Fundamentals of Facilities Management

IOSS is an Internationally accredited provider of versatile Industrial & Non-Industrial training and consultancy services offering high quality, practical support to our clients. Our training courses are designed based on local and international standards delivering industry best practices to our delegates.

The goal of IOSS training courses is to ensure that all individuals reach a certain level of competence to work more safely on-site, reducing the risk to themselves and others.

Quality and Management Training courses are designed to meet the requirements of modern industries and to provide knowledge and skills for understanding and preventing hazards in various fields.

The course will provide delegates with the knowledge of  awareness of the customer / financial / organisational context in which the FM function operates. Practical exercises and course materials are provided in accordance with special training requirements. Content can be localized to reflect the country or region in which the workforce will operate.

Participants must successfully complete a training course and assessment to ensure that they reach the required level of competence. Successful participants will then receive a certificate.

  • What is Facilities Management (FM)? – ‘the facilities umbrella’
  • Defining FM within an organisation
  • The 8 key roles of FM
  • The strategic importance of managing facilities
  • Developing an FM plan and team
  • Identifying and reviewing support service requirements
  • Profiling current service levels and costs
  • Reviewing contracted services
  • Outsourcing v in-sourcing
  • Contract ‘bundling’ and ‘aggregation’
  • Determining and implementing a contract strategy
  • Understanding customer business needs and objectives
  • Engaging the customer
  • Customer service strategy
  • Developing a customer action plan
  • Harnessing cost data
  • Identify spending patterns
  • Building up the budget plan
  • Defending the plan
  • Control mechanisms and reports
  • How to maximize the budget
  • What is a contract and why do we need them?
  • Tender terms
  • Objectives and understanding what the contractor wants
  • Contract structure explained
  • Terms and conditions
  • Specifications – output v input
  • Schedules of tender
  • Controlling the tender process
  • Mobilization of service contracts
  • In-contract management
  • Compliance and risk management
  • Managing a project