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Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure qualification to perform a job or task.
However, this may be unenforceable on First Amendment grounds and because the letters indicate an academic degree not a professional qualification to practice law. Doctor of Jurisprudence: D.Jur. or J.D. An academic, not a professional designation.
Professional degrees in the UK are accredited by professional, statutory and regulatory bodies, which work with the Quality Assurance Agency on defining benchmark statements for their subjects. [50] Specific benchmark statements have also been produced for professional qualifications in Scotland. [51]
Professional qualifications in the United Kingdom are titles or awards granted by professional bodies. [1] Many British professional qualifications were subject to the European directives on professional qualifications [1] and are (following Brexit) covered by amended versions of those regulations as enacted in British law. [2]
Professional titles are used to signify a person's professional role or to designate membership in a professional society. Professional titles in the anglophone world are usually used as a suffix following the person's name, such as John Smith, Esq. , and are thus termed post-nominal letters .
"Certified Risk Professional" [33] is a graduate-level qualification offered by the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), [34] allowing for the post nominal designation "CMIRM". It is achieved by completing a certificate and then diploma, together with three year's relevant experience.
Project Management Professional (PMP) is an internationally recognized professional designation offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). [1] As of 31 July 2020, there are 1,036,368 active PMP-certified individuals and 314 chartered chapters across 214 countries and territories worldwide.
Chartered status is generally considered a terminal qualification in a particular profession. In some fields professional bodies also offer lower level qualifications, such as Incorporated Engineer (IEng), Engineering Technician (EngTech) or Registered Scientist (RSci).