LPF Certification Benefits

Hiring and developing the Loss Prevention team can be an arduous process.  We must not only find individuals that possess the specific skill sets, but also secure team members that gel with the focus and philosophy of our particular organization.  We must ensure that they possess the core competencies that are essential to the business, and carry a standard of performance that meets and exceeds our needs and expectations.  While there are never any absolutes, employing tools that help us to maximize our hiring efficiencies should be viewed as a valued resource.   The LPQ and LPC certifications can provide such a resource.

Designed and developed through a collaboration of hundreds of Loss Prevention leaders, business partners and the academic community, the LPQ and LPC certifications validate a level of knowledge and understanding of the core competencies that our industry leaders have identified as critical to excel as a Loss Prevention professional.  By reinforcing the unique relationship between industry-specific skill sets, leadership concepts and retail principles, the certifications are intended to cultivate a higher level of expertise, confirm understanding, challenge perspective, and reinforce key industry goals and objectives.  It shows a commitment to learning, personal growth and career development.  In fact, recognition of the value of these programs has extended beyond the business community and into the classroom, where both the LPQ and LPC programs have been accepted for college credit at both the Bachelors and Masters Degree levels.

Retailing companies recognize the significant achievement of an LPF Certification. Review the list of companies who prefer to hire LP candidates with an LPF certification.

Benefits of Certification for Employees

  • Demonstrates your understanding of core competencies as determined nationally
  • Enhances your performance by gaining additional knowledge
  • Demonstrates your desire to learn
  • Improves your potential for promotion
  • Puts you above the competition
  • Expands the number of companies that will consider hiring you.
  • Improves your professional perception with others
  • Increase your marketability in difficult economic times!
  • Certification credits qualifies for academic credits at universities!
  • Add LPQ designation to your name & professional credentials!

Benefits of Certification for Employers

  • Provides you a benchmark of the employees level of knowledge
  • Indicates which employees have an attitude and initiative towards learning
  • Establishes the perception that your department hires for quality and uses high education standards
  • Demonstrates your interest in employee development
  • Assists with the evaluation of new hires to help determine their knowledge level
  • Aligns your team with proven industry best practices
  • Promotes a global view of LP as a partner in the business of retail
  • Enhances marketability and professional growth
  • Expands the vision of the LP department and the potential impact on the business
  • Sets a standard of excellence and an expectation for professional performance

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Senior Management Prefer LPQ/LPC

"In order for me to effectively determine what value the LPC course and subsequent certification would bring to the Loss Prevention industry, I felt I had to go through the course myself. I was so amazed with the level of detail by which this program addresses LP; I actually added the LPC designation as a 'preferred educational achievement' on all Loss Prevention job descriptions and had it approved for tuition assistance!"

David E. George, CFI, LPC
Vice President of Asset Protection
Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.

"Our industry has evolved out of necessity in the old days it was left to the loss prevention professional to make the final decision about firing an employee after an interrogation. With the advent of a more involved human resources role, loss prevention practitioners are held to a higher level of accountability. Out of this expanded accountability came the growing need for company and Policy standards as well as the need to certify our knowledge base with programs like the Certified Forensic Interviewer (CFI) and the LPQualified(LPQ) and LPCertifìed(LPC) certifications. These are our next steps in elevating the profession."

Dave Zulawski, CFI, CFE
Senior Partner at Wicklander-Zulawski

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