certification process
Official validation steps
A certification process is the series of steps required to obtain official recognition that a person, product, or organization meets established standards.
It typically involves application, evaluation, testing, and verification: The certification process for organic farms takes about three years.
Professional certifications often require continuing education to maintain status.
- testEvaluative examination
- final examConcluding course assessment
- formShape or document
- application feeCost to submit request
- eligibility criteriaConditions for consideration
background check · diploma · compliance officer · compliance checks · consumer confidence · credentialing · accreditation · board approval · rubber stamp · fail · recertification · risk mitigation · checklist · jumping through hoops · waiting period · pass · degree · training hours
- assessmentsassessments, evaluation, evaluations, test, tests
certification processself-teaching
Instructing oneself without guidance
autodidacticism · trial and error · on-the-job training · learning by doing · apprenticeship
certification processlicense revocation
Formal withdrawal of permission
delicensing · disqualification · disbarment · defrocking · striking off
certification processrubber stamping
Mechanical endorsement without examination