
 
  • Assure professional excellence
  • Establish standards for global professional practice
  • Promote the added value of the profession
  • Influence the future direction of the profession
 
For more information, please visit: http://ifma.org/education/

 

Build Your Facility Management Career on a Solid Foundation.  Earn the Facility Management Professional (FMP®) Credential.

Are you a new or transitioning FM professional looking to build the knowledge and skills demanded of today’s employers?
 
Are you an employer looking to establish a common foundation of knowledge and vocabulary throughout your team?
 
IFMA’s Facility Management Professional (FMP®) credential and training program can help you achieve your goals! The FMP program teaches and tests four knowledge domains: Operations and Maintenance, Project Management, Finance and Business Essentials, and Leadership and Strategy Essentials. These four courses will help improve facility managers’ knowledge, enhance their skills, and help them gain immediate credibility with employers, clients and peers.
 
The IFMA FMP Credential Program™ is the only tool you’ll need to earn the FMP credential. This self-study program combines comprehensive printed materials, interactive online study tools and FMP final assessments to help you gain a solid understanding of the facility management profession, develop the knowledge and skills demanded by employers and, ultimately, earn the FMP credential!
 
For more information, follow the following links.
·         Who should become an FMP?
·         Course topics
·         Learning options
·         Training components
·         Free demo
·         Order info
 

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Upcoming Events

l May 15 & 16: So Cal Facilities Expo. Click here for info.

l June 13 & 14: Leadership and Strategy Course. Click here for online registration. Click here for printable information. 

l June 20: Monthly Education Program-Daylight Cleaning. Watch for details.

l July 19: Awards Dinner

Plans are underway for the upcoming Awards Dinner which will take place on July 19th at the Muzeo Carnegie Library. Sponsors are needed for this celebration. Click here for sponsorship opportunities. 

 
 
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Current Trends and Future Outlook for Facility ManagementTake a look at this facility management forecast by clicking here

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The SFP Difference: How IFMA's Sustainability Facility Professional Credential can ensure a Facility Manager's Quailifications as Steward of Sustainable Operations.
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In two cities, half a continent away, the path of taking a convention center through the LEED® for exisitng building certification process was attempted at almost the same time for the same reaons.    
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Top 10 Trends Impacting the Future of Facility Management:  IFMA released its 2011 research report "Facility Management Forecast.
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