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Heartland Community College

Building Maintenance Skills

16 credit hours

Catalog Year 2024-2025

The Building Maintenance Skills certificate prepares you for an entry-level position as a building or property maintenance technician. You will learn basic installation, maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting techniques for rental properties and smaller commercial buildings. Basic carpentry, plumbing, electrical, mechanical and appliance repair concepts will be covered as well as related workplace skills such as computer literacy, maintenance math skills, customer service, and safety. Should you decide to pursue further education in this area, you can apply all of these courses toward the Industrial Technology certificate and/or the Industrial Technology AAS degree.

Certificate Requirements

Class Title Credit Hours
BTEC 145 Employment Success Strategies 1
BULD 101 Building Maintenance Fundamentals 6
BULD 110 Technical Service Industry Skills 3

TECH 272

30-Hour OSHA General Industry Safety

2
TECH 299 or Technical Elective Choose at least 4 credit hours from:

Any BULD, BTEC, CAD, CNST, ELAP, ELTC, MAIN, MFTG, MTT, NETW, REEC, TECH or WELD course(s)

or CSCI 110

or DMED 120, DMED 260

or EVES 101, EVES 110, EVES 115, EVES 125

4
Total Credit Hours

16

Suggested Sequence:

  • Fall: BULD 101, BULD 110
  • Spring: BTEC 145, TECH 272, Technical Elective(s)