There are at least 2 reasons to get
the CPFM designation.
Reason 1 to get Food Safety Manager Certified. This credential helps in getting
jobs, especially where
holding such a certificate is a requirement by the state or county, as
it is in Florida - someone holding this certificate must be on
property during all hours of operation. If this is your motivation, to get a certification which
you can use to get a job or pass health department muster, what I have
described should work.
Reason 2 to get Food Safety Manager Certified. You
learn new and refresh old information in the process of studying for the exam. Therefore,
we require that you get the course manual so you can study and have
it for later reference, and we recommend taking either our hands-on
class or web-based training program.
If your motivation is
to get as much in-depth information about food safety as you can,
so you can teach or be THE food safety manager for your facility, then we
strongly suggest a class.