Certifications

Our Industry's Professional Certifications

available through Professional Picture Framers Association

"Setting the Standard for Professional Picture Framing"

You have invested a great amount of time and energy in becoming the best picture framer you can be. Isn't it time that you earned the certification and show your potential customers how much you care about your profession? After all, your customers are expecting to deal with a professional.

In these competitive times, it is not enough to just keep doing things how you've done them for years. You have to stay on the cutting edge of design, creativity, technical knowledge and professionalism. Earning a professional designation is an investment in your business, and yourself.

Certified Picture Framer (CPF)

Through the PPFA Certified Picture Framer (CPF) Program, you can test your knowledge in the five exam content areas: Preservation, General Knowledge, Mechanical, Mathematical, and Mounting. Earn the framer's mark of excellence: the CPF designation. More than 3,800 framers have achieved CPF status since the program's inception in 1986.

The CPF exam is offered in the Mid-America Chapter region each year. For more information, contact Joyce Michels, MCPF or our national headquarters in Jackson, MI.

Recertification Program

PPFA developed the Recertification program to help framers stay abreast of developements in the art and framing industry. The Recertification is a requirement every four years for individuals who earned the CPF designation after 1993. PPFA offers a one day course at the annual conference and also offers a course on DVD so framers can recertify in the comfort of their own home or frame shop.

Master Certified Picture Framer (MCPF)

Any picture framer that has a minimum of four years of hands on experience in picture framing, who has been a CPF for a minimum of four years and who has taken a Recertification course within the last four years, may apply for the Master Certified Picture Framer (MCPF) exam.

Contact Joyce Michels, MCPF

Scholarships are available...

Don’t let the cost of taking the CPF or MCPF Exam deter you from this certification. In 1997 the

L. Thomas McKeon, CPF, Scholarship Program was created to provide financial assistance to individuals, who wish to take the association’s CPF exam. Under this program,five (5) individuals are selected each year to receive a scholarship for a FREE sitting for the CPF exam and a complete set of PPFA recommended examination Source Materials (estimated value $425.)

The Kistler Scholarship Program has been established to help defray the costs of the MCPF Exam - up to $1,000.00. Each chapter, all 26 to be exact, contribute annually to the Kistler Scholarship Program.

For more information on scholarship porgrams, or to see a testing schedule, go to: www.ppfa.com

Mid-America PPFA