What is my commitment as a consultant?
As a consultant participating in the Continuing Education Program, you are obligated to earn 100 points throughout a three-year period in order to renew your Seal. Consultants who receive their credentials after January 1, 2005 must participate in order to maintain their credentials.
You are responsible for accurately recording your accumulated points and reporting them to DHI at renewal time. However, if you do not earn the requisite points during the three-year period, you have the option of taking an alternate examination.
How can I have this expertise recognized and valued by my customers?
DHI has developed an easy-to-use promotional tool as a symbol of the your high aptitude and experience and which serves to visually inform the building industry of your value. It also attests to your participation in the program and willingness to satisfy a set of extraordinary standards and rigid educational and industry requirements.
Those joining this program can order an official seal. A corresponding "stamp" is also available to use when the seal cannot easily be used (such as on a faxed or electronically transferred document)
How does DHI support my efforts?
DHI is supporting this program by highlighting those who are participating in the Continuing Education Program to end users - architects, specifiers, and the like. This is being achieved through advertising in industry publications and via the DHI website and through other various media.
How long do I have to register?
If you received your credentials after January 1, 2005, you have been automatically enrolled in the program. Participation is mandatory and requires the accumulation of 100 CEP points every three years. Consultants not in the program, or whose registration has expired but who may wish to rejoin the Program, have three options available:
1. Equivalency Exam — A four-hour equivalency exam consisting of a combination of approximately 200 true/false, multiple choice and problem questions must be passed, as well as the accumulation of 100 CEP points every three years. The exam costs $150/individual membership and $350/non-member. Corporate membership discount does not apply.
2. One-Year License — Earn 35 technical CEP points (points earned in the past year are eligible). Completing 12 Tech Tips from Doors and Hardware magazine from up to 12 months preceding your application is one way to acquire the necessary eligibility points. Once enrolled, you must earn 35 points each year for the next three years. These 35 points shall consist of a minimum of 30 technical CEP points, with five non-technical points permitted. You must file a new renewal application each year to remain in the program.
A new seal, if desired, must be purchased each year. However, after your third single year in the seal program, you then have the opportunity to resume the seal program under a three-year period agreement, attaining 100 points in a three-year period. Enrollment is free for individual members, and $350/non-members. Corporate membership discount does not apply.
3. New Certification Credential — Any individual who passes a consultant's certification exam (AHC, CDC, EHC) after January 1, 2005 is automatically registered in the CEP Program, regardless of prior certification status.
For example, if you earned your AHC certification prior to January 1, 2005, and then received your CDC certification in January of 2006, you automatically became enrolled in the CEP program, and are required to participate. You would then begin a new three-year participation cycle, in which time you must earn 100 CEP points. Previously earned CEP points do not carry over into the new period.
Note: Dual certification consultants need earn only 100 total points during the time period, not 100 for each certification.
Now What?
 For further answers to your questions about becoming certified, or what a certified professional consultant can do for you, call our Education Department at 703.222-2010 or E-mail certification@dhi.org. |
