Our Building Officials Fundamentals Program is intended to help you prepare for the building official role at a municipal level. This building officials program is best suited for those with technical backgrounds (construction, architectural technology, engineering technology, the trades) but is also appropriate for those from a number of other disciplines that municipalities need to regulate buildings (planning, business, law, environmental studies, communications, geoscience, mathematics, economics).
This program has been designed by George Brown College Continuing Education in collaboration with the Ontario Building Officials Association (OBOA). Program participants are eligible for the OBOA Student membership.
Completion Details
Once you have completed all the requirements of this program, you can request to receive a certificate using the department contact information on this web page. Program graduates may wish to pursue the Building Code Identification Number (BCIN) exams for House 2012 and General Legal/Process 2012 in order to be eligible for the OBOA Building Code Qualified (BCQ) certification in Housing. In addition, the OBOA is committed to maintaining information on everyone who completes this program. Graduates will have full access to the OBOA industry website, a profile that municipal recruiters will be able to see, the ability to update that profile to reflect changes (such as additional courses or BCIN exams), and the ability to view Ontario municipal building official job postings.
Certificate Stream
Core Courses (Seven)
This is the required completion order. All of these:
One of these:
- BLDG 9235 General Legal Process and Powers and Duties 2012 Temporarily Online
- BLDG 9247 General Legal Process and Powers and Duties 2012 Online
- BLDG 9290 General Legal Process and Powers and Duties 2012 Off Campus
One of these:
- BLDG 9232 Building Science Fundamentals Temporarily Online
- BLDG 9292 Building Science Fundamentals Online
One of these:
- BLDG 9245 Part 9 The House Building Envelope Temporarily Online
- BLDG 9265 Part 9 The House Building Envelope Online
- BLDG 9288 Part 9 The House Building Envelope Off Campus
One of these:
- BLDG 9244 Part 9 The House Health and Safety Temporarily Online
- BLDG 9264 Part 9 The House Health and Safety Online
- BLDG 9289 Part 9 The House Health and Safety Off Campus
All of these:
- Contact Information
- Contact:
- Technology Department
- Email:
- cetechnology@georgebrown.ca
- Phone:
- Location(s):