The FIA is offering an exclusive new member benefit service with the offer to have the CPD certified by the FIA. All are included in the cost of membership, so there is no additional cost.
As part of the service, the FIA can host, market, and manage all bookings for any of the sessions which have been certified by the FIA CPD Certification Centre. The FIA will then issue CPD certificates on the user's behalf to the delegates (only if the CPD session is hosted by the FIA). Data on the attendees will only be shared with the member company delivering the CPD session.
Why Is FIA doing it?
- Being the largest fire-related trade association in Europe means that the FIA has a wealth of technical expertise across the breadth of the fire industry. This means that FIA can assess the technical content of the CPD sessions and give it their stamp of approval or assist with bringing it up to standard.
- When coupled with FIA's unrivaled training experience, this uniquely enables them to be able to assess any presentations which are submitted and also give the stamp of approval on their educational quality.
- FIA strives to do all it can to champion, represent and help improve its members and the excellent advice they give to its customers and the wider industry. By checking and certifying the member's CPD, FIA feels this will be of massive benefit to all parties involved and serves as a great way to improve the standards of the entire fire industry.
Who does it benefit?
- It benefits users as a member. By weighing the FIA’s technical and educational backing behind it, the CPD sessions gain a level of credibility that is specific to the industry in which they are aimed at.
- It benefits the end-user (target audience) as they know that the CPD they are receiving has been checked and certified by the leading industry body, thereby giving it more value and credibility.
- If users are a member and use FIA's CPD service they no longer have to pay fees to external generic CPD certification bodies that are not experts in the fire industry. This can potentially save thousands of pounds in unnecessary expenditure.
- By making use of the FIA’s marketing ability and its extensive database of fire industry and related contacts, users can rest assured that their CPD sessions are being marketed directly to the right people and companies.
- The wider fire industry can also benefit from the FIA CPD Certification Centre as they become familiar with the online CPD process.
FIA's CPD certification procedure
- Submit presentation via e-mail to the FIA technical department to be assessed.
- The presentation will be assessed against various criteria including but not limited to technical correctness, impartiality (nothing product or company-specific), educational quality, and many more.
- Once a session passes the assessments and is certified, the FIA will enable usage of the FIA CPD Certified logo which can be applied to all of the certificates for that session.
- Book the event with the FIA training team and it will add to the events calendar on the FIA website and include the sessions in their marketing releases and on social media.
