How to Earn Your 30 (AIFD) or 25 (CFD) CEs/Service Units
*Please Note: As a part of the AIFD® COVID-19 Relief Package to support our AIFD® and CFD® members in maintaining their credentials, we have reduced the amount of CEUs due by 10 points for those who are to report in 2020 and 2021. (A total of 15 CEUs due for CFD® and 20 CEUs due for AIFD® Accredited members who are submitting in 2020 and 2021.)
How to Earn Your 30 (AIFD) or 25 (CFD) CEs/Service Units
| National Symposium | CEUs Earned |
| Attendance to all educational programs | 20 (Or five per full day) |
| *Stage or Program Presentation | 25 |
| **Full set of DVDs/Vimeo™ and Test | 10 |
| **Single Main Stage or Program Presentation DVD/Vimeo™ and Test | 1 |
| Regional Symposium | |
| Attendance | 10 |
| *Stage Presentation | 15 |
| Other Program | 10 |
| Education Partner Programs | |
| Attendance (8 hours) | 5 (Maximum 10 pts) |
| AIFD Hands-on Workshops | |
| Attendance | 5 (Maximum 10 pts) |
| AIFD Online Classes | |
| One course | 3 (Maximum 5 classes) |
| State Conventions | |
| Attendance | 5 |
| *Design Program Presenter | 10 |
| Wholesale Design Program | |
| Attendance | 3 (Maximum 9 points) |
| *Design Program Presenter | 5 |
| Educator | |
| *University Instructor | 10/for 3 years |
| *Floral Design School Instructor | 5/for 3 years |
| Public Presentations | |
| *Presenter | 2 (Maximum 10 points) |
| Attendee | 1 (Maximum 5 points) |
| Design Articles in National Floral Publication | |
| Writer | 5 (Maximum 10 points) |
| Designer – No ads | 5 (Maximum 10 points) |
| Design Articles in State/Local Industry Publication | |
| Writer | 2 (Maximum 10 points) |
| *Leadership Service | |
| AIFD National Officer | 4 per year |
| AIFD National Director | 3 per year |
| AIFD Regional Chapter Officer/Director | 2 per year |
| Other National Floral Organization Officer/Director | 1 per year |
| AIFD Committee Chairperson | 2 per year |
| Other national Floral Organization Committee Chairperson | 2 per year |
| State/Local Floral Organization Committee Chairperson | 1 per year |
| AIFD Membership Committee | 2 per year |
| AIFD Committee Member | 1 per year |
| Other National Floral Organization Committee Member | 1 per year |
| State/Local Floral Organization Committee Member | 1 per year |
| AIFD Liaison to State Floral Association | 1 per year |
| *Certified/Evaluator Judge Program | |
| Participate and complete all of the required curriculum (one online course broken up into three segments) | 1 per segment completed |
| Pass the On-line Evaluator Test with an 80% or higher | 1 for completion |
| Complete an in-person design evaluation workshop and assessment | 2 per class completed |
*AIFD Accredited Members must accumulate a minimum of five (5) units of leadership/services/educator/presenter units once every five years.
** Contact AIFD® Headquarters at info@aifd.org to request a test for a full Symposium DVD set/Vimeo™ or a test for a single Symposium Main Stage or Program Presentation DVD/Vimeo™ and for more information.
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