Renewal

CAP certification is a mark of career excellence that affirms your commitment to quality and demonstrates your expertise and knowledge of state of the practice. Most important, it is acceptance and recognition from your peers.

The CAP program requires that you recertify every three years to maintain your certification. The purpose of recertifying is to ensure that as a CAP-certified professional you maintain the same level of knowledge originally demonstrated when you passed the written examination. If you do not recertify within 4 months after your expiration date, your certification is considered lapsed and you must reapply and retest.

Download the Renewal Policies and Renewal Application.

To renew, documentation of work experience in automation during the time certified will be required, as well as documentation of continuing education. A total of 135 Professional Development Points (PDPs) are required to renew your certification. The PDPs can be earned as follows:

• Work experience in automation (30 PDPs each year). A minimum of 60 PDPs (2 years) must be obtained from work experience. A year is defined as 1,500 hours of active employment. A cumulative total of 3,000 hours of documented work experience is required during the three year renewal period.
• A minimum of 45 hours of continuing education or professional development activity in an automation or job-related field. An hour is defined as a minimum of 50 minutes. Continuing education units (CEUs) from an authorized provider are acceptable. One CEU equals 10 PDPs.

Submit copies of documents which you need to keep for your own records. No documents will be returned to applicants.

Applicants without required documentation will be notified to submit the necessary verification. If the applicant does not respond within three (3) months, then the application is considered abandoned. Applicant will have to submit a new application and the renewal fee again. Applicants who do not renew their certification within four (4) months of their certificate expiration date must reapply for CAP certification and take the exam.

RECORD RETENTION POLICY: All documentation received from CAP applicants who are not eligible for certification will be retained for one year after the application is received.

• CAP Renewal Application with fields (PDF)
  This form includes fields recognized by Adobe Reader 6.0 and higher so you can type in your information and print it out. Or you can print it out and handwrite your information as before.
• CAP Personal Log (PDF)