Purpose of Certification
- Certification is career recognition through the evaluation and approval of individuals engaged in a specific occupation or profession. Professional certification has expanded significantly over the past decades.
- Certification as a general practice is offered by national membership associations representing a particular career.
- Certification can provide recognition and satisfaction for a life-time in a career activity. Individuals can advance through various levels of certification, receive honors and recognition, at the same time improve their performance, and increase customer or client satisfaction.
- Through preparation, instruction, procedural guidelines, and ethics statements; individuals with certification improve themselves and create more productive careers.
- Most certification programs also have renewal requirements that include continuing education to ensure that participants remain current in their field.
- In addition, once certification is received it can indicate certain capabilities to clients and customers.
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