What is Competency Level (CL)?

Linking closely to the BCM Body of Knowledge (BoK)  are two building blocks that support our participants' learning journey.  One is the Competency Level (CL), the other is the Level of Expertise or Expertise Level (EL).

Competency Level

Each Body of Knowledge (BoK) has seven (7) areas.  Each areas (for example, BoK 2 is Risk Analysis and Review) of the BoK is further divided into three level of competency or CL.  The three CL (CL 1, CL 2 and CL 3) within each area will emphasized the depth of the knowledge.  They are the:

1. Foundation or CL 1 (leading to "Planner" certification);
2. Intermediate or CL 2 (leading to "Specialist" certification); and
3. Advanced or CL 3 (leading to "Expert" certification).

The only exception is the BCM Audit course which starts from:

1. Intermediate or CL 2 leading to "Auditor" certification; and
2. Advanced or CL 3 leading to "Lead Auditor" certification.

Hence, in BCM Institute's course offering, our courses are often, referred to as "Foundation", "Intermediate" and "Advanced" level courses.

It useful to determine which level of competency that you are attending.  You can find out more by asking "What is My BCM (CM, CC, DR & Audit) Competency Level?"

Do note that the alphabet after the "CL" being the numeric "1", "2" and "3" represents the five specific subject area; Namely:

1. "A" is for ISO22301 BCM Audit
2. "B" is for Business Continuity
3. "C" is for Crisis Management
4. "CC" is for Crisis Communication
5. "D" is for IT Disaster Recovery

1. Foundation (CL 1)

You can view the summary of the terms used in BCM Body of Knowledge [BoK 1 to 7] during the preparation of the examination here:

2. Intermediate (CL 2)

When you are attempting a intermediate level course, you can view the summary of the terms used in BCM Body of Knowledge  [BoK 1 to 7] during the preparation of the examination here:

For auditing course BCM-8500, there is no CL-1A as the first module is to understand the BC management system.  Hence, participants are required to review CL-1B

3. Advanced (CL 3) 

You can view the summary of the terms used in BCM Body of Knowledge  [BoK 1 to 7] during the preparation of the examination here:

You are strongly advise to read competency levels based on the course you are attending and attempt the practice exams questions before sitting for the actual exams. 

For advanced auditing course BCM-8530, there is no CL-1A as the first module is to understand the BC management system. Hence, participants are required to review CL-1B