I am certified with the CFAA.
Its not a difficult course to take if you have your electronics down pat. The course is offered as a correspondance course (all except for the Electrical portions, which you can apply for excemption from provided you already have your electricians C of Q). You can only apply for the correspondance course if you're working with someone who already has their CFAA certification. And you have to have a minumim of one year experience working with fire alarm systems.
The requirements for providing varifications are getting strickter all tht time, on many fire alarm systems, you have to have factory training to qualify to provide the varifications. Thats on top of your correspondance course.
The need for varification is growing rapidly, so there is financial motive. but most electricians I talk to don't want to take the time.
Hope this helps.
