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.

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

• 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 
  

• 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.

• 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?"