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Facilities Maintenance Engineer

Bates Technical College · Tacoma

On L&I’s approved list for the nonresidential maintenance (07) certificate, for repairs outside homes. It counts for up to half of the 4,000 work hours the certificate needs, with no apprenticeship.

Total cost

$16,868

$10,084 tuition + $4,894 fees + $1,890 books and supplies, for the whole program. Approved programs cost $13,623 to $59,205.

Length

18 months

Associate degree. At more than one site, partly online.

How past students did

14 people finished it in the latest 3 years of data, about 5 a year.

  • Finished

    56%

    of everyone who left it

  • Working

    0%

    with a job 7 to 9 months later

  • Pay

    $25 an hour

    median

The state shows 0% working next to $25 an hour for this program. Ask the school what its graduates earn.

How to read these

Finished is the share of students who completed the program, out of everyone who left it. Working is the share of those who finished with a job 7 to 9 months later, not counting self-employed people. Pay is the median the state publishes for the program. All of them cover the latest 3 years of data. The state publishes results by type of program at each school. Here the type is “Building/Property Maintenance.”

What it counts for

  • The nonresidential maintenance (07) certificate needs 4,000 hours of work as a trainee, supervised at least 75% of the time, and 48 hours of approved classes before the exam. No apprenticeship is needed.
  • This program counts for up to half of those hours, 2,000 at most, and toward this one certificate only.
  • Later, if you join an apprenticeship to become a general electrician, it must count the certificate’s 4,000 hours toward its 8,000.
  • You need an L&I training certificate the whole time you’re enrolled.

Before you pay

  1. Check you can get in

    The state’s directory lists no entry rules. Ask the school what you need.

  2. Get a training certificate

    Apply to L&I for an electrical training certificate before you start, and keep it for as long as you’re enrolled.

    Apply at L&I (L&I’s site)
  3. Get your total in writing

    The state lists $16,868 for the whole program. Ask the school for your own total in writing before you sign.

    See the 10 questions to ask a school

Program details

School
Bates Technical College
Award
Associate degree (AAS)
Length
18 months, 12 credits
Where
Tacoma
How it’s taught
At more than one site, partly online
Evening or weekend classes
No
Approved to train veterans
Yes
Career Bridge number
599
How the school describes it

Students prepare for careers in the building care and maintenance industry, including boiler operator, Maintenance Technician, Apartment Maintenance Technician, Facilities Maintenance Technician, Facilities Maintenance Engineer, and Building Engineer. 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. The program also provides extended learning opportunities for persons previously or currently employed in these or other related professions. Bates Technical College’s Facilities Maintenance Engineer Program provides students with a hands-on learning experience to prepare them for employment in the building maintenance field. Buildings today are composed of many complex systems and components that work in combination to create the modern comforts we take for granted today. There is high demand for trained personnel and this program will equip students with the combination of academic and hands-on knowledge to find employment. Learn about and train on Building Electrical Systems, Low Voltage Electrical and Programmable Logic Controllers, Building HVAC and ventilation systems, boiler operation, building water and plumbing systems as well as building controls and automation. Our robust Employer Partnerships mean that successful graduates can leave the pr

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This program or an apprenticeship

This program

You pay

$16,868

in total

  • 18 months
  • Counts for up to half your hours
Compare all 31 programs

An apprenticeship

You’re paid

$14.60 – $24.75 an hour

on day one

  • Paid work from day one
  • Every hour counts toward your certificate
See the 34 apprenticeships

Cost: Career Bridge, the state’s training directory · Pay: L&I’s apprenticeship registry, across 34 programs

Other programs for this certificate

See all 31 programs

Sources

  1. Career Bridge, program 599, the state’s training directory: cost, length, award, place, how it’s taught, entry rules, results, where graduates work and the school’s description
  2. L&I, approved electrical construction trade training schools: this program’s approval and certificate, the credit of up to half the work hours, for one certificate only, and the training certificate while enrolled
  3. L&I, electrician certificates: the 4,000 hours, the 75% supervision and the 48 hours of classes for a specialty
  4. L&I, electrical apprenticeship: each apprenticeship’s committee decides school credit, and must count a specialty certificate’s 4,000 hours
  5. L&I, electrical trainee: the training certificate
  6. L&I, apprenticeship registry: what the 34 registered programs pay on day one

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