CTDP CERTIFIED TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL
Alignments
Design programmes where employees or future employees are taught the necessary skills for the job or to improve and expand skills for new activities or tasks. Select or design activities aimed at introducing the work and systems or improving the performance of individuals and groups in organisational settings.
Criteria
Learning and development professionals with a minimum of four years of full-time experience as a workplace training professional involved in the design and/or delivery of training are eligible to apply for this certification. A Certified Training and Development Professional (CTDP) must demonstrate mastery of all seven competency areas in the body of knowledge for performance and learning professionals: The Competencies for Performance and Learning Professionals.
These competency areas are:
- Partnering with Clients
- Assessing Performance Needs
- Designing Learning Experiences
- Designing Curricula
- Supporting the Transfer of Learning
- Evaluating Learning
- Facilitating Learning
This path requires completion of a knowledge exam that covers the content of all seven core competency areas with 100 multiple-choice questions and candidates have five hours to complete. The passing grade is 70%.
The skill demonstration is the final component and consists of a work product submission in ONE of the following competency areas:
- Assessing Performance Needs
- Designing Learning
- Facilitating Learning
Issued in partnership with CanCred.ca