Including teaching materials, the costs for continuing education, further training in property maintenance amount to CHF 2,090 for 2018 plus CHF 200 examination fees. For courses starting at a later date, please contact the school for the current course costs.

No prior knowledge or special training is required for the certificate course in property maintenance. However, participants are expected to have a strong connection to real estate and its building fabric.

During the continuing education, further training in property maintenance, the main topics covered are "Construction knowledge" and "Law (ZGB/OR)". These are supplemented by "Valuation", "Building law" and "Dealing with complaints". The optional certificate examination comprises a further four lessons, making a total of 56 lessons of instruction and 60 lessons of continuing education, further training including examination.

The course on the subject of property maintenance is designed for people who have little or no knowledge of property maintenance to date, but want to familiarize themselves with this subject area in greater depth. It is aimed at property owners who want to optimize maintenance, future property buyers who want to find out about structural criteria or people who come into contact with property maintenance in their job.

Participants in continuing education, further training as a property maintenance officer acquire basic skills in the maintenance of properties, their building fabric, the assessment and evaluation of properties and building fabric and the commissioning of suitable experts to rectify any existing problems. Course graduates are familiar with the most common building defects, their causes and strategies for rectifying them.

The course to become a property maintenance officer lasts around ten weeks. During this time, lessons take place two evenings a week.