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Facilities Maintenance Engineer

Program Description:

Students prepare for careers in the building care and maintenance industry, including boiler operator, building repairer, facilities maintenance engineer and custodian in industrial and office buildings, hotels, schools, and government agencies. Instruction includes electricity, welding, blueprint reading, machine maintenance, grounds keeping, boiler repair and operation, HVAC/R and advanced industry applications. Major elements of the program prepare students for Class V and Class IV boiler operator/fireman certification. This is a pre-apprenticeship program for the Western Washington Operating Engineers Facilities Custodial Services Apprenticeship Committee and the Western Washington Stationary Engineers Apprenticeship Committee. The program also provides extended learning opportunities for persons previously or currently employed in these or other related professions.

For program costs and fees refer to the catalog TUITION AND FEES PAGE.

Program Learning Outcomes:

  1. Maintain, diagnose and repair conventional building technologies and systems: wiring, heating, cooling, plumbing and ventilation systems
  2. Repair and maintain basic electrical fixtures
  3. Operate common hand tools, electrical test equipment and power tools used in the maintenance trade in a safe and efficient manner
  4. Identify National Electrical Code standards, recommended practices and guides for commercial and industrial building electrical distribution
  5. Perform basic welding repairs
  6. Measure, calculate and estimate needed supplies and costs
  7. Read and interpret basic blueprints, shop drawings and electrical schematics
  8. Apply safety procedures when using maintenance tools
  9. Follow fire prevention practices