The SMT® designation program helps you increase the operating effectiveness of your building and makes you more valuable to your organization. Designed to meet the needs of hands-on technicians and building engineers, the SMT® program offers instruction in technologies and trends in the maintenance field. The courses show you how to manage energy-efficient, environmentally sound, cost-effective building systems, including specific operating systems. Through this program, you’ll gain career-building skills and knowledge, that will contribute to you being an integral part of your facilities team.

The SMT® designation is right for you, if you?·        

• Have direct responsibility for major building systems?
• Supervise maintenance and other technical people in a commercial building?
• Work day-to-day with building service contractors?
• Help develop or hold responsibility for you department’s budget?
• Want to justify preventive maintenance to upper management?
• Need to guarantee that a building’s systems meet government regulations?
• Want to ensure that your building’s systems are running at peak efficiency?

SMT® Designation Courses

In order to achieve your designation you must achieve a grade of 70% or greater on each of the five courses.

Required Courses (5 Courses)

• Air Handling, Water Treatment, and Plumbing Systems
• Boilers, heating Systems, and Applied Mathematics
• Electrical Systems and illumination
• Energy Management and Controls
• Refrigeration Systems and Accessories

Once you complete the SMT® program, if you take three additional core courses you can get your SMA® designation as well.