ECC – European Certification Committee.

Committee members or partners:

VISION

The EFNMSvzw Certification possibilities will be recognized by the European Community as the most prestigious certification possibilities of maintenance professionals that exist.

MISSION

To provide the highest level of knowledge in maintenance and asset management. The opportunities to be certified according to EFNMS should be able to be implemented and used regularly in all European countries.

Everyone involved in maintenance, where safety, security and environmental protection is an actual issue, have a great advantage to be certified.

OBJECTIVES

To establish the European Federation of National Maintenance Societies, EFNMS, as the organization within Europe that will be able to certify maintenance personnel (Manager, Supervisor/Engineer and Technician Specialists) where the objective is a competence assurance of maintenance activities within Europe.

CERTIFICATION RE-START!

Six EFNMS member countries Sweden, Iceland, Hungary, Slovenia, Czech Republic and Finland, have worked in an EU financed ERASMUS+ project for a new, modern validation system. The project team has renewed totally the examination material in this ERASMUS+ project (qualification, validation, and certification of maintenance personnel).

The new model will be a totally digitalized process = Questions database + Computerized exam + Automated correction and rating. Certification principles remain unchanged according EFNMS General Assembly decisions, Basic documents are standards EN 15628 (Qualification of maintenance personnel) and EN 17007 (Maintenance process).

More information, see project web-pages  www.cemaint.eu.

CERTIFIED MAINTENANCE MANAGERS AND TECHNICIAN SPECIALISTS

There is an increasing need for a quality-controlled assurance of competence among the people actively in maintenance. EFNMS has got all the necessary knowledge of the competence requirements in the areas of maintenance.

Find all certified people in the following lists:

• European Experts in Maintenance Management
• European Maintenance Technician Specialists

The process of becoming  certified 

Each National Maintenance Society that is a member of the EFNMS can, on behalf of the ECC, conduct written exams of the theoretical knowledge in each Societies own language. These can be arranged at intervals that will suit each Society, but no more than twice a year. The exam must be organized according to the ECC requirements and rules.

Any person interested to achieve an EFNMS certificate should contact the National Maintenance Society in the country where the person lives or contact any member of the EFNMS Certification Committee. The exams are open for anyone to participate in.

The exam is based on the European standard EN 15628 – Qualification of maintenance personnel and the EFNMS’ Specification for requirements.

Certified European Expert in Maintenance Management

Certification of maintenance managers qualifications is conducted through a written or computerized exam based on the theoretical knowledge requirements established by EFNMS.

To achieve a European certificate, the participant must pass the exam and must have at least five years of experience in maintenance, including at least two years of team leadership or staff management experience, with direct responsibility, of maintenance function or service.

Certified European Maintenance Technician Specialist

Certification of maintenance technician specialists qualifications is conducted through a computerized exam based on the theoretical knowledge requirements established by EFNMS.

To achieve a European certificate, the participant must pass the exam and must have at least two years of experience in maintenance.

Why is the EFNMS certification important?

For the individual

• Opportunities to be established in the labour market
• Higher recognition within the company
• Improved self-confidence and self-awareness
• An opportunity for mobility between European countries
• Higher acceptance in the European labour market

For the Company

• Independent verification of professional maintenance skills
• Competitive advantage in the sale of maintenance services
• Ability to identify knowledge gaps within the maintenance area
• Support for continued skills development in maintenance

General remarks

There is a trend to have certificates in number of areas, the EFNMS’ certificates are important for the maintenance area
The EFNMS certification is promoting the EFNMS and the National Maintenance Societies.

A summary about the history of the EFNMS certification

1991: An idea within the Swedish National Maintenance Society to specify the requirements of competence for a Maintenance Manager. A specification was developed in Swedish by 12 representatives from different types of industries and together with UTEK and a training company in Sweden.

1992: The idea was introduced to the EFNMS, including a translated version of the Swedish specification. A special WG was appointed to look into the Swedish version and make it into an EFNMS version. (Among the members of that group were Patrick De Grote, BEMAS, Erich Wegman, MFS, Henri Arnoux, AFIM, Per Schjolberg, NFV, and Jan Franlund, UTEK.)

1993: The EFNMS Specification for Maintenance Management was adopted by the EFNMS on the 17th of April, as well as the Rules for the EFNMS Examination and Certification. The WG for Certification was elected to handle the EFNMS matters in this area. The first Examination and Certification took place (in Sweden).

1998: The Certification WG proposed some minor changes in the EFNMS Specification.The modified Specification was adopted by EFNMS on the 30th of May.

2001: The EFNMS Training WG developed a Specification for competence for Maintenance Technicians Specialists. Together with the Certification WG a final proposal was developed for the EFNMS. The Specification was adopted by EFNMS on the 20th of October.

2005: A draft specification for Maintenance Supervisors was prepared for the EFNMS GA meeting on 22nd of October.

2006: The draft specification for Maintenance Supervisors was again prepared for the EFNMS GA meeting on 19th of June and was accepted to be used for a test examination in NVDO.

2007: The first Business Plan for the EFNMSvzw European Certification Committee was accepted in the EFNMS GA meeting on 26th of May.

2018: By the end of 2017 there were 594 certified European Experts in Maintenance Management and 230 certified European Maintenance Technician Specialists in Europe.