What is the certification and re-certification process?
• Access – find out how flexible the program is, how long it is and where courses and exams are held. You may be able to buy the course manual, read it when you can and write the exam(s) somewhere close by. Or, you may have to attend courses in order to write the exam(s). Courses can take anywhere from a few hours to hundreds of hours to complete. The courses may also be out of town. Courses may be offered only at certain times of the year and may be cancelled if there aren’t enough registrants. • Re-certification – find out how to keep up your fitness certification (and how much it costs). Some agencies need you to upgrade your skills by taking classes or attending conferences each year. Others require you to re-take exams every few years. • Costs – find out about all the costs of certification, including fees for courses, materials, certification, membership, insurance and re-certification. • Insurance – find out whether certification includes insurance and how much coverage you will
