Enhance your knowledge and obtain a sense of personal achievement and confidence through AFE's highly respected credential programs, Certified Plant Engineer and Certified Plant Maintenance Manager.Both require certain levels of education and/or experience for eligibility, and passage of a very thorough examination. Specific levels of ongoing experience and training must be maintained in coming years to retain the designations, too.

• Certified Plant Engineer. The CPE curriculum covers civil engineering, economics, management, environmental engineering, safety, maintenance, mechanical engineering, HVAC and electrical engineering. Plant/facilities maintenance and/or engineering personnel who have earned the CPE designation earn up to $11,000.00 more than their non-certified colleagues, according to research.
• Certified Plant Maintenance Manager. The CPMM curriculum covers maintenance management, preventive maintenance, inventory and procurement, work orders - work flow/planning and scheduling, computerized maintenance management systems, training and work cultures, predictive maintenance, reliability centered maintenance, total productive maintenance, maintenance financials and return on investment.