This column reviews the concept and answers some frequently asked questions. Advanced certification is designation for an exceptionally high standard of competence in contract interior design. Because it requires competence in practice, not just book or studio learning. Certification is one way a practitioner shows he or she can put education to use. People who have been certified for several years list the following as important benefits.
Certification is helpful in marketing professional services.
And it is a commitment to a personal best, enhancing the prestige of the designer and the industry. Employers who hire certified designers are getting the most qualified staff members, and certified designers help promote the firm's expertise to clients and end users. By requiring advanced credentials, experience and passage of an examination that tests the core competencies of contract interior design. They are the unique skills contract interior designers possess. The certification program identifies 36 core competencies in four broad categories.