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Certified Human Resource Management Professional (Level 1)

This certification program is a core certification program of the American Certification Institute. CHRMP is the Level 1 certification of ACI HR MANAGEMENT CERTIFICAION SERIES. Enable Ginger Cannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connection or reload the browser Disable in this text field Rephr

Certification Objectives

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Examinations

Minimum Requirements

The CHRMP certification consists of six modules and an 80 question multiple choice examination prepared from the HUMAN RESOURCE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE (HRBOK).

Candidates may complete the modules in any order. However, the suggested sequence is spelled out below.

Modules for Certification

Module 1 Compensation, Incentive, and Benefit Programs

This module focuses on fundamentals of wage, salary, and benefits administration, group and individual incentive and reward programs. The focus is on “Compensation and Benefits” in the SHRM Body of Knowledge. Included in the module are Tax and Accounting Treatment of Compensation and Benefit Programs; Economic Factors Affecting Compensation; Compensation Philosophy, Strategy, and Policy; Compensation Programs: Types, Characteristics, and Advantages/Disadvantages; Job Evaluation Methods; Job Pricing, Pay Structures, and Pay Rate Administration; Employee Benefit Programs: Types, Objectives, Characteristics, and Advantages/Disadvantages; Managing Employee Benefit Programs; and Evaluating Total Compensation Strategy and Program Effectiveness.

Module 2 Training and Development

This module focuses on training theory, practical applications, assessment of training needs, selection of delivery methods, and career development. The focus is on “Human Resource Development” in SHRM Body of Knowledge. Included in the course are HR Training and the Organization; Training Needs Analysis; Training and Development Programs; and Evaluation of Training Effectiveness.

Module 3 General Employment Practices

Critical examination of theories and techniques guiding personnel selection and appraisal processes. Students are taught how to determine staffing needs, conduct job analyses, write job descriptions, develop recruitment strategies, and affirmative action plans. Designing effective appraisal systems and conducting productive performance appraisals is a major focus. The focus in on the SHRM “General Employment Practices” Body of Knowledge. Included in the course are Legal and Regulatory Factors: Definitions, Requirements, Proscribed Practices, Exemptions, Enforcement, Remedies, and Case Histories; Job Analysis, Job Description, and Job Specification; Individual Employment Rights; Performance Appraisals; Workplace Behavior Problems; and Employee Attitudes, Opinions, and Satisfaction.

Module 4 Employee and Labor Relations

This module provides an overview of the principles and practices influencing labor-management relationships. It also surveys and analyses the history, structure, institutional arrangements and philosophy of the labor relations systems in advanced, developing and underdeveloped countries and the role of government in industrial relations. The focus is “Employee and Labor Relations” in the SHRM Body of Knowledge. Included in the course are Union Representation of Employees; Employer Unfair Labor Practices; Union Unfair Labor Practices, Strikes, and Boycotts; Collective Bargaining; Managing Organization-Union Relations; Maintaining Nonunion Status; and Public Sector Labor Relations.

Module 5 Health, Safety, and Security

The focus of this module is on “Health, Safety, and Security” in the SHRM Body of Knowledge. Included in the module are Health; Safety; and Security.

Module 6 International Human Resource Management

This module addresses core human resource (HR) management areas such as staffing, training, compensation, and labor relations in the context of doing business on a global scale. Trends in HR management are explored, especially in the international context. The requirements for effective HR management to create ultimate success of the enterprise are examined.

Examination Preparation

Candidates may prepare for the examinations in various ways. There is no requirement as to how a candidate obtains his/her knowledge, since all are subjected to the same examinations. Some take regular courses at universities, colleges, or other accredited institutions of higher learning. Others take special courses in evening or extension departments of universities or colleges, or technical institutions along the lines in which they will be examined. Many candidates join others in local study groups, while others prepare individually by means of home study.

Textbooks for each of the modules are published in the US, China, and other countries. They present selected, targeted material. Exams may be given online or on hard copy. Candidates will be required to obtain proctors and examination sites. The Institutes do not have “official” or specific testing sites in the United States or in foreign countries.

The examination site may be a local university, the candidate’s workplace, or any location that consists of a quiet place where candidates may sit undisturbed for a maximum of three hours (for each exam).

The proctor may be a Certified Member, a candidate’s supervisor, a teacher or professor at a local university, or anyone of such standing, but he or she must not currently be seeking certification him/herself.

Examination Form and Format

Exam questions for CHRMP are multiple choice examination. The multiple choice examinations include questions relating to definitions, understandings of concepts, discussion of the relative merits of various issues, as well as development of approaches to hypothetical situations. A list of sample questions is available from the American Certification Institute.

Rules of Conduct for Examinations

The specific rules pertaining to the conduct of the examinations are printed on the front of the examination book. Read them carefully before answering the first question. Candidates are expected to exercise honest and ethical behavior during the exams.