RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Any professional who has been certified by the CMS is certified for life unless there is cause to remove the certification for malpractice or violation of the CMS Code of Ethics. The Coordinate Metrology Society has a Recertification Program to assure that a certified person has maintained or improved on those skills and knowledge that allowed for certification. The Society will maintain an Active Certification List that requires recertification every five years. Certified persons will appear on the Active Certified list for as long as their certification is in force.
Recertification Application
Reference Form
RECERTIFICATION APPLICATION SUBMISSION
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The recertification fee is $425. Register for recertification using the Certification & MIT Payment Form.
RECERTIFICATION GUIDELINES
Recertification is based upon a “Continued Professional Development Qualification” rating system of Professional Development Hours (PDH) of credit. Recertification applicants are required to fill out the Recertification Application to show the type and duration of activity that they have practiced and their professional involvement in portable 3D metrology. They must also have three References who have knowledge of the applicant’s professional and personal involvement in the last five (5) years.
Each applicant must have completed and documented 75 Professional Development Hours (PDH) or PDH Credits based on the following criteria which will be evaluated by the Certification Committee.
You may also choose to recertify by exam every five years in lieu of recertifying by PDH hours. A table outlining the evaluation activity and criteria can be found below.
| Evaluation Activity for Recertification | Criteria | Maximum PDH Allowed Within Last 5 Years | Documentation Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required Minimum Continuing Experience: Applicant has been active in providing services within their certified discipline, or has been in the academic arena involved directly with those subjects. | 3 years of the past 5 years actively providing services | 50 PDH Credits | Document position(s), description(s) and dates |
| Applicant has contributed and participated in activities of service to the profession and community (see list below) | See items 1–10 listed below for PDH Credits | 50 PDH Credits | Document titles with referencing |
| Published papers and/or professional manuals (see list below) | See items 11–13 listed below for PDH Credits | 20 PDH Credits | Document time spent, titles with full referencing |
| Applicant has attended workshops, classes or webinars in directly related subjects | 1 PDH per hour attended (0.1 CEU = 1 PDH) | 50 PDH (5 CEU) | Document course, titles and date |
| Applicant has attended technical conferences and other professional meetings sponsored by CMS, ASPRS, ISPRS, SPIE and other appropriate professional organizations | 1 PDH per hour of technical session attendance | 40 PDH | Document meeting titles |
Level-Two Device-Specific Recertification
The following activity will be used as criteria for recertification in the Level-Two device-specific certifications:
- 1,000 hours of use of the requisite device (PCMM, Laser Tracker, etc.) over the past 5 years.
*NOTE: Number of hours required will be pro-rated by month for the first 5-year certification cycle.
For example: A Level-One Certification is obtained on July 1, 2014. A Level-Two Certification is obtained on July 1, 2015. Therefore, only 816 hours of documented device use is needed to recertify on July 1, 2019.
The following are the maximum allowable CMS PDH Credits for those activities that may be used for recertification (total PDH credits allowed during the past 5 years). The application must be specific with clear documentation stating the activity and date(s), so the Certification Committee can properly evaluate applicant’s activities. The application and the references are the only criteria needed for recertification. The Committee may ask the applicant to submit additional information or to take part in a phone interview.
| # | Activities That May Be Used for Recertification | Max Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Active member of an industry committee (5 PDH Credits per year) | 20 |
| 2 | Holding office on an industry committee, e.g. elected or appointed CMS Executive Committee member, appointed CMS subcommittee chair, appointed chair or vice-chair on other industry committees (5 PDH Credits per year) | 25 |
| 3 | CMS Executive Committee Chair or other elected chair or vice-chair on other industry committees (10 PDH Credits per year term) | 50 |
| 4 | Session moderator at a technical conference (1 PDH Credit each) | 5 |
| 5 | Author or co-author of a conference technical presentation, poster session, paper or panel session (5 PDH Credits each) | 25 |
| 6 | Adjunct teaching of a formal class in an academic setting, when not the applicant’s primary occupation (2 PDH Credits per course) | 10 |
| 7 | Workshop instructor (2 PDH Credits per course, for a maximum of 4 credits per year) | 12 |
| 8 | Examination Committee contributor (2 PDH Credits per instance, for a maximum of 5 per year) | 10 |
| 9 | CMS/ASPRS certification exam proctor or panel (2 PDH Credits per instance, for a maximum of 4 per year) | 8 |
| 10 | Community or career extracurricular activity, i.e., pro bono involvement in 3D metrology, e.g. a public agency 3D metrology advisory board or citizens advisory group (5 PDH Credits per activity) | 10 |
| 11 | Author or editor of a published 3D metrology-related book (15 PDH Credits per book) | 20 |
| 12 | Author (not prime) of one or more chapters of a published 3D metrology-related book (5 PDH Credits) | 20 |
| 13 | Author or co-author of a peer-reviewed, published paper (5 PDH Credits per paper) | 20 |
Inactive/Retired Certified Professionals
Certified Professionals who do not become recertified are automatically placed in either an Inactive or Retired status. Individuals in either category are not permitted to use their seal to sign plans or otherwise indicate in any way that they are active Certified Professionals. An online searchable list of all active Certified Professionals in each category is maintained. Individuals whose Certified status is inactive or retired for a period longer than one (1) year following Active status may apply for recertification provided that, in addition to the standard recertification criteria outlined above, they take and pass the examination in their respective certification area.
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