Facility and Property Management

Description

Note: Effective Spring 2025, the certificate in Facility and Property Management has been discontinued. Learners who registered prior to February 1, 2025, should refer to the archived calendar for the curriculum details of your year of registration. You might also be interested in pursuing one of our other certificates in Occupational Health and Safety Leadership, Architecture, or Landscape Design for Climate Resistance for a similar program. For more information, contact our Client Services team at ce@torontomu.ca.
 
 
Manage spaces efficiently with a Facility and Property Management certificate

Every business or organization needs someone to take care of their property to ensure everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Wondering how to become a property manager? The Chang School Certificate in Facility and Property Management will help you become a trained building management professional and find success in this growing field.
 
There are a wide variety of opportunities for maintenance management professionals in both the public and private sectors. You can manage courthouses, government buildings, or hospitals, or work for a college or university. You could also oversee properties that belong to tech companies, hotels and resorts, legal firms, and retail companies. The opportunities are endless.
 
Our certificate is taught by instructors with professional facility and property experience who can share real-world situations and examples to enrich your learning. We have also set up the certificate so you can curate your online property management courses and complete them in any order you choose, and tailor your education to the specific facility and property management career you want.
 
This certificate will give you the core skills and property manager qualifications you need to pursue your first role in the sector. Already working in facility and property management and looking to upskill? If you have a specific opportunity or promotion in mind, you can hand-pick courses that will help you gain that specialized knowledge and experience to take the next step in your career.
 
The industry needs more skilled facility and property managers now. Why not start your property management certification and join them?
 
Who should take this Facility and Property Management certificate?
  • You’re a professional working in a related field such as architecture or engineering, or a building trade, and want to move into the facility or property management profession
  • You’re interested in a career change and need a foundation to get into the facility or property management profession
  • You’re an office manager, building coordinator, technician, leasing manager, or custodian who wants to move up the ladder in your current organization
  • You’re a facility or property manager in a small organization who wants a designation that will help you transition your career into larger portfolios

Admission Criteria:

Recommended:
  • Successful completion of a minimum of two-year post-secondary program OR
  • Mature student status with related professional experience and education
Certificate Requirements:
  • 6 required courses
-Two 19.5-hour courses are considered equivalent to one 39-hour course
  • Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 1.67+
To graduate, you must successfully complete, within your official time span, the requirements from the year you registered in the program.
 
Required Courses: 39-Hour Courses (select 6)
 
2 19.5-hour courses may be completed as the equivalent of 1 39-hour course.
  • CDFM 102 Facility Management Fundamentals
  • CDFM 103 Project Planning, Design, and Management
  • CDFM 104 Building Operations and Maintenance
  • CDFM 105 Space Planning and Management
  • CDFM 106 Leadership, Strategy, Business
  • CDFM 107 Recruiting and Managing Employees and Procuring Contractors  
19.5-Hour Courses

2 19.5-hour courses may be completed as the equivalent of 1 39-hour course.
  • CDFM 110 Leasing and Lease Administration
  • CDFM 111 Capital and Asset Management
  • CDFM 112 Risk, OHS, Regulations, and the Law
  • CDFM 113 Sustainability in Facilities
  • CDFM 114 Real Estate Planning and Development
 

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