Course 307 - Facilities Management

Course 307 - Facilities Management (3 credits) 

The theoretical and practical approach to maintenance of buildings and equipment. Topics include, preventative maintenance, housekeeping, public image, record keeping, inventories. Also includes a study of the most common legal issues faced by rescue missions; governmental bodies to which the local mission is accountable, issues relating to property and liability insurance, and basic operational, health and safety requirements.

Professor: Mark Siegrist

Learning Objectives for this Course

Week One

• Introduce the student to the course.
• Give students the opportunity to learn about one another.
• Ensure that the students have received all the materials to complete the course.
• Discover the value of presenting a high quality Rescue Mission Facility

Week Two

• • To help the student to become familiar with insurance and legal risk management issues faced by non-profit organizations in general as well as the ministry of food services.
  • To introduce students to the class project of developing the Facilities Operation Manual

Week Three

• To assist students to become familiar with the government agencies that monitor the activities of the local rescue mission.
• To familiarize students to the fire safety issues faced by ministries.

Week Four

• To familiarize students to the safety issues faced by ministries
• To determine how rescue missions will deal with communicable diseases.
• Conduct an on-site visit with a community social service agency and/or non-profit social service ministry and observe how the agency handle

Week Five

• • To familiarize students to the housekeeping, maintenance, and security functions at ministries.
  • To start developing the final project for this course; a Building Operations Manual

Week Six

• To familiarize students to the housekeeping, maintenance, and security functions at ministries.
• To start developing the final project for this course; a Building Operations Manual

Week Seven

• • To establish the essentials of preventative maintenance for food service ministries vehicles and facilities.
  • To establish the most important principles of disaster planning and preparation.
  • To continue developing the final project for this course; a Building Operations Manual.

Week Eight

• • To summarize the learning experiences of this course
  • To give the student the opportunity to continue to gather documents for the class project – Facilities Operation Manual.
  • To do a comparative analysis of the rescue mission's facilities management procedures with that of another public institution.

Week Nine

• To summarize the learning experiences of this course
• To review the material covered by preparing to take a comprehensive final examination.
• To give students the opportunity to provide input on this course.

Course Materials & Tuition 

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