Established IT Professionals Route | Canada's Association of Information Technology Professionals

The Established IT Professionals Route provides a competency based review and assessment methodology and allows applicants to demonstrate mastery of the BOK.

The overarching principles that apply to this route are:

A point based scoring system linked to competency levels is used to measure mastery of the BOK.
A minimum BOK Competency Score (BCS) of 21 points is required, whereby a minimum of Level 2 (3 points) in the core of the BOK (the professional issues in IT) and additional 18 points (minimum) from at least 6 technical areas of the BOK needs to be achieved.
An overall familiarity with the CIPS BOK areas and its component area.

Established IT Professionals Route

The Established IT Professionals Route provides a competency based review and assessment methodology and allows applicants to demonstrate mastery of the BOK. The overarching principles that apply to this route are: A point based scoring system linked to competency levels is used to measure mastery of the BOK. A minimum BOK Competency Score (BCS) of 21 points is required, whereby a minimum of Level 2 (3 points) in the core of the BOK (the professional issues in IT) and additional 18 points (minimum) from at least 6 technical areas of the BOK needs to be achieved. An overall familiarity with the CIPS BOK areas and its component area.