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Head of Facility Management and Maintenance (AFPE): The new profession in hospitality and real estate management, infrastructure and building services engineering

The part-time course Head of Facility Management and Maintenance (formerly Head of Facility Management / Head of Maintenance) is aimed at professionals from the fields of facility management, maintenance, cleaning, caretaking and housekeeping. The continuing education, further training provides extensive specialist knowledge and entrepreneurial skills for a management function in the area of facility management and maintenance.

Further information on the LFMM job profile and the preparation courses in our "Tips, tests and information".

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Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) as Head of Facility Management and Maintenance

You can complete the continuing education, further training course to become a Head of Facility Management and Maintenance (abbreviation: LFMM) with an Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE). The course teaches you how to operate buildings, building services and production facilities. You will acquire the necessary knowledge for the efficient management of strategic and operational facility and maintenance management. Facility management and maintenance managers provide services for the provision of real estate infrastructure. This also includes the area of hospitality management (hotel management). The curriculum comprises 7 basic modules in the areas of management, safety and services as well as 4 networking subjects. The knowledge of the participants in the individual modules is tested by module completions.
 
After passing the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE), graduates are awarded the title of Head of Facility Management and Maintenance with a federal diploma. This recognized qualification confirms the ability to perform strategic, tactical and operational maintenance in industrial and infrastructural environments at both specialist and management level. The continuing education, further training enables a holistic approach and thus the use of synergies in the integral management of infrastructure facilities. The Head of Facility Management and Maintenance course (formerly Head of Facility Management / Head of Maintenance) lasts three semesters and can be completed on a part-time basis. Please also note the federal contribution of 50% of the course costs after passing the federal examinations. The final qualification procedure consists of a diploma thesis, an oral examination on the diploma thesis, an expert discussion on three areas of specialization and a case study (business case).

Are you interested in training or continuing education, further training to become an LFMM? Here you will find suitable offers and can order free and non-binding information documents.
 

Questions and answers

According to a survey on our education platform, the respondents' last training was so long ago (date of graduation):

  • 17 percent under one year
  • 7 percent one year
  • 14 percent two to four years
  • 24 percent five to ten years
  • 10 percent more than ten years
  • 28 percent have never done any further training

These answers show roughly who completed training in Facility Management and Maintenance and how long ago.

Further training to become a Head of Facility Management and Maintenance is part-time and takes 1.5 or 2 years. Lessons often take place either on a fixed weekday or on Friday afternoons and individual Saturdays. However, lesson times vary from school to school. In principle, you can continue to work alongside your studies. A workload of up to 80% is often recommended. If you would like to work more, find out about the teaching models at various schools.

There are two options for admission to the new higher professional examination (HFP) for Head of Facility Management and Maintenance:

  • A federal diploma or higher education qualification (HFP, HF or FH) and at least two years of professional experience in a facility management or maintenance field
  • An apprenticeship certificate or a secondary school leaving certificate (high school diploma, vocational or technical baccalaureate) and at least five years of professional experience in a facility management or maintenance field, including at least two years in a management position.

For admission to the federal higher professional examination as Head of Facility Management and Maintenance

  • a federal certificate or other higher professional education qualification (HFP, HF or FH) and at least two years of relevant professional experience in facility management and maintenance
  • or an apprenticeship certificate or a vocational, technical or high school diploma and at least five years of relevant professional experience in facility management and maintenance, including at least two years of management experience

required.

Thanks to a survey of training graduates, we have a benchmark for the amount of self-study required for facility management training. According to this survey, graduates of further training courses spent the following amount of time per week on self-study:

  • 1 percent less than 1 h
  • 8 percent 1 - 2 h
  • 20 percent 3 - 4 h
  • 18 percent 5 - 6 h
  • 19 percent 7 - 8 h
  • 11 percent 9 - 10 h
  • 8 percent 11 - 15 h
  • 15 percent more than 15 h

If you have completed a Federal Professional Examination, an Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE), a College of Higher Education or a University of Applied Sciences, you need two years of professional experience in the field of facility management and maintenance to be admitted to the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) for Head of Facility Management and Maintenance.

If you have completed an apprenticeship, a Federal Vocational Baccalaureate, a Specialized Baccalaureate or a Baccalaureate, you need five years of professional experience in Facility Management and Maintenance, including two years in a management role, to be admitted to the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) for Facility Management and Maintenance.

To be on the safe side, check with the school of your choice about the required work experience.

The training for the new Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) "Head of Facility Management and Maintenance" consists of the following 7 modules, which are completed individually:

Managing employees - Internal / external communication - Applying normative principles and safety regulations - Organizing areas of responsibility - Managing areas of responsibility financially - Developing personal skills - Providing and purchasing services.

These module completions are a prerequisite for admission to the federal final examination as Head of Facility Management and Maintenance. This consists of a short presentation and an expert discussion on your own diploma thesis, an expert discussion on selected topics from the course material and the written processing of a case (business case)

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