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CFFA – Certified Federal Fleet Administrator

CFFA

Certified Federal Fleet Administrator

 

Course Fee -

NPMA Member Rate: $1,725

Non-Member Rate: $1,885

All exam/administrative/application fees are included in the overall registration fee. 


To find a full list of classes being held across the country, click here!

CFFA ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  1. CFFA Certification is available to NPMA members and non-members who work in the Fleet Management field. Membership is not required to participate. 
  2. Have an active Certified Federal Fleet Specialist (CFFS)
  3. Have an approved Work Experience Summary.
  4. Have worked in the area of fleet management for at least one year of the associated functional areas.
  5. Completion of the CFFA Application. Click here. NPMA members will need to sign in and non-members, choose Non-member/Cert only membership status. 

The CFFA expires five years from the date of issue. 

 

EXAM 

  • The CFFA exam is one 75-question multiple choice exam with a 116 minute time limit. 
  • Exams will be administered by Kryterion outside the classroom environment. 
  • Review exam requirements on Exam Administration webpage.
  • NPMA and TSI will not be responsible for providing internet service. 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Late exam cancellations/reschedules will result in a "late fee." The fee is paid by you to Kryterion. 

  • Online Proctored exams are late if within 24-hours of the scheduled exam
  • Test Center exams are late if within 72-hours of schedule exam 

 

Course Information

The Certified Federal Fleet Administrator (CFFA) course provides a higher level of knowledge for people who perform fleet management duties, either part time or full time, at the mid-organization level. The course expands upon concepts covered in the Certified Federal Fleet Specialist (CFFS) course, such as fleet regulations and environmental Executive Order requirements. The course also presents new concepts such as understanding alternative fuel and zero emission vehicles, fleet maintenance, fleet right-sizing, risk management, and fleet replacement planning to improve fleet operational performance while meeting executive order requirements. The following learning objectives are covered:


Day 1
Introductions and Fleet Management Overview
- Key Terms and Acronyms Review
- What is Fleet Management
- Federal Fleet Management Responsibilities
- Approaches to Fleet Asset Management
- Recent Impacts to Fleet Management Assumptions

41CFR102-34
- Define “Fleet”, “Yellow Fleet”, and “Motor Vehicle”
- List examples of “Yellow Fleet”
- Describe the relationship between Property Management and Fleet Management
- Describe the motor vehicle life-cycle
- List data associated with Fleet Management Information Systems (FMIS)
- List sources of essential information relating to fleet management

EO 14057
- Describe purpose of Executive Orders
- List agency fleet management goals in EO 14057
- State EO 14057 Progress Metric Targets
- List EO 14057 Metrics
- State applicability for vehicle acquisition and considerations for accelerating ZEV acquisitions
- Describe Fleet Management Practices to support and accelerate ZEV deployment
- List Planning, Reporting, and Target setting requirements of EO 14057

Alternative Fuels and Zero Emission Vehicles
- List common fuels for vehicles
- Describe challenges associated with using biodiesel
- List renewable diesel benefits
- List variables associated with EV charging times
- Describe the 3 types of EVSE charging systems
- Describe difference between Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles
- Describe how a hydrogen fuel cell produces power
- List top ways to reduce fleet petroleum consumption
- Describe fuel conservation tactics
- State purpose of a fleet “Continuity of Operations Plan”

Day 2
Fleet Maintenance
- List reasons to have an on-site repair facility.
- Describe typical maintenance success factors
- Identify considerations given in maintenance management
- State when a GOV can be replaced sooner than the normal replacement criteria
- Describe difference between scheduled and unscheduled maintenance
- List categories of maintenance and repair
- Describe when maintenance should be outsourced

Vehicle Allocation Method
- Define VAM
- List characteristics of an optimal fleet
- List the documents requiring agencies complete a VAM
- State how often a VAM must be completed
- List results that are revealed from a survey and not from raw data


Risk Management
- Describe the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)
- State FMR requiring use of safety devices by federal employees in GOV vehicles
- List elements of a Safety Policy
- State who is responsible for motor vehicle risk management
- List characteristics of a risk management program
- Describe characteristics of an effective accident analysis program

Fleet Replacement Planning
- State the benefits of an optimized fleet replacement cycle
- List ways to improve your fleet replacement strategy
- State assumptions used in vehicle replacement modeling
- Describe process for building a replacement funding plan

 

Completion of the CFFA course will prepare attendees to take the CFFA Certification Exams administered by Kryterion. Successful completion of the exam will result in the award of the Certified Federal Fleet Administrator.