Eligibility Requirements
Candidates of Certified Human Resource Accountant (CHRA) agrees to accept the conditions of this certification, including Eligibility Requirements, Exam Confidentiality, Code of Ethics, and Continuing Professional Education (CPE), along with other conditions enacted by The CHRA’s Professional Certification Board.
Requirements
CHRA candidates must meet the following eligibility requirements for education, character, and work experience.
1. Education
CHRA candidates must hold a 4-year post-secondary degree (or higher) or its educational equivalent from an accredited university. Please note that The CHRA will not accept any amount of experience to substitute for missing education requirements.
2. Acceptable Documents
Copy of your degree or Official transcripts (If your name has changed since you earned your degree, you must also include your legal name change document).
3. Work Experience
CHRA candidates must obtain an experience minimum of 24 months or its equivalent. A master’s degree can substitute for 12 of the required 24 months. A completed Experience Verification Form is required. Candidates may apply to the program and sit for the exam prior to satisfying the professional experience requirement but will not be certified until all program requirements have been met.
- Eligibility Period
The certification requires candidates to complete the program certification process within four years of application approval. If a candidate has not completed the certification process within four years, the registration of the candidate would be cancelled, and he/she would have re-register.
- Confidentiality
The CHRA exam is a non-disclosed examination. Candidates in the program agree to keep the contents of the exam confidential and therefore may not discuss the specific exam content with anyone except The CHRA’s Certification Department. Unauthorized disclosure of exam material will be considered a breach of the Code of Ethics and could result in disqualification of the candidate or other appropriate censure.
- Code of Ethics
The candidates agree to abide by the Code of Ethics established by the CHRA.
- Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
Upon certification, CHRAs are required to maintain their knowledge and skills and stay abreast of improvements and current developments by satisfying CPE requirements.
- CHRA Membership
In most cases, you do not have to be a member of The CHRA to take the CHRA exam or become a CHRA, but we encourage you to consider its advantages. There are some countries, however, that do require candidates to be CHRA members to take the CHRA exam.