Description

The Academy of Board Certified Environmental Professionals (ABCEP) administers the Certified Environmental Professional program, which provides environmental professionals who have special qualifications of education, experience and accomplishments with the opportunity to be judged and certified by a board of their peers.  Certification is offered in one of five functional areas:  Environmental Assessment, Environmental Documentation, Environmental Operations, Environmental Planning, or Environmental Research and Education.

Requirements

The applicant must posses a Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of nine years of applicable professional environmental experience. Five of the nine years must be in a position of responsible charge and/or responsible supervision.
Responsible charge is defined as: the direction of environmental work by an environmental professional (you) to the extent that successful completion of the work is dependent on your decisions made without advice or approval of others.
Responsible supervision is defined as: the supervision of another professional person’s work by an environmental professional (you) to the extent that you assume the professional responsibility for the work.

A Master’s Degree may be substituted for one year of the nine years of professional experience and a Doctorate may be substituted for two of the nine years of professional experience. However, no such substitution will apply to the requirement for the five years in responsible charge and/or responsible supervision. Degrees claimed must be from a fully accredited college or university (certified transcripts are required).

The written portion of the examination consists of mandatory and elective essay questions designed to test the communication skills and technical experience of the applicant. This is a self-scheduled “take-home” exam. The link above connects you with our current list of questions. The maximum allowable length for each essay is four pages.

The applicant is responsible for getting eight (8) letters of recommendation from peers, clients, and/or supervisors. Members of the Certification Review Board will not know you, so they must make a judgment based on three things — your knowledge (as demonstrated by you in the essays), your background (as described by you in your application) and your qualifications (as described in statements made by your references). Therefore, these letters of reference are an important part of the review.

Fees

$125 non-refundable application fee.

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