Operational Resilience Certified Expert (ORCE)

Pre-requisites for ORCE

The pre-requisites are:

Attend and complete the OR-5000 Operational Resilience Expert Implementer course

Pass the Qualifying ORCE examination

AND

Have at least three years of Operational Resilience/ business continuity/ crisis management/ IT disaster recovery professional experience and
Be able to describe at least eight of fifteen OR related Body of Knowledge (OR BoK)
Send in the SGD 150 ORCE Certification Application Processing Fees

Operational Resilience Body of Knowledge (OR BoK) 1 to 15
[P1] Plan Phase [Bok 1 to BoK 5]	[P2] Implement Phase [Bok 6 to BoK 10]	[P3] Sustain Phase [Bok 11 to BoK 15]

How to be Certified

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

Formal Education Attend and complete the OR-5000 Operational Resilience Expert Implementer course or Attend and complete the OR-400 Operational Resilience Manager course.
Examination Attempt and pass the Qualifying ORCE examination.

Show proof of at least three years of verifiable OR (BCM-CM-DR) experience
Make a payment of SGD 150 (non-refundable) application processing fee.
Submit the ORCE 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 ORCE award

Formal Education

Sign up for the OR-5000 course and complete the four modules (M1 to M4), or
If you completed the OR-300 IMplementer course earlier, sign up for the OR-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 OR-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 ORCE qualifying 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 eight OR Body of Knowledge (OR BoK)
Attempt the online practice quiz at least once

Certification

To be issued a certificate, a candidate must:

Pass the ORCE 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 eight (out of the fifteen) OR Body of Knowledge (BoK) as experience
Select two references for each OR BoK (references may be repeated for all eight of the fifteen OR 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	Operational Resilience Certified Expert	Operational Resilience Certified Specialist	Operational Resilience Certified Planner
Course	OR Expert Implementer/ Manager	OR Implementer	OR Planner
Course Code	OR-5000/ 400	OR-300	OR-200
Pre-requisite needed to attend the course	No	No	No
Pre-requisite needed to attend the course	However, you will need years of experience to apply for certification.		No
Certification Application Processing Fee/ Annual Renewal Fee	SGD 150	SGD 75	SGD 50 Complimentary for Year 1
Number of OR Body of Knowledge	8 of 15 OR BoK	4 of 15 OR BoK	Not Required
Year of Experience Required to be Eligible for Award of Certification	> Three years	> One year	Not Required
Attend OR Course
Module (1 to 4)	One to Four	One to Two	One

More Information About Operational Resilience OR-5000 [OR-5] or OR-300 [OR-3] Course

To learn more about the course and schedule, click the buttons below for the OR-300 Operational Resilience Implementer [OR-3] course and the OR-5000 Operational Resilience Expert Implementer [OR-5] course.