We will again be holding the CMRP exam at Reliability Week 2011.
This will be on Friday September 16th from 8:30am
Download the full candidate guide here
Benefits of Certification
The benefits of certification are apparent for many fields and very attractive to practitioners in many organizations. The following is a short summary of the benefits that were highlighted by practitioners who responded to the certification survey in 1999 and reinforced by subsequent experience of those who have become certified since 2001:
- Clearer direction for career development and education
- Improved visibility and recognition within your current organization
- Differentiated pay scales
- Portable job skills and knowledge between plants and companies
- Assists in job promotion
- Greater job effectiveness
- Fewer frustrations with gaps in knowledge
- Improved ability to differentiate between candidates in the hiring and promotion process.
- Improved on-the-job training and outside training effectiveness.
In support of increasing the recognition and assurance of the capabilities of maintenance and reliability processionals, SMRPCO has developed and continued to improve a certification process for maintenance and reliability management. The CMRP exam has become the international standard measure of competence in our field.
Many are aware of other organizations that offer similarly titled certifications in this or other related subjects. How does SMRPCO’s process differ from these?
• SMRP is an independent, practitioner-based, non-profit organization without ties to any commercial venture.
• The SMRP body of knowledge comprehensively addresses and examines equipment reliability and maintenance (R & M) as well as overall asset management, people and technical skills, as opposed to other programs that deal strictly with the technical aspects of R & M. SMRP sees this as an ongoing effort which requires periodic update (every 5-6 years) using the same process used to develop the original Body of Knowledge. Accordingly the SMRP has established a permanent Maintenance and Reliability Knowledge Committee of volunteer subject matter experts to carry on this work for the CMRP designation as well as others that may be developed. The effort is supported by paid staff. After over a year of preparation, a new Job Task Analysis survey is being conducted as this is written so as to be completed in 2008. Results in the form of an updated Body of Knowledge will be published as soon as possible after the survey results are analyzed and assimilated.
• SMRP uses broad representation in developing its Body of Knowledge and related certification program. Some of the leading organizations in manufacturing and service delivery, utilities, government activities and in the academic world participate on a regular basis to assure thorough validation of the work to develop the certification process.
• In September 2007 SMRPCO was accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) which uses the International Standards Organization (ISO) guidelines in ISO/IEC Standard 17024) for accreditation of certifying activities as its guide, a distinction not shared by other certification organizations in the field of maintenance and reliability.
• SMRPCO was set up by SMRP and continues to be sponsored by SMRP, the leading organization for maintenance and reliability practitioners. SMRPCO has its own budget, Board of Directors and Staff and operates its program with minimal oversight from its sponsoring organization. No other organization in our field has that distinction.
• SMRPCO plans to enhance the value of certification to certified practitioners through other advanced certifications.3
