Home Theater Design Specialist Certification

 

The CEDIA Home Theater Design Specialist (HTDS) Certification has been designed to test your ability to design a home theater room according to a supplied client brief and to the performance standards laid out in the CEDIA Home Theater recommended practices. We are testing your ability to synthesize and apply existing knowledge. The exam will be in the form of a design exercise where you will be given a total of 12 hours (two six-hour days) to complete the task.

This is a two-day practicum exam and is only open to existing holders of active CEDIA Designer Certification. Additionally, prospective candidates will be required to pass a pre-test in order to register for the exam.  All eligible candidates must complete the exam application.  Once approved, the candidate wll be issued a registration number.

2010 HTDS Exam Schedule: CEDIA EXPO, Atlanta, GA

Day 1: Wednesday, September 22 - 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Day 2: Thursday, September 23 - 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Registration

Registration for this two-day practicum exam (candidates must be present both days) will close on July 5, 2010.  All applications must be received by this date.  Due to the nature of this exam, no applications will be accepted past this date.

Candidates will be notified of application acceptance by July 12, 2010.

Please contact Laura Pfleger, lpfleger@cedia.org, if you are interested in being added to the information distribution list for the Home Theater Design Specialist practicum exam.

HTDS Pre-Test

About the required HTDS pre-test:

  • The pre-test is free

  • You must be an active CEDIA Certified Designer to register

  • You only have one chance to pass the pre-test

  • You must pass the pre-test in order to be able to register for the Home Theater Design Specialist practicum exam

  • You will have 8 minutes to complete the 20 question pre-test

  • You must score a 70% or better to pass the pre-test

  • Once you pass the exam you must complete the application to register for the Home Theater Design Specialist (HTDS) 2-day practicum exam at EXPO

The free pre-test will be available beginning February 1, 2010.  Check back for details as they become available.

 

Requirements for Maintaining Your Home Theater Design Specialist Credential:

The Home Theater Design Specialist credential is awarded for a 36 month period. To maintain the active status as a Home Theater Design Specialist, prior to the conclusion of the 36 month cycle, certificants must be able to provide documentation of completion of at least 30 contact clock hours of 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 Home Theater Design Specialist examination will attain the status of “CEDIA Certified Professional, Home Theater Design Specialist.”  If desired, the individual may use the abbreviated version of “Individual’s Name, HTDS” 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 CCPHTDS. 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.”