Education Requirements for a Condominium Manager General Licence

Starting November 1, 2017 all condominium managers have 90 days to apply for a licence under the Condominium Management Services Act.

The Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (the “Ministry”) has designated the educational and examination requirements for a General Licence as follows:

Less than five years’ experience in providing condominium management services

The following ACMO-developed courses (for the current RCM designation) are required to be completed:

• Condominium Law,
• Physical Building Management,
• Financial Planning for Condominium Managers, and
• Condominium Administration and Human Relations.

Five or more years’ experience in providing condominium management services

The above-stated courses are required;

or,

Instead of those courses, the applicant will have to pass the applicable Challenge Examination developed by the ACMO.

Who will provide the Courses and Challenge Examination ?

• Colleges of applied arts and technology that offer the above stated courses; and,
• A Condominium Management Provider that is authorized by ACMO to offer the courses to its own employees.
• ACMO will provide the Challenge Examinations.

Don’t forget that the Registrar will have the ability (likely on a case by case basis) to recognize alternative education experiences as equivalent to the above-stated requirements, for managers who have successfully completed other training programs, internship programs, apprenticeship programs, courses, seminars, lectures or tutorials.