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Certified Filtration & Separation Specialist (CFSS)
CFSS 2025 Program

The WFI team proudly provides the industry with the most comprehensive, practical, cost-effective, time-efficient, flexible, professional program tailored to foster your business growth, team enhancement, and individual professional advancement in the global filtration industry for a clean, healthy, and sustainable world. It features:

  • 24+ training courses are specially developed and delivered by globally leading experts.

  • Comprehensive coverage of air and liquid filtration, from fundamental principles to sophisticated technologies, contemporary challenges, novel opportunities, and up-to-date market trends

  • A participative platform designed to cater to your unique needs and questions

  • Convenient access to video recordings of each session, ensuring you never miss an opportunity to learn

  • Expert-led panel discussions at the conclusion of each course, highlighting recent updates, novel developments, unmet industry needs, and trending topics

  • Complimentary access to the WFI 2024 annual virtual conference

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Join us in mastering the complexities of filtration and separation, keeping pace with the rapid advancements in the industry, and harnessing the power of shared knowledge through our specially curated online courses.

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Qualification for Registration

  • A bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, technologies, business, management, economy, or accounting, or a minimum of five years of working experience in the filtration and separation industry.

  • English communication is required. Proficiency in one or more foreign languages is an advantage.

  • Committed to the WFI Code of Ethics in his or her own professional activities.

Date
Title
Credit
Fee (USD)
03/11/2025
Introduction to Global Filtration Market*
4
350
03/18/2025
Nonwovens in Filtration
4
350
03/25/2025
Filter Media Technologies
4
350
04/08/2025
Air Filtration
4
350
04/15/2025
Air Filter Design
4
350
04/22/2025
Particulate/Air Separation
4
350
05/06/2025
Gas Phase Filtration
4
350
05/13/2025
Air Filter Testing and Evaluation
4
350
05/20/2025
Liquid Filtration
4
350
05/27/2025
Liquid Filter Design
4
350
06/03/2025
Solid/Liquid Separation
4
350
06/10/2025
Liquid Filter Testing and Evaluation
4
350
06/17/2025
Membranes in Filtration
4
350
06/24/2025
Nanofibers in Filtration
4
350
07/08/2025
Meltblown Technologies
4
350
07/15/2025
Filtration Technologies in Sustainable Transport
4
350
07/22/2025
Engine Intake and Cabin Air Filtration
4
350
07/29/2025
Fuel, Hydraulic, Lube & Oil Filtration
4
350
08/05/2025
Filtration & Separation in Water Treatment
4
350
08/12/2025
Air Filtration for Power Generation
4
350
08/19/2025
Air Filtration for Personal Protection
4
350
08/26/2025
Air Filtration for Hospitals
4
350
09/02/2025
Circular Economy and Filtration Technologies
4
350
12/02/2025
Filtration for Emerging Technologies**
4
448
12/02/2025
Innovative Materials & Tech for Filtration**
4
448
12/02/2025
Sustainable Filtration for A Healthier IE**
4
448
12/03/2025
AI in Advanced Filtration**
4
448
12/03/2025
Regulatory Trends and Standards Updates**
4
448
12/03/2025
Circular Economy & Water Solutions**
4
448

Notes: ​

  1. The course fee is applied for single course registration

  2. All courses will be 8:00-10:00 am ET, US & CA​, unless specified otherwise (*8:00-10:30 am, **WFI 2024)

  3. The CFSS 2024 final certification exam (online)

    • October 29, 2024,  8:00 am to 10:00 am ET.

    • November 22, 2024,  8:00 am to 10:00 am ET.

  4. Specialist certification programs and requried courses

  5. The program is subject to change

  6. Q&A is available live online

Enroll in the CFSS 2024 Fall Program to access all sessions above (valued at $9,000+) for only $3,500. Offer valid until October 1, 2024.

Half Price for WFI members 

Learn more about our membership benefits.

Testimonials

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"Looking at this program (CFSS), not only is the value unmatched, but also the curriculum was top-notch, delivered by absolutely leading experts from the field. Through this training, they were able to broaden my perspectives. The expert panel at each session was always timely and relevant, covering the hottest topics and mega-trends.."

Mr. Bart Sistrunk, General Manager, Vice President, Mativ, USA

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"I found the WFI CFSS program very comprehensive and well-organized, very helpful to my professional career."

Dr. Allan Tung, Distinguished Professor and Director, NTU, Taiwan

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"I want to thank the entire WFI team for providing such an excellent Program... It was highly knowledgeable and it's time for me now to apply it in my day-to-day job."

Mr. Raj Bharath, Senior Engineer, MANN+HUMMEL Group, India

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"WFI education program is a unique complete package program for the filtration industry."

Dr. Mehdi Shirmohamadi, R&D manager of TERMEH Co., Istanbul, Turkey

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"The CFSS program was very intensive. It gave me new insights into filtration technologies and markets. Knowledge and skills gained during the program will be invaluable in my work to purify and protect, with every fiber, for a sustainable world.

"Ms. Laura Aho, Product Development & TCS Manager, Ahlstrom, Finland

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"Even with 28 years in nonwovens and over 10 years in filtration, this course has opened my eyes to elements of nonwovens, filtration, and separation I was previously unaware."

Mr. Matt Cox, Regional Sales Manager, Superior Felt & Filtration, USA

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"The Course content was rich with valuable technical info... Being a CFSS opened for me a new chapter in my career."

Mr. Assaad Abdallah, Marketing & Sales Manager, Three Dimensions Modern Trading, Oman

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