**CERTIFICATIONS**
 **EXHIBIT
        31.1**
 I,
        Robert
        L. Ferguson, certify that:
 
 1.  I
        have
        reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Vivid Learning Systems,
        Inc.
  2.  Based
        on
        my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement
        of a
        material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
        made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
        not
        misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
        report;
  3.  Based
        on
        my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
        in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
        condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of,
        and
        for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;
  4.  The
        registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing
        and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange
        Act
        Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have;
  Designed
        such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
        and
        procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
        information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
        is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
        the
        period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
  Evaluated
        the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and
        presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
        disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
        this
        report based on such evaluation; and
  Disclosed
        in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial
        reporting that occurred during the period covered by this quarterly report
        that
        has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
        registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
  5.  The
        registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most
        recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
        registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors
        (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  All
        significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design or operation
        of
        internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
        adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and
        report financial information; and
  Any
        fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
        who
        have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial
        reporting.
 Date: August
                10, 2005
              By:
              /s/ Robert
                L. FergusonRobert
                L. FergusonChairman
                  andChief
                  Executive Officer