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Facilities Maintenance Engineer
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
Check you can get in
The state’s directory lists no entry rules. Ask the school what you need.
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)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.
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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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info@skilledladder.comThis program or an apprenticeship
This program
You pay
$16,868
in total
- 18 months
- Counts for up to half your hours
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
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- Electrical Maintenance & AutomationSpokane Community College · Spokane
$15,712total cost
24 monthsAssociate degree
- Industrial Technology - ElectronicsWenatchee Valley College · Wenatchee
$15,758total cost
24 monthsAssociate degree
- Commercial Building EngineeringRenton Technical College · Renton
Check with the school first
$13,970total cost
18 monthsCertificate
Sources
- 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
- 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
- L&I, electrician certificates: the 4,000 hours, the 75% supervision and the 48 hours of classes for a specialty
- L&I, electrical apprenticeship: each apprenticeship’s committee decides school credit, and must count a specialty certificate’s 4,000 hours
- L&I, electrical trainee: the training certificate
- L&I, apprenticeship registry: what the 34 registered programs pay on day one
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