CPPA CERTIFICATION REVIEW 

This class awards 24 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

The cost of the exam is NOT included in the course registration. Please see testing instructions below. Those wishing to take the certification exam should study the materials prior to class. The course is designed to review the materials before taking the exam. Testing is, however, optional, and scheduled through our proctoring service, Kryterion. The course is taught by an NPMA instructor who is CPPM-certified. Due to accreditation regulations, the instructor has not seen, and does not have access to, the actual exam.

Course Payment Policy

Registrants with pending payments 45 days prior to the first day of the course must guarantee payment or will be dropped from enrollment.

Course Cancellation Policy

Please note: A minimum number of registrants is required to hold this course. If you are planning to attend, please make sure to register at least 45 days prior to the start of the course. Individual cancellations must be received 45 days prior to the start date of the course.  For more information, please visit the Course Cancellation Policy page.

Registration fees

Members $1,475

CPPA Exam $360 (optional)

Join NPMA TODAY! Pay the $125 member fee and receive the discounted member rate for this course

Non-Members $1,725

CPPA Exam $435 (optional)

TESTING
A Certification Review course is a study option for a certification exam and not a requirement.

• Exams are no longer administered by the instructor following a Review Course. They will be scheduled with and administered by our exam partner, Kryterion.
• Visit the Exam Administration webpage to learn more about the exam process, options for how to take and schedule exam.
• Visit the CPPA webpage to learn more about this certification, exam requirements and view practice study questions.
• Exam can be canceled and rescheduled, however there will be a fee charged to you if cancelations/reschedules are within 24 hours (online testing) or 72 hours (onsite center testing) of your exam start time.
  

COURSE MATERIALS

Intermediate Studies Manual and Study Guide (included with registration fees)

Once you have paid for your registration, your confirmation including a link to the study materials will open in your browser. Please print your study guide and bring with you to the class if you wish. You will also receive an email confirmation containing links to your study materials. If you have asked someone else to register you for this class, please ensure they provide YOUR email address on the registration and not their own.

Hard copy manuals are shipped to the course site.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course takes the property professional from the beginning life-cycle stages of property operations into the broader value-added world of organizational partnering and strategic property management concepts. Attendees will experience an in-depth examination of property management topics ranging from voluntary consensus standards, requirements determinations, contracting and assistance, risk, consumables, and fleet management to value-added solutions and environmental considerations. If you have at least one year of property management experience, this course provides the tools to succeed as a professional property manager.

Topic Overview:

• Capital planning process.
• Voluntary consensus standards and the current ASTM International published standards.
• Cost benefit analysis as a tool in risk-based property management.
• Efficient consumables management and fiscally responsible stewardship of organizational funds.
• Fundamentals of fleet management in relationship to other property management duties.

Core Benefits:

1. Learn how the role of the property employee has evolved from counting stock and data entry, to a value-added profession providing efficient, cost effective, risk awareness, strategic services to the organization;
2. Gain a practical understanding of strategies for enhancing participation in the acquisition and assistance arenas of your organization.
3. Cultivate a high level understanding of environmental risks, regulations and liabilities.
4. NPMA certification courses cover all property management categories from pre-acquisition to disposition and serve to review the information provided to students before the course begins. Once you have paid for your registration, you will receive the course materials.

Functional Areas

• Acquisition
• Audits
• Consumption
• Contracts and Agreements Closure
• Control: Ownership, Responsibility, and Accountability
• Disposition and Retirement
• Environmental Considerations
• Identification
• Maintenance
• Movement and Transfers
• Physical Inventory
• Property Accounting
• Receiving
• Records
• Reporting
• Requirements Planning
• Risk Management

CPPA Eligibility Requirements

1. Have an active CPPS
2. Submit the CPPA Application Form (Note: You will need to log in to your NPMA profile at www.npma.org prior to completing the form.)
3. Have an approved Work Summary
4. Have worked in property for at least three (3) years and have a variety of work experience in at least seven (7) functional areas of property management (see above)

Questions? Contact education@npma.org

INSTRUCTOR BIO

Wes Carter, CPPM, CF
Wes is a long-time member of the National Property Management Association (NPMA) with nearly 30 years of membership in the association. Wes served in many elected and appointed positions in the Chapter, Region and National levels of NPMA and the NPMA Foundation. He enjoys supporting NPMA, its members and its growth as a professional organization. Wes earned his CPPM certification and was accepted as a Consulting Fellow (CF) at NPMA.

Wes earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Accounting and Information Technology. He worked in Project Management, Property (Asset) Management, Supply Chain and many related functional areas for over 35 years in the government sector with several major contractors. His primary experience involved management roles in many of the areas. Since his retirement from full-time service, Wes remains active with and supports NPMA and its goals. In addition to teaching classes for NPMA, he also works as an independent consultant in the Property (Asset) Management and Supply Chain functional areas. In this role, he assists companies as they develop, maintain and improve their programs to assure compliance and efficiency.