AAME offers the following certifications:
- Certified Maintenance Technician (CMT)
- Certified Maintenance Supervisor (CMS)
- Certified Project Manager (CPM)
- Registered Business (RB)
- Certified Businesses (CB)
Click Here for Business Application (.pdf)
Click Here for Individual Certification Application (.pdf)
Certified Maintenance Technician (CMT)
Requirements are high school diploma/GED or above and two years experience as a maintenance mechanic.
A test is required for this certification and a study guide is supplied with the exam. A CMT must have knowledge in:
- Proper reactive and proactive maintenance techniques.
- Maintenance terminology.
- Operational safety requirements.
- Personnel safety requirements.
- Functional use of a computerized maintenance management program (CMMS) required of a technician.
- Proper maintenance documentation.
- Personal protective equipment requirements.
- Machinery safety requirements.
- Hazardous material.
- Cautions and warning requirements.
- Troubleshooting techniques.
- Lockout and tag-out requirements.
- Critical machinery devices.
- Preventive maintenance techniques and documentation.
- Two hours of CEU's is required annually.
Fees for the two hour CEU's offered by the AAME are included in the annual renewal.
Certified Maintenance Supervisor (CMS)
Requirements are a high school diploma/GED or higher and four years as a maintenance mechanic or two years as a maintenance supervisor.
A test is required for this certification and a study guide is supplied with the exam. A CMS must have knowledge in:
- Same requirements for the Maintenance Technician.
- Knowledge in preventive maintenance scheduling.
- Proper maintenance documentation required of supervisors.
- Work order documentation and assignment.
- The functional use of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) required of a supervisor.
- Knowledge in risk assessment.
- How to determine the need for preventive and corrective maintenance.
- Administrative management requirements.
- Managing maintenance verifications.
- Two hours of CEU's required annually.
Fees for the two hour CEU's offered by the AAME are included in the annual renewal.
Certified Project Manager (CPM)
Requirements are a high school diploma/GED or higher and four years as a maintenance supervisor or college degree in a engineering or maintenance field.
A test is required for this certification and a study guide is supplied with the exam. A CPM must have knowledge in:
- Same requirements for certified technicians and supervisors.
- Knowledge in reliability centered maintenance (RCM), proactive, reactive, predictive, corrective, time and condition based maintenance requirements.
- Knowledge in creating a maintenance program.
- Maintenance program management administrative requirements.
- Maintenance validation and reviews.
- Understanding the use of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) and paper programs.
- Managing maintenance programs at a company level.
- Four hours of CEU's is required annually.
CCE requirements can be fulfilled by employer training, manufacturer training, AAME training or AAME authorized training from professional groups. CEU’s are to be in professional development. Fees for the four hour CEU's offered by the AAME are included with the annual renewal.
Registered Business (RB)
Registered businesses are businesses that are in the maintenance profession that supply goods and services to maintenance professionals, such as schools, program designers, suppliers and so forth. Their products receive periodic review by the AAME to assure they meet AAME’s requirements. There is no fee for this service. Please contact the AAME at info@theaame.com for more information.
Certified Businesses (CB)
Certified businesses are businesses that perform contract maintenance or a business with an in-house maintenance department. All employees are certified by the AAME within six months of hire date. CB’s are authorized use of AAME logo in their advertising. Certified business employees do not have certification cards issued by the AAME because the CB owns each employees certification and are required to maintain CCE. All tests are graded by the AAME and results are maintained by the AAME. Employees that leave a CB are required to get an individual certification issued. Re-testing is not required for certified employees that leave a CB and request individual certifications.
| Certification | First Year with Test and Study Guide | Annual Renewal |
| Certified Maintenance Technician (CMT) | $100.00 | $75.00 |
| Certified Maintenance Supervisor (CMS) | $125.00 | $100.00 |
| Certified Project Manager (CPM) | $150.00 | $125.00 |
| Registered Business (RB) | No Charge | No Charge |
| Certified Business (CB) | $1000.00 | $1000.00 |
| Each Employee Testing | $10.00 | N/A |
Purchase Certification or Renewal:
Click Here for Business Application (.pdf)
Click Here for Individual Certification Application (.pdf)
