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BOMA-Atlanta partners with the BOMI Institute to offer a variety of
professional designations for property managers, facility managers
and building engineers.
Throughout the commercial property industry, a BOMI Institute
designation is recognized as a mark of distinction, an emblem of achievement
backed by the institute's 30 years of excellence in developing and
offering advanced education programs. And whichever of the four professional
designations you pursue - the Real Property Administrator (RPA), the
Facilities Management Administrator (FMA), the Systems Maintenance
Technician (SMT), or the Systems Maintenance Administrator (SMA) -
you can be assured you will receive field-proven, time-tested courses
that will help you meet the demands of an increasingly complex profession
with confidence and success.
To learn more about how having an RPA on staff saves you money, click here. To learn more about how having an FMA on staff saves you money, click here. To learn more about how having an SMA on staff saves you money, click here.
Starting January 1, 2010, BOMI is moving to computer-based testing for all courses. With this change, there will be a $60 additional BOMI fee for each test taken on computer under the new BOMI testing system. This fee is included in the BOMA-Atlanta course pricing. To read more about the change to computer-based testing and its benefits, click here.
Each year, BOMA-Atlanta provides educational courses
that qualify for credit toward each of these designations:
Real Property
Administrator - RPA
The Real Property Administrator designation program serves the
educational needs of both third-party property managers and
corporate property managers.
It covers every aspect of property management, from the basics
of building design, operation and maintenance, to the specialized
areas of commercial property law and risk management, marketing,
and asset management.
Through this program, property managers learn to maximize the
net income of any property, be it one building or an entire
portfolio.
To earn the RPA designation, you must complete seven mandatory courses, plus one elective course.
Budgeting and Accounting
Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part I
Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part II
Environmental Health and Safety Issues
Ethics Is Good Business ShortCourse
Law and Risk Management
Real Estate Investment and Finance
You must also complete one elective course from the following options:
Leasing and Marketing for Property Managers
Fundamentals of Real Property Administration
Asset Management
Managing the Organization
You do not have to take the courses in any specific order; however, if you are new to the curriculum, you may consider beginning with subject matter you are already familiar with and save new material for later study. This will ensure immediate success in your professional development. |
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Facilities
Management Administrator - FMA
The Facilities Management Administrator designation program
benefits new and experienced facilities professionals alike.
Through the in-depth coverage of critical-needs topics, including
planning and project management, facilities technologies, finance
and investment, and environmental health and worker safety,
the FMA program helps position facilities managers as key strategic
contributors within their organizations.
To earn the FMA designation, you must complete seven mandatory courses, plus one elective course:
Technologies for Facilities Management
Facilities Planning and Project Management
Environmental Health and Safety Issues
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Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part I
Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part II
Real Estate Investment and Finance
Ethics Is Good Business ShortCourse
You must also complete one elective course from the following options:
Fundamentals of Facilities Management
Managing the Organization
Asset Management
You do not have to take the courses in any specific order; however, if you are new to the curriculum, you may consider beginning with subject matter you are already familiar with and save new material for later study. This will ensure immediate success in your professional development. |
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Systems
Maintenance Technician - SMT
The Systems Maintenance Technician designation program provides
today's technicians with the skills that will help them stand
out as top performers, the kind who can raise a building's efficiency
while reducing operating costs.
The SMT program covers every major building operating system,
from HVAC to plumbing to electrical to overall control systems.
The SMT designation includes five required courses specific to operating systems:
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
You do not have to take the courses in any specific order; however, if you are new to the curriculum, you may consider beginning with subject matter you are already familiar with and save new material for later study. This will ensure immediate success in your professional development.
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Systems
Maintenance Administrator - SMA
The Systems Maintenance Administrator program further distinguishes
professionals with the advanced knowledge required to run a
sound, efficient, cost-effective maintenance department.
Building on the SMT designation with additional courses on administration,
energy management, and environmental health and safety issues,
the SMA program helps prepare maintenance professionals for
a career in facilities management.
To earn the SMA designation, you must complete all five SMT courses and three additional courses, which address the broad issues of concern to systems administrators. The three additional required courses include:
Select Administration or Managing the Organization
Building Design and Maintenance
Environmental Health and Safety Issues
You do not have to take the courses in any specific order; however, if you are new to the curriculum, you may consider beginning with subject matter you are already familiar with and save new material for later study. This will ensure immediate success in your professional development.
Beginning January 1, 2011, students enrolling in the SMA® designation will be required to fulfill a SMA® Experience Requirement. Students will be required to demonstrate three years of verifiable experience as a stationary engineer or equivalent. This experience must be performed for a minimum property portfolio of 40,000 square feet. Students enrolling in the SMA® program will be required to complete at least 25 of the 35 criteria outlined in the SMA® Experience.
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What Can A Designation Do For You?
Useful knowledge: That's the hallmark of a BOMI designation. A BOMI
designation helps you to understand your job better, to be more productive
and
to get noticed. It imparts the critical skills you need to grow professionally
and personally. The bottom line is that BOMI designations provide
you with the educational foundation on which to continue to build
your current career or branch out into other areas of the real property
industry. And whether you complete a single course or a full designation
program, you will get a true feeling of accomplishment and the satisfaction
of knowing that you have just empowered yourself with the skills and
understanding that can better your career throughout your life.
Employers Value Education
Employers look for educated employees. By increasing your knowledge
and skills through a BOMI designation, you will make yourself a top
choice in an employer's search for the best and brightest. And here's
further testament to how much employers value a BOMI designation:
three-quarters of the professionals enrolled in designation programs
have their tuition paid for in full or in part by their employers.
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