Official recognition
Your skills and knowledge formally recognized against the national standard.
Professional certification
The designation that proves it.
The Certified Training and Development Professional (CTDP) is the only professional designation in Canada for workplace performance and learning. It validates your expertise against the national competency standard.
CTDP: Canada’s standard 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 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 certified community
Join the network of CTDP professionals across Canada.
A certification, not a certificate
CTDP 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 designation covers in full.
The pathway
Six steps to the designation.
Four years of experience across the competency areas, a knowledge exam, a skill demonstration and an interview. The program runs in cohorts and is go-at-your-own-pace within a year.
- 1Self-assessment and references
- 2Registration
- 3Knowledge exam
- 4Skill demonstration pre-approval
- 5Skill demonstration
- 6Interview and designation
Certification
Everything in one place.
Recognized programs
Post-secondary programs aligned to the competencies, with experience credit toward CTDP.