Issue 8/03 – 23 July 2003
CHRP designation gets national standards
From the HR Certification Program team
Until now, the requirements for the Certified Human
Resources Professional (CHRP) designation have varied throughout
Canada. Now, provincial criteria will be dovetailed onto a newly
established framework of national standards.
Training for the certification has been strongly
endorsed by the Assistant Deputy Minister (Human Resources –
Military) as being a valuable tool to increase the HR skills and
knowledge of current and prospective DND/CF HR practitioners.
National standards
The Knowledge Exam will
consist of multiple choice and short answer questions based on the
nine functional areas of HR: management; staffing; occupational
health and safety; finance and accounting; organizational behaviour;
employee and labour relations; compensation; training and development;
and planning.
Workshops on professional practice topics such as
business ethics, HR Information Systems (HRIS), and writing a request
for proposal will be available, as will exam preparation workshops.
Candidates will register with their provincial association
to write the Knowledge Exam, which will be offered in autumn and
spring beginning September 27, 2003. Exam fees will total $250.
The Outcomes Assessment Exam
will measure HR competencies—how HR functions are successfully
applied in the workplace—and could include HR critical incident
scenarios for which candidates would be required to choose the best
of offered solutions.
In preparation for this exam, Professional Assessment
and Resource Centres (PARCs) will be set up with the support of
each provincial association. Educational opportunities, on-line
learning, and sample exam questions will be made available to candidates.
Candidates will have to be members of their provincial
association, and will register with the association to write the
Outcomes Assessment Exam within five years of writing the Knowledge
Exam. Outcomes Assessment Exams will be offered in the spring and
autumn beginning May 1, 2004. Exam fees will total $350.
For both exams, the minimum
passing grade will be 70%, and 75% of the fees will be reimbursable
for CF members under the Personal Enhancement Program (PEP). Candidates
will be able to take these exams more than once, but fees will apply
for each sitting.
HR professionals will be required to seek re-certification
of their CHRP designation every three years through on-going professional
development (PD).
PD activities may include participation in conferences
and workshops, teaching/taking courses, reading, writing articles,
giving presentations, mentoring, and conducting research on HR issues.
Variety is key; reading through three years of PD journals will
not be acceptable.
For additional information,
consult www.forces.ca/hr/pep/engraph/HRCert_e.asp,
or contact the ADM(HR-Mil) HR Certification Program Co-ordination
Officer at Chapman.SM@forces.gc.ca.
CHRP
and DND/CF
• DND/CF HR professionals
enrolled in CHRP courses confirm that the knowledge is immediately
applicable to their jobs.
• The opportunity
to participate in class discussions and projects with non-DND/CF
classmates demonstrates how our system compares to other HR systems.
• Developing a pool
of qualified HR professionals facilitates the development of new
approaches to military HR management.
• Membership in a
provincial HR association presents networking possibilities and
valuable professional development opportunities that keep DND/CF
HR professionals up to date on current issues and developing trends.
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