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In a competitive marketplace, differentiation is a key to success. Professional designations offer excellent opportunities to improve your skills, advance your career, and be recognized for your commitment to professional growth. Recognition programs elevate the professionalism and image of both the individual recipient and the industry as a whole.
The International Freight Forwarder today is an extremely accomplished professional. The depth of knowledge and experience required to perform effectively in the international movement of goods is truly considerable.
Today, International Freight Forwarding has evolved into a group of services concerned with the effective movement of goods and information from source to consumption. In includes activities, functions and occupations concerned with finding the best routes and modes of transport, warehousing, distribution, order processing, quality control, customer service, customs and tariff requirements, foreign exchange expertise and a myriad of other disciplines.
The Professional Freight Forwarder (PFF) designation was implemented in 2003 to create a way to recognize, support, and enhance the professionalism of the members of our Association and the individuals involved in the International Freight Forwarding community in Canada.
Since then a number of Canadian Freight Forwarders obtained this designation.
CIFFA recently rejuvenated the PFF designation Program to make it more credible and visible in the industry. After conducting surveys, holding a focus group of current PFFs and HR representatives and subsequent discussion at the CIFFA National Board, the PFF requirements have been changed in April 2007.
For information on new requirements please click on the appropriate link below:
CIFFA Member
Initial PFF
Non-CIFFA Member
Initial Associate PFF
Renewal Requirements
CIFFA’s accredited Professional Freight Forwarders are individuals who are acknowledges as having acquired a vast degree of knowledge, expertise, experience, and continuing education and professional development in the International Freight Forwarding field. Furthermore, these Professionals are defined as someone who has the following attributes: competence, experience, education, knowledge and keeps current attributes: competence, experience, education, knowledge and keeps current with industry practices, and is trustworthy and ethical.
Benefits to the Individual
An individual who has earned the Professional Designation from CIFFA is recognized as being a valuable member of the Freight Forwarding industry, and has achieved a high level of standing in the profession.
Expected individual benefits are:
- higher degree of employability within the industry;
- higher visibility within the Profession;
- personal pride and a sense of accomplishment;
- attaining a status level above many other colleagues;
- Member’s discount on all CIFFA education programs; and
- subscription to daily e-bulletin with latest industry news.
Benefits to Employers
Employers who recognize and support the Professional Designation from CIFFA will derive benefits from hiring individuals who have been awarded to CIFFA Designation.
Expected employer benefits are:
- increasing your company’s credibility with customers;
- differentiating your team from the competitors';
- having the security of knowing you are employing staff that posses the following qualities:
- High degree of multimodal transportation experience
- High level of industry education
- Competent and current with industry practices
- Professional leadership
- Valued industry professional
- Managerial skills
- Trustworthy and ethical
- Takes personal pride in accomplishments having the security of knowing you are employing someone who has passed a clear employee background check; and
- cost savings in the researching of applicant’s backgrounds.
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