certification Renewal

As a fitness professional, keeping your NFPA Certification current by expanding your knowledge is not only an industry standard, but also an excellent way to stay inspired. Because being a fitness professional is a practice, increasing your knowledge through continuing education is not only a necessity for certification maintenance, but making you a more proficient and safer trainer or instructor. As an NFPA fitness professional, your clients and their families entrust their bodies and lives to you, and turn to you for questions and advice. You must be able to provide them with accurate, current information, and the only way to do that is to continue your education. The purpose of continuing education is to offer the public a form of assurance that individuals practicing a profession maintain competence once certified in that profession. NFPA Professionals are responsible for completing continuing education credits for their own professional competence. There is no limit to the number of CEC hours that can be obtained in any particular activity.

CEC Requirements

NFPA requires a minimum of 10 CEC hours to be acquired annually. A minimum of 5 of the 10 required CEC’s must be from NFPA provided live workshops, seminars, or online correspondence courses. Any CEC’s obtainined outside of NFPA must be petitioned for by submitting a Petition Form and a fee of $20. CEC hours in excess of the required amount cannot be carried over to the next certification period. If you are certified in additional NFPA certifications (2 or more), you must complete at least 5 additional CEC hours. A total of 15 annual for 2 or more certifications is required. Your certification status with the NFPA will not be renewed until the CEC requirements have been met.