Tag: FM Certification

With COVID-19 keeping many of us home, now is the perfect time to get caught up on your FM Certification CETs.

Review the slides below for CET requirements and guidance

• Training hours required by Cert Level (slide 5)
• When CET Cycle Starts and Ends (slide 6-8)
• What Counts for CETs (slide 9-13)
• What Does Not Count for CETs (slide 14)

Remember, you cannot retake/use a course for CETs you used to achieve FM Certification.

Step-by-step instructions to record CET’s in LMS

Got to FM Online

• Click on the FM LMS tab
• Click on LMS Login (use your E-mail certificate)

Instructions to Record Learning for CET’s

1. Search keywords FM CET Course
2. Select the correct CET Cycle (Years 0-2 if this is your 1^st CET cycle or Years 2-4, if it’s your 2^nd, etc)
3. Select Course 01 for the first class you are recording (repeat this steps 3-7 as many times as needed to record your 40 hours – use Course 02, 03, 04 for each consecutive course you need to record)
   • If you want the courses to display in date order, you will need to enter your oldest course first (Course 01), and so on
4. Change Completion Status to Seminar Complete…
5. Change the Completion Date to actual date you completed the class
6. Change the Credit Hours to the number of hours you received for CETs for the class
7. Enter Course Name in the Comments field
8. There are NO ATTACHMENTS for CETs
   • Retain training documentation for a minimum of 4 years, in case of an audit
9. You MUST Record Learning one more time; Keyword Requirements Complete
   • Choose the correct CET cycle; Year 0-2 or Year 2-4
   • Change Completion Status to FM-Achievement-Complete…
   • Note: CET’s are self-certified – no supervisor approval required
10. Pull a copy of your CET scorecard, ensure it states All Requirements Met, and keep a copy with ALL completion certificate used as CETs
    • Retain for copies for a minimum of 4 years, in case of an audit

Other Important Items to Note

• Just as FM Certification is a job requirement for all in FM-coded positions, CET’s are a job requirement for all FMers and follow the same failure to comply guidance
• You may only use training completed after your certification date and within your training window for CET’s; idea is to maintain training in the FM Competencies
  • Example: Certified 7 Sep 2017
    • CET training window for 0-2 Year Period:  8 Sep 2017 – 31 Dec 2019; required hours must be completed in this window
    • CET training window for 2-4 Year Period:  1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2021; required hours must be completed in this window
    • Remember:  Wait for the next CET window to open before completing additional training or you will not be able to use it
• CET completion is Self-Certified; meaning there is no supervisor approval step, once your scorecard states All Requirements Met, you are finished for that CET window

• FM Cert Level 1 = Proficiency Level 1 = 40 hrs CETs
• FM Cert Level 2 = Proficiency Level 3 = 60 hrs CETs
• FM Cert Level 3 = Proficiency Level 5 = 80 hrs CETs

Helpful suggestion: Use your CET training time to prepare for your next FM Cert level. If you are currently in a Level 1 position, take Level 2 courses for your CETs. If you are currently in a Level 2 position, take Level 3 courses for your CETs. When you get that next promotion, this will help ease some of the stress of being in a new position and save you some time as well.

Housekeeping: Supervisors, this is a good time to look at LMS to verify each of your Employees Scorecard information is correct:

• Verify Employee’s Component Organization
• Verify Employee’s Supervisor (if you cannot see them, their Supervisor is not correct in LMS)
• Verify Employee’s FM Cert Level
• Verify Employee’s Due Date
• Verify Employee’s Job Series

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