NFPT offers free required ongoing education. NFPT protocols allow certified members to maintain their accredited NFPT-CPT through web-based study and secure online examinations. Ongoing education requirements for other accredited certifying agencies can be time consuming, inconvenient, and very expensive. NFPT's continuing education requirement policies and protocols offer a level of accountability worthy of the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) strict compliance requirements. NFPT certified members still have the option of pursuing any alternative CEC courses they desire when reviewed and approved. Consider that it is by far more expensive to maintain a certification than to initially become certified.