DRI CANADA offers four levels of certification, each with its own certification requirement:
Certification Levels |
Requirements
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Certification Requirements for future reference
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Associate
Business Continuity Professional (ABCP) |
Certification requirements include:
- Pass on the certification exam
- Payment of $75 application fee (if you wrote the exam prior to January 1, 2006)
- DRI Canada awards ABCP automatically with a pass on the certification examination.
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Certified Functional Continuity Professional (CFCP) |
Certification requirements include:
- Pass on certification exam
- 2 or more years of significant experience as a Business Continuity specialist in a functional area or department responsible for at least 3 subject matter areas described in the Professional Practices for Business Continuity Professionals. At least 1 area must deal with:
- Business impact analysis
- Developing business continuity strategies
- Developing and implementing business continuity plans
- Maintaining and exercising business continuity plans
- Providing references that verify your experience
- Payment of $250 application fee
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Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) |
Certification requirements include:
- Pass on certification exam
- 2 or more years of significant experience in Business Continuity planning in at least 5 subject matter areas described in the Professional Practices for Business Continuity Professionals. At least 2 area must deal with:
- Business impact analysis
- Developing business continuity strategies
- Developing and implementing business continuity plans
- Maintaining and exercising business continuity plans
- Providing references that verify your experience
- Payment of $250 application fee
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Master Business
Continuity Professional (MBCP) |
Certification requirements include:
- Pass on certification exam
- 5 or more years of significant experience in Business Continuity planning in at least 7 subject matter areas described in the Professional Practices for Business Continuity Professionals.
- Providing references that verify your experience
- Payment of $425 application fee
- Applicants need to apply for MBCP certification on-line through DRI International
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