Validates Knowledge – You'll Gain More Confidence
With staff installing combustion products into homes, obtain peace of mind that there is demonstrated knowledge of hearth products, installation concepts and procedures through the learning and examination process.

You'll Beat Your Competition - Customers Choose YOU
Promote Yourself. Does your competition have certified staff? Customers will choose certified staff first and foremost. With mention in your ads, press releases to your local papers, and designation onthe NFI website as a certified professional, shoppers will know where to go for experience.

Earn Stature with Local Officials
Building code officials prefer to work with certified individuals because they know certified professionals have prepared for and passed an industry exam. You and your staff may become trusted experts when builders and officials have questions about the installation and operation of hearth products.

Less Employee Turnover
Individuals who earn certification have more self-confidence and remain in their profession longer than non-certified individuals.

More Productive Employees
Certified individuals are more productive, using time more efficiently, than non-certified ones due to better job preparation and learning. Certification can also be a tool to identify employees with leadership potential.

Certification Could Be Vital for Your Business
In professions where safety and protection of the public is involved, certification serves as a positive effort to self-reg thus fending off the possibility of government regulation. Certification may pre-empt the adoption of outside regulatins allowing us to continu to install our industry's products.

Your Insurance Premiums May be Reduced
If installation and service are 25% or less of the gross of your business, you may be able to enjoy lower insurance rates.