What is a Certified Production Laundry Manager ?
A production manager coordinates and oversees laundry processes, supervises personnel, identifies staffing and training needs, and identifies and implements continual process improvement. This certification designates individuals who have demonstrated competency in all areas constituting laundry production management.
What is the CPLM Certification?
TRSA’s Certified Production Laundry Manager (CPLM) certification verifies an established level of expertise and experience in all areas of laundry management. TRSA has established standards for this certification based on 100 years of knowledge development and information-sharing. Certification is now an important role in the laundry industry by identifying high professional standards. It is an objective means of distinguishing highly competent managers from their less experienced peers.
Why Get Certified?
Every profession requires specialized skills. Employers require confirmation their people possess these skills. In short, certification is an investment in your employees, your business, your career, your livelihood, your future.
If you want to recognize and reward valued managers to improve retention, verify expertise and experience, gain professional credibility, improve skills and knowledge to increase productivity and gain a competitive advantage, the CPLM certification is right for you.
How to Earn the CPLM
Applicants who wish to earn the CPLM designation must satisfy certain laundry and/or educational requirements:
- Must have a MINIMUM of two (2) years of experience in laundry processing
- Education – High school diploma or GED
- Must take and pass the CPLM with a score of 75% or higher
Applicants can prepare for the CPLM exam by attending the TRSA Production Management Institute (PMI) program or by purchasing TRSA’s CPLM Self-Study package.
From Our Members
"The in-depth curriculum and working with laundry managers really helped further my laundry acumen."
- Craig Giancola, Jensen USA
"Individuals with CPLM certification have a leg-up on other candidates that have not obtained the certification and receive preferred treatment in an initial application review process."
- Keith Pooler, president, Sacramento Laundry
CPLM Self-Study/Online Exam
TRSA’s CPLM certification is now available through a self-study package, providing opportunities for laundry managers from around the world to take advantage of this opportunity to enhance managerial proficiency and gain immediate and long-term returns through the skills learned in this self-contained program. This program also provides a means of renewal for former CPLM certification holders who may have let their certification lapse and require reinstatement of their credentials.
The CPLM Self-Study Package Materials
The CPLM Self-Study package includes materials that will help you prepare to take TRSA’s CPLM Exam (the exam is now administered online and is purchased separately). Packages are available in digital or in hard copy format and contain the following:
Recertification
After earning the CPLM, recipients must engage in continuous professional development to renew the designation every three years through participating in continuing education programs (live webinars and those found in TRSA’s On Demand Learning Center) training, teaching and undertaking leadership roles in laundry and business management associations.
