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The FM skills crisis

By: Series: Facilities Management ; 8(4) January 2001, 10-11(2)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: Examines concerns that under-investment in education and training in facilities management has created a skills crisis that could lead to increased wage costs and poses a threat to service delivery. Discusses the wider changes taking place within facilities management; the development of recognised standards and qualifications, including the role of the Property Services National Training Organisation (PSNTO); and efforts to make sense of what is described as a fragmented and contradictory education and training environment.

Examines concerns that under-investment in education and training in facilities management has created a skills crisis that could lead to increased wage costs and poses a threat to service delivery. Discusses the wider changes taking place within facilities management; the development of recognised standards and qualifications, including the role of the Property Services National Training Organisation (PSNTO); and efforts to make sense of what is described as a fragmented and contradictory education and training environment.