On May 8, 2023, Former Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, AK Party Istanbul Deputy Murat Kurum announced that in the program of "Meeting with Istanbul Site and Facility Managers", the facility management sector, estate management and citizens will be required to have a Professional Competency Certificate in Site and Facility Management. .
Facility Managers Federation (TEYFED), within the scope of 18UY0354-6/00 Facility Manager (Level 6) National Competence, was authorized by the Vocational Qualifications Authority (MYK) for the first time in Turkey on May 25, 2022, and the cooperation party Apsiyon Bilişim signed a cooperation protocol.
“Professional competence is essential for transparency and accountability in sustainable management!”
Yahya Sağır, President of the Facility Managers Federation (TEYFED); Former Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, AK Party Istanbul Deputy Murat Kurum stated that he emphasized the importance of knowledge, skills and competence in Building and Facility Management, and that sustainable management, transparency and accountability can only be achieved in buildings, collective structures (sites) and facilities. stated that it would be possible with qualified facility and site managers.
“Our federation will seek professional qualification for the employees of affiliated associations and legal entities”
President Yahya Sağır said, “For this purpose, all facility and site managers affiliated to the federation, including the legal entity partners of the associations and member companies that make up the Facility Managers Federation, are included in the "Vocational Qualification Certificate" exams and that they have taken a decision as the federation management to ensure their professional qualifications, It has signed a triple cooperation protocol with Altın Vocational Qualification, which pioneered facility managers to obtain professional certificates valid in European Union countries for the first time in Turkey, and Apsiyon, Turkey's most widely used cloud-based site management platform, in order to enable certification.
“Standardization, certification and authorization will make site/facility management transparent”
Kudret Türk, CEO of Apsyon Bilişim; He emphasized the “importance of his speech to the site and facility managers” by the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change. “As the Minister stated, not everyone will be able to be a site or facility manager as they wish. With the determination of professional standards, regulations regarding the certification of facility managers' qualifications and certification of management companies by the ministry will be implemented. Facility management operation in the new period; It will eliminate the unrest in the society, the allegations of corruption in the administrations, and will pave the way for competent, qualified professionals who put effort into the administration.”
“Exam-successful managers document their professions in a valid and reliable way”
Mustafa Hakan Özelmacıklı, Chairman of the Board of Altın Vocational Qualifications, said, “Our organization will be established in 2017 in order to be able to pass the exams of Apsiyon Academy Trainers in the management sector and the Level 2018 Vocational Competence Certificate within the framework of the Facility Manager National Vocational Standard published in 6 and the Facility Manager National Competence published in 2021. He applied to the Vocational Qualifications Authority (MYK), and with the approval of the institution in 2022, he made it possible to conduct the exams for the valid vocational qualification certificate in European Union countries.
“A trained and qualified workforce will be created throughout the sector”
Expressing that the Vocational Qualification Certificate stands out as a publicly recognized document, Apsiyon Academy Director Ozan Özen said; Apsyon stated that they are happy to break new ground with the Facility Managers Federation and the authorized certification body Altın Vocational Qualification. Care; “With this document, executive level employees of the facility management sector will be defined as employees who perform a 'profession', provided that they fulfill the critical (mandatory) steps in the Facility Manager Vocational Qualification Exam and pass 70 percent of the overall exam, without the condition of training.” said.
“There is no education requirement to take the Vocational Proficiency Certificate Exam”
The aforementioned document is issued by the Vocational Qualifications Authority, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, with the theoretical and practical exams held by the institution. No work experience, undergraduate or higher education, or any other condition is required to take the exam.