FOUNDATION DIPLOMA IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

A foundation course for building managers, estate or property managers.

Learn how buildings and landscapes are constructed and maintained.

Learn about construction, maintenance and repair of both buildings and landscapes

This is knowledge that underpins the property or real estate industry. This course is very practical with an "experience" based approach to learning; where you will be observing and interacting with real properties; discovering relevance to the real world in the things you learn about building methods (from carpentry to masonry) and gardening (from landscaping to garden maintenance).

This is a foundation course for:

building managers
estate or property managers
entrepreneurs, investors, developers

Learn how buildings and landscapes are constructed and maintained.

COURSE STRUCTURE & MODULES

Core Modules

These SEVEN modules provide foundation knowledge for the Learning Bundle 1,000 hours in Property Management:

Building Renovation BSS104
Carpentry BSS100
Horticulture I BHT101
Masonry (Brick, Stone and Concrete Work) BSS101
Healthy Buildings I (Building Construction & Health) BSS200
Operations Management VBS201
Planning Layout And Construction Of Ornamental Gardens BHT242

Elective Modules

In addition to the core modules, students study any THREE of the following modules:

Alternative Energy VSS102
Landscape Construction BHT111
Machinery and Equipment BSC105
Turf Care BHT104
Workshop I BGN103
Green Walls and Roofs BHT256
Leisure Facility Management I BRE205
Project Management BBS201
Biophilic Landscaping BHT343
Healthy Buildings II (Building Environment & Health) BSS300
Interior (Indoor) Plants BHT315
Leisure Facility Management II BRE306

Note that each module in the Learning Bundle 1,000 hours in Property Management is a short-course in its own right, and may be studied separately.

What Types of Properties may Employ a Property Manager?

Commercial office buildings

A residential tower block
A shopping mall
A large residential estate
A holiday resort complex
A factory complex or industrial estate
A sporting or recreation complex
Any other type of large scale property that requires a person to care for that property on a daily basis

What does a property manager do?
It depends on the property. Some property managers may be only responsible for the maintenance of a property; but others may be responsible for development or redevelopment projects and controlling at least some aspects of the use.

Property managers are commonly employed by the properties owner, which may be an individual, a company, or a group of individuals operating as a body corporate, overseen by an elected committee. The responsibilities may be diverse, for example:

Maintaining services within and the structure of buildings (eg. power supply, water supply, air conditioning, heating, plumbing, etc).

The manager may have permanent staff or contractors to oversee for cleaning, maintaining indoor plants and exterior gardens, replacing light bulbs, repairing damage to walls, windows, doors etc. They do not need to be a tradesman, but an understanding of the work a tradesman does is important, and any trades skills they may have can be an advantage.

Issues of safety (e.g. fire drills, maintaining security and safety equipment)