Course Info
Course Summary
Facilities management is crucial for your business's success but often overlooked. Essential tasks like building maintenance, health and safety procedures, risk assessments, and cleaning ensure a functional and pleasant working environment.
Continuous improvement and efficiency in facilities management enable other departments to perform optimally.
Sustainability is now a key focus. A sustainable workplace benefits the environment, reduces costs, improves efficiency, and boosts employee motivation and productivity.
As a Sustainability Facilities Professional, you will enhance facility management procedures, assess risks, and develop cost-effective, sustainable processes that improve the workplace environment.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Gain a better understanding of the role of facilities management within the wider business.
- Develop roadmaps for change based on sustainable and efficient processes.
- Take on feedback based on your current operation and make the necessary changes.
- Develop a ‘togetherness’ culture that links facilities management with the other departments.
- Understand where costs could be reduced to help the company's overall success.
- Review products, services, and procedures to identify areas where the business could be more sustainable and take steps to implement those changes.
- Educate teams on sustainability measures and encourage them to report risk areas or areas for improvement.
This course is designed for anyone within the facility management sector who aims to develop a greater understanding and aim for continuous improvement in the field. It would be most beneficial for:
- Facilities Managers
- Directors
- Business Owners
- Departmental Managers
- Health & Safety Professionals
- Building Managers
- Auditors
- Risk Assessors
This course uses various adult learning techniques to aid full understanding and comprehension. Participants will watch videos and participate in interactive seminars regarding the role of facilities management within various types of organisations.
They will review their current processes and conduct group discussions to evaluate pain points and cost-saving activities. They will review real-world case studies regarding facility changes in companies focusing on sustainability and learn about the positive effects of making these changes. Each participant will be asked to create one process or product change to benefit their organisation and map out the change roadmap and communication surrounding this.
Course Content & Outline
Section 1: Why Create a Sustainable Strategy?
- What is sustainability?
- Why does this matter in your business?
- Connecting facilities to operations.
- Triple Bottom Line intersections.
- Strategic change and process management.
- How does sustainability impact your current model?
- The 4 stages of sustainability.
- The 5 principles of SFP.
Section 2: Communicating Your Data & Feedback on Current Processes
- Creating a stronger communications strategy in 10 steps.
- The basics of communication.
- The 6 quality reporting principles.
- Your reporting strategy questioning.
- Change management.
- The 3 key stages to lead on change.
- Your role as a leader.
- Monitoring and evaluating change.
Section 3: Managing A Sustainable Facility
- Creating a company-wide sustainability policy.
- Topic matrices and their advantages.
- Developmental sustainability planning.
- The time, value, money (TVM) concept.
- 4 essential financial tools for decision-making.
- Sustainable procurement processes.
Section 4: Operational Change to Aim for a Sustainable Working Environment
- Your goals for sustainable energy usage.
- Greenhouse gas emissions and how they affect your business.
- Buyback processing.
- Distribution challenges and energy issues.
- Water usage and cleaning equipment.
- Creating your key operational goals for the future.
Section 5: Workplace & Team Management
- Workplace management and its relationship with facilities.
- Key performance metrics.
- Sustainable facility management and its effects on a motivated team.
- How to communicate changes positively.
- Waste management and hierarchy.
- Health and safety and waste management.
- Assessing and mitigating risks.
Certificate Description
Upon successful completion of this training course, delegates will be awarded a Holistique Training Certificate of Completion. For those who attend and complete the online training course, a Holistique Training e-Certificate will be provided.
Holistique Training Certificates are accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC) and The CPD Certification Service (CPD), and are certified under ISO 9001, ISO 21001, and ISO 29993 standards.
CPD credits for this course are granted by our Certificates and will be reflected on the Holistique Training Certificate of Completion. In accordance with the standards of The CPD Certification Service, one CPD credit is awarded per hour of course attendance. A maximum of 50 CPD credits can be claimed for any single course we currently offer.
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