Official recognition
Your skills and knowledge formally recognized against the national standard.
Certification
Canada's recognized credentials for performance and learning.
The Institute for Performance and Learning sets the standards that define the workplace performance and learning profession. The Certified Training and Development Professional™ (CTDP) and Certified Training Practitioner™ (CTP) are the only professional designations for workplace performance and learning in Canada.
Becoming certified is a great way for your skills and expertise to be recognized and acknowledged.
CTDP and CTP: Canada’s standards for the profession
Why get certified
Industry-recognized certification is evidence of your skills and experience as a learning and development professional, and of your commitment to continuous improvement. It proves your credentials to employers and clients and sets you apart from uncertified candidates competing for the same roles. In a recent review of job sites, more than 50 postings on LinkedIn and Indeed listed CTDP or CTP as required or an asset.
Certified professionals are considered for leadership roles and high-profile projects. The confidence employers place in the designation translates into accelerated career paths: promotions, salary advancement and broader responsibility.
Credibility
Standing with peers, employers and clients, backed by assessment.
Career advancement
Doors open to new roles, projects and progression.
Professional development
Maintenance keeps your practice current for as long as you hold the designation.
Industry standards
Demonstrates you meet or exceed recognized practice.
A peer community
Join the network of I4PL Certified professionals across Canada.
A certification, not a certificate
Certification assesses your existing knowledge, skills and competencies independent of any course. It is anchored in the I4PL Competency Model, adopted internationally including by the World Bank, whose seven competencies the CTDP covers in full.
The certifications
Two options to recognize your expertise.
Certified Training Practitioner™ (CTP)
Certified Training Practitioner™ (CTP) is the professional designation for those with a minimum of one year full-time experience (or equivalent) working with adult learners in the key competency areas of:
- Designing learning experiences
- Facilitating learning
- Partnering with clients
Certified Training and Development Professional™ (CTDP)
Certified Training and Development Professional™ (CTDP) is the professional designation for performance and learning and development professionals with four years* full-time experience (or equivalent) working with adult learners across the key competency areas of:
- Partnering with clients
- Assessing performance needs
- Designing curricula
- Designing learning experiences
- Facilitating learning
- Supporting transfer of learning
- Evaluating learning
The certification journey
Six steps to certification.
- 1Pre-registration
- 2Registration
- 3Knowledge exam
- 4Skill demonstration pre-approval
- 5Skill demonstration
- 6Designation
Certification
Everything in one place.
Recognized programs
Post-secondary programs aligned to the competencies, with experience credit toward CTDP.