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Maintaining Your Certification
Certification Maintenance Criteria
As a Certification-holder, YOU are responsible for maintaining your Certification within the appropriate compliance period, whether it's self-reporting your Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or recertifying by retaking the exam. No CEUs will ever be added automatically to your account.
Use the table below to determine what your requirements for maintaining your Certification:
| You hold APM, APS, APPM, APPS, ARM, ARS, AOCM, AOCS or CPC Certification | You will need to earn 15 CEUs annually to renew your Certification. |
| You hold a CPRS Certification, and your original Certification date was before November 12, 2017 | You will need to earn 15 CEUs annually to renew your Certification. |
| You hold a CPRS Certification, and your original Certification date was after November 12, 2017 | You will need to retake the exam every two years to renew your Certification. |
| You hold a Solution Consultant designation (APSC, APPSC, ARSC, AOCSC Certification) | There is no continuing education requirement for our vendor Certifications. |
| You passed the CESA program, IOFM Master Class, online workshop or any other e-learning offering from IOFM.com. | There is no continuing education requirement. |
Finding Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are earned by completing relevant continuing education — that is, training and education that furthers the skills that you learned in your original Certification programs. In general, IOFM awards CEUs on the basis of 1 hour = 1 CEU. You can earn CEUs from IOFM or from outside of IOFM. Our full list of CEU rules can be found on our CEU Guidelines page.
CEU Opportunities from IOFM
IOFM offers far more than the 15 CEUs per year through webinars, white papers and events. Some — more than 15 per year — are free; some require a registration fee. Please refer to the CEU Opportunities page for more information regarding where on IOFM.com to find CEUs and how much each kind is worth.
CEU Opportunities from outside of IOFM
Other training you complete throughout the year may qualify for CEUs. Please carefully read the CEU Guidelines to see if your training qualifies and how to calculate the amount of CEUs it's worth.
Self-Reporting Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
After you complete a CEU opportunity, you must self-report it in order to receive your CEUs. Go to My Account > E-Learning Center > My Certificates > Manage CEUs > Add CEU. A short form will pop-up for you to complete. Here's what we're looking for:
Activity (Required)
The title of the training (Please use the actual title of the training and not generic terms like "webinar" or "white paper" - you'll fill in that information later in the form)
Description (Optional)
What did you learn about? What is the summary of the content covered? While this is an optional section, it is recommended for self-reporting CEUs outside of IOFM in order to help staff determine relevancy or the amount of CEUs. If your account is under review and you do not fill out this section, IOFM staff may have to contact you for additional information or remove the CEUs if we do not have the information we need.
Date Completed (Required)
Use the date picker to properly format the date, or you will not be able to save the CEU record.
Subject Area & Activity Type (Required)
Simply select the most appropriate option from dropdown!
Activity Provider
What organization held this activity? For webinars and white papers offered by IOFM, feel free to simply list IOFM.
CEUs
In general, 1 CEU per 1 hour of continuing education – please reference the CEU Guidelines for more information. CEUs under 1 should not be self-reported.
Verification
Verification can be any document that will prove that you complete the activity – certificates, receipts, registration confirmations, handouts and syllabi are all acceptable forms of verification. All verification files should be in PDF form. Please note verification is not required but recommended, especially for activities outside of IOFM. FMI on verification files, read this article from our Help Center.
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