Designer Certification

CEDIA Certified Professional Designer Job Description:

The CEDIA Certified Professional Designer is a person who communicates with clients and design and installation professionals.  Also, a Certified Designer selects the appropriate products and materials to design individual (integrated) residential systems (including alarm, telephone, cable television, satellite television, data, audio, video, home theatre, HVAC, and lighting control).  This person has at least five years of related field experience prior to taking the examination.

Take the pre-test assessment

Designer Exam Content:

• Needs analysis (project evaluation, installation criteria, budgets, contractor management, client relationships)
• Design documentation (generating equipment detail, generating facilities plans, creating wire schedules, block diagrams, schematics and drawings)
• Project design (understanding needs analysis, using contractors, developing programming, overseeing projects)
• Design management (orders, technology, prototypes, mockups, communication, validating system performance)

Reviewing for the Exam:

After you have completed the Designer Pre-test Assessment and identified your areas of strength and weakness, use the Job Task Analysis (JTA) to determine CEDIA University courses that address your areas of weakness:

Designer JTA

Apply to participate in the Designer ‘Ask the Expert’ panel session at EXPO. This session is open to only to those who have scored a 90% or better in each of the four domains of the applicable Pre-test assessment or those that have participated in a series of six or more webinars.

Recommended materials for self-study

Register now to take the written Designer Certification Exam.

Register now to take this exam online at a proctored testing facility.

Requirements for Maintaining Your Designer Credential:

The Designer credential is awarded for a 36 month period. To maintain the active status as a Designer, prior to the conclusion of the 36 month cycle, certificants must be able to provide documentation of completion of at least 30 continuing education units (CEU) approved by the Certification Action Team.

Certificants who do not have the required continuing education hours must take and pass the examination within 12 months prior to the expiration date to be eligible to maintain their certification for an additional 36 months.

Guidelines for Communicating Your Status:

An individual who passes the Designer examination will attain the status of “CEDIA Certified Professional, Designer.”  If desired, the individual may use the abbreviated version of “Individual’s Name, CCPD” on his or her business cards, letterhead or other documentation.

Professional Certification is granted to an individual; therefore, he or she, not the company, retains the credential as long as he or she maintains the continuing education requirements for CCPD. In marketing materials and other documentation, companies are allowed to identify that they have CEDIA Certified Professionals on staff; however, materials should not indicate that the company is “CEDIA Certified.” When promoting your achievement, please refer to the CEDIA Professional Certification Policy and Procedure manual for typography and logo use specifics.