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Why Facility Management?
There is huge opportunity in Facility Management, where nearly half of all surveyed facility managers will retire in the next 10 years*. Within any high school, over one in thirty students have these attributes, yet SkillsUSA students represent a much, much higher ratio, as SkillsUSA cultivates vision and “can-do-itiveness” other students struggle to possess. Do you…
That’s right, you’re way ahead. You may be a perfect Facility Management Candidate!
What is Facility Management?
Facility Management is the operation and maintenance of buildings and grounds for Businesses, Education and Public Institutions. That means a lot of things – there are actually 11 different skill areas that facility managers work in, yet the real keys to success are who you are; what your nature is.
Facility Management Jobs Include:
- Building Inspector
- Project Manager
- Planner
- Maintenance Supervisor
- Building Engineer
- Security Officer
- Food Service Manager
- Building Manager
- Building Services Manager
- Data Specialist
- Facilities Supervisor
- Operations Manager
- Sustainability Manager
- Electronics Technician
- Property Manager
- Facility Maintenance Technician
- Maintenance Director
- Plant Engineer
- Building Coordinator
- Click for more Green Building jobs
Facility Managers may oversee:
- Work Order Systems
- Trades
- Customer Service
- Security
- Food Service
- Sustainability
- Recycling
- Real Estate
- Business Services
- HVAC Systems
- Ergonomic Furnishing
- Contracts
- Leases
- Building Maintenance
- Grounds Maintenance
- Parking
- Lighting Systems
What is The Facilithon?
The Facilithon is a competition designed to introduce high school and technical school students with their advisors to careers in Facility Management. The Facilithon competition tests a student’s ability to thrive in a facility management environment through a 50-question common-sense quiz, a 10-minute FM role play, and the FM Challenge, an emergency scenario that the student has to react to immediately. Students that do well in the Facilithon represent excellent future facility management professionals.
1. The 50 question Quiz
It has common-sense multiple-choice questions. Hint- They really help you start to think like facility managers do.
2. Role-Play Scenario
Read a test case scenario and make suggestions based on it
- 15 Minutes to prepare
- 5 Minutes to Present
- 5 Minutes for Questions
3. The FM Challenge
It’s an emergency to scenario to address immediately
- No Prep
- 2 Minutes to digest
- 2 minutes to present
- 5 minutes for questions
See bottom of page for sample competition materials
College Programs
How Do I Participate in The Facilithon?
Now, contact one of our Student Coaches with the button below. They can connect you to a local facility manager to talk with and become your Facilithon mentor. They will tell you what they like about their job. They do a lot of different things. See how that person gets to work with virtually everyone, someone’s hero every day.
- Ask your Advisor to register you for The Facilithon
- Check for upcoming events
- Take the sample Facilithon
- Talk to FM volunteer at your Skills USA event
Sample Facilithon QR Code HERE
Talk with a Student Coach
Frequently Asked Questions
The Facilithon
A career oriented competition and networking event held in conjunction with Skills USA.
A basic quiz, a practical problem, and a surprise, urgent problem requiring quick response.
Ask your high school advisor, visit http://www.fmpipeline.org We need a link to a specific page with this list, Contact the Facilithon Student Coordinator, or a contact an IFMA Chapter in your state.
Not usually. Ask when you join or sign in.
Facility Management
Manage buildings of every kind and purpose for the benefit of everyone.
Mid five figures to start to low six figures with higher responsibilities.
Civilian organizations in all sectors: commercial, institutional, non-govenrmental, public, military.
Everywhere in the World.
LEARNING ABOUT FACILITY MANAGEMENT
For a primer, visit http://www.fmpipeline.
There are a lot of college programs across the country, including in your state, some of which are shown on this page. Contact our Facilithon Student Coordinator to zero in on your best school.
Qualifying courses and credentials vary with job level and location.
Facilithon competitors may receive awards directly or apply for scholarships for college and junior college studies. Apprenticeships exist as well.
They include Management, Leadership, Architecture, Construction, Engineering, Business, Finance, Real estate, Property management, Communication, Technology and many other site-specific skillsets that you’ll find yourself learning on the job in your environment, as you get to do something different every day.
Want More about the things a seasoned professional Facility Manager needs to know? Learn more Here.
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