Disaster Recovery Certified Expert (DRCE)

IT Disaster Recovery Certified Expert (DRCE)

Pre-requisites for DRCE

The pre-requisites are:

• Attend and complete the following:
  
• DRP-400: IT Disaster Recovery Manager course
• DRP-5000: IT Disaster Recovery Expert Implementer course. 

• Have at least three years of business continuity/ crisis management/ IT disaster recovery professional experience and
  
• Be able to describe your implementation and role in at least 5 of the BCM Body of Knowledge (BCM BoK)
  
• Send in the SGD 150 drCE Certification Application Processing Fees

How to be Certified

To become a DRCE-certified professional, a candidate must complete four separate processes:

Formal Education Attend and complete the DRP-5000 IT Disaster Recovery Expert Implementer course or Attend and complete the DRP-400 IT Disaster Recovery Manager course.
Examination Attempt and pass the Qualifying DRCE examination

• Show proof of at least three years of verifiable (BCM-CM-DR) experience
• Make a payment of SGD 150 (non-refundable) application processing fee.
• Submit the DRCE application form to the certification team for review by the independent Certification Review Committee member.
• Complete review and approval by the Certification Review Committee member (which may take six to eight weeks)
• Invite to accept the CMCE award

Formal Education

• Sign up for the DRP-5000 course and complete the four modules (M1 to M4), or
• Sign up for the DRP-400 course and complete the two modules (M3 - M4).
• Pay the Course Fees before starting the course.
• Be assigned login credentials to start the eLearning for Module 1 (for those taking DRP-5000) only
• Answer quizzes at the end of each sub-module of Module 1
• Continue to complete Modules 2, 3 and 4 within the schedule.
• Sit for the examination at the end of the course.

Examination

To sit for the Examination, a candidate must:

• Be competent in the Competency Level (CL):
  • Foundation(CL 1)
  • Intermediate (CL 2)
  • Advanced (CL 3)
    including the five BCM Body of Knowledge (BCM BoK)
• Attempt the online practice quiz at least once

Certification

To be issued a certificate, a candidate must:

• Pass the DRCE qualifying examination with a required passing score of 75% out of 100- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
• Submit a non-refundable Application Processing Fee
• Submit the Certification Application Form to certification team
• Describe five out of seven of BCM Body of Knowledge (BCM BoK) as experience
• Select two references for each BCM BoK (references may be repeated for all five of seven BCM BoK).

Fee Payment

	Application Processing Fee: SGD 150. (Not included in course fees and non-refundable even if the application is rejected)
	Annual Maintenance Fee: SGD 150 (Applicable after your first year of certification)

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Certification
Certification Type	Disaster Recovery Certified Expert	Disaster Recovery Certified Specialist	Disaster Recovery Certified Planner
Course	DR Expert Implementer/ Manager	DR Implementer	DR Planner
Course Code	DRP-400/ 5000	DRP-300	DRP-200
Certification Application Processing Fee/ Annual Renewal Fee	SGD 150	SGD 75	SGD 50 Complimentary on Year 1
Number of BCM Body of Knowledge	5 of 7 BCM BoK	3 of 7 BCM BoK	Not Required
Year of Experience for Eligibility	> Three years	> One year	Not Required
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