Maintenance Management Professional (MMP), a Canadian professional designation

In 1989, the Plant Engineering and Maintenance Association of Canada (PEMAC) was born out of the concern and vision of two professional engineers and a small group of people involved in plant and facility maintenance at both the practitioner and management levels who shared their concerns. The concern was, and still is, that maintenance management professionals across every sector are providing an essential service without significant recognition. The vision was to create a national association devoted to excellence in maintenance management, created by plant and facility engineering and maintenance practitioners in Canada.

PEMAC pioneer members focused their energies on establishing an educational program that would lead to a professional designation. The Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) Certificate program was the result, with the first graduates of the program completing the program in 2001.

PEMAC MMP Certificate Program courses are now being offered through colleges, universities, and technical institutes right across Canada including BCIT in Burnaby, B.C. Over 800 people have earned the right to use the MMP designation, which is being recognized by a growing number of employers in both public and private sectors. The MMP program is also available through online conferencing in both English and French.

The program design assumes that participants manage maintenance of a relatively large-scale operation – for example, our members include Canada Post, Suncor, and the Greater Toronto Airport Authority – so the courses may not be applicable for all members of EFMA B.C. But if you are managing physical assets at the school division level, you are likely to find the courses with their emphasis on the business aspects of managing maintenance very beneficial in your role.

In researching EFMA B.C. for preparation of this article, we asked Heather Simm, one of the EFMA B.C. education directors, whether the MMP courses would be relevant for the various EFMA B.C. certification levels. She stated that the courses would definitely be considered toward the required hours for management education training and could be considered for equivalency in the education portion of the requirements. Regardless, she felt that the courses that she took would be valuable for any manager in the maintenance sector. If you would like further information about PEMAC or MMP, please visit the website at: www.pemac.org. b

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Module 1 – An Integrated Strategy for Maintenance Management (15 hours) Module 2 – Production and Operations Management for the Maintenance Manager (30 hours) Module 3 – Human Resources Management for the Maintenance Manager (30 hours) Module 4 – Financial Management for the Maintenance Manager (30 hours) Module 5 – Developing and Implementing Maintenance Tactics (30 hours) Module 6 – Maintenance Work Management (30 hours) Module 7 – Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (30 hours) Module 8 – Capstone Project

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