BOMI International’s FMA® designation program enhances your career by making you a more effective and knowledgeable facilities professional, thus positioning you as a key strategic professional within your organization. This program teaches you to manage facilities in a way that best supports staff and fits into the organization’s overall objectives. You’ll develop valuable skills in:

• strategic planning,
• project management,
• corporate finance,
• capital investment, and
• physical asset management.

You’ll also learn about new technologies, environmental health and worker safety, and other timely issues. Whether you’re a new or experienced facilities manager, or someone in a related profession who will benefit from knowing how to create a quality work environment that maximizes productivity, the FMA® program is right for you.

Benefits

There are significant benefits to both the individual and the employer when an employee works to obtain their FMA® designation.

ENERGY SAVINGS

The FMA® understands how a building operates at peak efficiency and can implement an effective energy management program. With a working knowledge of all integrated building systems and their care and maintenance, an FMA® can reduce operating costs, helping to SAVE YOU MONEY.

LIFE CYCLE COST SAVINGS

The FMA® is a long-range planning strategist with a formula for getting the most value for the replacement, retrofit, and maintenance dollar. With a thorough understanding of project development, codes, regulations, lighting principles, equipment, pest control and security, the FMA® will not waste dollars on short-run purchases, helping to SAVE YOU MONEY.

BUDGET CONTROL

The FMA® manages from a finely-tuned, financial perspective. Controlling cost and tracking spending patterns adds to your bottom line, helping to SAVE YOU MONEY.

FACILITIES STYLE AND IMAGE

The FMA® understands strategic and facilities planning principles, corporate finance and capital investment, organizational structure, decision-making methods, and information analysis. The FMA® is skilled in creating a facilities management plan to help your company succeed in today’s competitive, dynamic, and global business climate, helping to SAVE YOU MONEY.

PROPERTY PROTECTION

The FMA® recognizes potential legal problems, addressing them appropriately and avoiding them if possible. By tapping working knowledge of the critical aspects of owner liability and judicial procedure, the FMA® can properly protect your property, helping to SAVE YOU MONEY.

TECHNOLOGY

The FMA® has a working knowledge of the technology commonly used in facilities, new technologies, and enhancements. The FMA® evaluates the bottom line of current technological services to prepare your company for the future, helping to SAVE YOU MONEY.

STAFF LEADERSHIP

Being an FMA® means complying with a standard code of ethics and conduct in employer, employee, vendor, and contractor relationships. The increased knowledge and practical personnel management techniques of an FMA® can reduce turnover, helping to SAVE YOU MONEY.

STABILITY

The FMA® understands a property’s life cycle from conceptualization to demolition. Fundamental knowledge of structural design, property analysis, and real estate values helps the FMA® to maximize return on investment in each phase of the cycle, helping to SAVE YOU MONEY.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

The FMA® is well-versed in properly planning and managing details critical to the successful execution of a project. By carefully implementing projects from start to finish, the FMA® helps to SAVE YOU MONEY.

THE FUTURE

The FMA® is a true “facilitator” who manages teams, understands systems, and assesses the financial impact of decisions. Investing in the professional development of your facilities managers means bringing them knowledge, experience, and the versatility needed to perform the job, helping to SAVE YOU MONEY.

Required Courses

In order to achieve your designation you must achieve a grade of 70% or greater on all eight courses. You will be required to complete five core courses, two required courses and one elective course to fulfill the requirements of the program.

Core Courses (5)

• Environmental Health and Safety issues
• Ethics is Good Business ShortCourse
• Facilities Planning and Project Management
• Real Estate investment and Finance
• Technologies for Facilities Management
• The Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part I
• The Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part II

FMA Required Courses (2)

• Facilities Planning and Project Management
• Technologies for Facilities Management

Elective Courses (choose one)

• Asset Management
• Fundamentals of Facilities Management
• Managing the Organization

Experience Requirement

There is currently no experience requirement for the FMA® designation program, however, BOMI international is in the process of developing the process and will implement an experience requirement in the future. Those enrolled in the program prior to the implementation of the experience requirement will not be required to obtain the experience before getting the designation. Only those enrolling after the implementation of the experience requirement will be required to obtain the necessary experience before getting the designation.