How to Obtain Your Crisis Management Certification?

BCM Institute's certifications are available for all crisis management professionals who want their experience and competency validated by an independent crisis management professional serving on BCM Institute's certification committee.

Our certifications are available for all crisis management professionals (at the Planner, Specialist and Expert Level) who want their experience and competency validated by an independent crisis management certification body.

CMCP Crisis Management Certified Planner Certification (Size 100)

CMCS Crisis Management Certified Specialist Certification (Size 100)

CMCE Crisis Management Certified Expert Certification (Size 100)

Here, we can advise you on obtaining your crisis management certification.

Attending and Passing the Examination

You must pass your examination upon attending any of the Crisis Management courses we offer.

For other certifications than the Crisis Management Certified Planner (CMCP) certification, you are required to send in an application form detailing your experience in crisis management to the BCM Body of Knowledge (or BCM BoK), which you can easily reference via our BCMpedia website. Don't forget to pay the application fee before submitting your completed forms.

What are the Pre-requisites for obtaining each certification?

Crisis Management Certified Planner (CMCP)

You are required to attend and complete the CM-200: Crisis Management Planner course;
Complete the CM-200 eLearning course and pass the Qualifying CMCP e-examination

Crisis Management Certified Specialist (CMCS)

Attend and Complete the CM-300: Crisis Management Implementer course
Pass the Qualifying CMCS examination;
Have at least one year of Crisis Management (CM) or Business Continuity Management (BCM) professional experience;
Be able to describe the implementation and your role in at least 3 BCM or CM related Body of Knowledge (BoK)
Fill out and send in the Certification Application Form.

Crisis Management Certified Expert (CMCE)

Attend and Complete the CM-400: Crisis Management Manager or
CM-5000: Crisis Management Expert Implementer course.
Pass the Qualifying CMCE examination;
Have at least three years of Crisis Management (CM) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) professional experience;
Be able to describe your implementation and role in at least 5 of the BCM Body of Knowledge (BoK).
Send in the SGD 150 CMCE Certification Application Processing Fees
Fill up and send in the Certification Application Form

Submitting the Application Form

Upon passing your qualifying examination, our Certification Team will email you a Certification Application form and a Checklist.
Please ensure to complete the Certification Application form in an editable MS Word document.
Note: If Application From is sent via PDF, we shall request you to resend as an editable MS Word document as we DO NOT accept PDF format
Please submit your completed Certification Application and Checklist forms to certification@bcm-institute.org. It is important that you ensure that the Application Form is signed and dated.
Make sure the Certification Application Processing Fee has been paid before submitting.

How Long Would It Take for Me to Gain My Certification?

Well, your application form will be submitted to our Reviewer Board Committee, which will then assess it.

If they are satisfied with all the information and that you've met the conditions set, they will award you with the relevant certification.

Please understand that certifications are then valid for one year, after which yearly renewals are needed to ensure their validity.

Do take note that the review of applications by BCM Institute's Certification Review Committee takes approximately

4 weeks for CMCS
6 weeks for CMCE

During the application review process, the Certification Review Committee decides whether the Application is:

Approved (application, experience and education meet requirements)
Returned for resubmission (an element of the application is missing or does not meet minimum standards for level and may be resubmitted for a lower level) OR
Rejected (applicant does not meet minimum requirements for level)

How do you know that you have been awarded?

Successful applicants will receive the e-Certification award via email from BCM Institute.
The validity of the BCM Institute Certification is one year from the date of the certificate's issue.
CMCP Candidates shall receive their E-Certificates within seven working days from the day they pass their qualifying examination.

Renewal of Certification

Many people have asked why we need to renew our certification yearly and why we can't restore it whenever possible. In order to maintain the currency of our certification, the institute keeps a list of active certified professionals, as they are often asked by existing and new employers.

Lastly, to continue learning more about your Crisis Management journey, click "Crisis Management: How and Where do I Start?"