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"The CFM is a competency-based, civilian certifcation process that requires a high level of facility management experience, skill, and education." The CFM is sponsored by the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), a strategic partner with the Society of American Military Engineers. The IFMA is a member-centered association that exists to guide and develop facility management professionals by providing services, products, resources, and opportunities. It supports Soldiers and veterans by having a General Services Administration schedule that offers discount courses and credential applications for military personnel. In addition, eligible persons may apply to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for reimbursement of CFM examination fees. Before taking the exam, individuals must meet one of the levels of education and work experience in the chart below.9 Most Army engineer offcers should be able to meet the requirements within 5 years of commissioning, which is about the time most are attending the Engineer Captains Career Course. Experience in the nine competency areas may be interpreted liberally, similar to the way experience for professional engineer licensing may be interpreted. The nine competency areas for CFM certifcation include the following: ■ Planning and project management. This can include developing facility plans, planning and managing all phases of a project, managing programming and design, and managing construction and relocations. ■ Operations and maintenance. This includes managing the maintenance of building structures, such as overseeing repair and utilities operations; overseeing the disposition of building systems, such as handling work orders; and overseeing the disposition of grounds, such as managing cleanup details. ■ Real estate. This includes managing real estate assets and the real estate master planning process. ■ Quality assessment and innovation. This includes assessing the quality of services and managing the benchmark process and audit activities. ■ Leadership and management. This includes planning and administering the facility function, managing personnel assigned to the facility function, and managing the delivery of facility services. ■ Human and environmental factors. These include practices that promote and protect health, safety, security, quality of work life, environment, and organizational effectiveness along with managing emergency preparedness procedures. Most of these activities are performed daily in all motor pools. ■ Finance. This includes managing the fnances of the facility function. Certifcation Requirements Legend: FM - facility management FMP - facility management professional 10 Engineer May–August 2013