The Interior/Exterior Building Maintenance Technical Certificate Program is designed to help students develop advanced technical skills and competencies related to maintaining the physical appearance and integrity of an apartment community. Students will learn procedures for maintaining grounds and landscape items,
procedures for maintaining outdoor amenities such as basketball courts, tennis courts, volleyball courts, and children’s play areas, procedures for repairing exterior components such as roofs, gutters, down spouts, exterior walls, screens, windows, patios, and decks, and procedures for repairing interior components such as ceilings, walls, floors, stairs, doors, cabinets, trim, and baseboards. In addition, students will learn about tools used in the trade, construction materials, governmental regulations, energy conservation, and planned maintenance activities.
This program consists of 4 courses and 1 workshop.
INT101 - Grounds, Scenery & Curb Appeal
INT102 - Outdoor Amenities
INT103 - Exterior Building Maintenance
INT104 - Interior Building Maintenance
INT105 - Final & Inspection (Workshop)
There are no prerequisites… but we recommend that students pursue the courses as sequenced above, and mainly because, the set of courses are designed to build upon each other.
AC/C TECH utilizes the Carnegie clock-to-credit hour conversion for academic purposes; and therefore, the following is a breakdown of our Interior/Exterior Building Maintenance program:
Interior/Exterior Building Maintenance
Technical Certificate Program |
Lecture
Hours |
Lab
Hours |
Externship
Hours |
Total
Hours |
| Clock |
Credit |
Clock |
Credit |
Clock |
Credit |
Clock |
Credit |
| Grounds, Scenery & Curb Appeal |
20.0 |
1.33 |
10.0 |
0.33 |
15.0 |
0.33 |
45.0 |
2.0 |
| Outdoor Amenities |
20.0 |
1.33 |
10.0 |
0.33 |
15.0 |
0.33 |
45.0 |
2.0 |
| Exterior Building Maintenance |
20.0 |
1.33 |
10.0 |
0.33 |
15.0 |
0.33 |
45.0 |
2.0 |
| Interior Building Maintenance |
20.0 |
1.33 |
10.0 |
0.33 |
15.0 |
0.33 |
45.0 |
2.0 |
| Final & Inspection (Workshop) |
1.0 |
0.06 |
1.0 |
0.03 |
4.5 |
0.10 |
6.5 |
0.2 |
| Totals |
81.0 |
5.40 |
41.0 |
1.36 |
64.5 |
1.43 |
186.5 |
8.2 |
Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:
- Select procedures for maintaining grounds and landscape items.
- Identify and repair deficiencies at outdoor amenities (such as basketball courts, tennis courts, volleyball courts, and children’s play areas).
- Identify and repair deficiencies at exterior building components.
- Identify and repair deficiencies at interior building components.
- Develop professional documentation of tasks completed and customer relation skills.
- Apply Interior/Exterior Building maintenance skills within industry standards and governmental regulations.
Graduates will be awarded a Technical Certificate in Interior/Exterior Building Maintenance.