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Certification

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

Certification Description
The Customer Service Specialist (CSS) is a certification that validates one's work skills through employability concepts. Though developed to meet the role of an evolving service oriented electronics technician, CSS is relevant to every industry, employer and employee. Topics included are Safety, Ethics, Respect, Teamwork, Communication, Telephone and Email Techniques, Problem Solving, Interpersonal Relationships, and Sales and Marketing.

Certifying Organization
ETA International
http://www.eta-i.org/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? No
● Renew through Re-Examination? No
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Certified Customer Service Specialist Website

Certification Description
The Certified Machine Tool Sales Engineer (CMTSE) Program is the only nationally recognized program that acknowledges individuals who possess the skills and knowledge needed to perform effectively as machine tool sales engineers.

Certifying Organization
AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology
http://www.amtonline.org/

Certification Details
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 3 Years
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? Yes
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Certified Machine Tool Sales Engineer Website

Certification Description
The Certified Sales Professional designation is specifically intended for supplier and manufacturer owners, operators, and employees. Earning the CSP designation is a remarkable way to demonstrate your commitment to enhancing industry professionalism and providing good customer service!

Certifying Organization
National Ground Water Association
http://www.ngwa.org/Pages/default.aspx

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every Year
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? No
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Certified Sales Professional Website

Certification Description
The Certified Sales Professional (CSP) program gives a thorough understanding of consultative selling. From business creation to improved time and territory management; goal-setting to prospecting, and everything in between, attendees return to the territory with a renewed enthusiasm for selling.

Certifying Organization
Manufacturers Representatives Educational Research Foundation
https://mrerf.org/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 3 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Certified Sales Professional Website

Certification Description
For individuals responsible for sale of water quality improvement products.

Certifying Organization
Water Quality Association
https://www.wqa.org/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 3 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? No
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Certified Sales Representative Website

Certification Description
The SMEI Certified Professional Salesperson program is ideal for professionals who are employed as a sales representatives, account managers, distributor representatives and business development personnel.

Certifying Organization
Sales & Marketing Executives International
http://www.smei.org

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 5 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Certified Salesperson Website

Certification Description
To earn Certified Security Salesperson status, students must successfully complete the Understanding Alarm Systems course and the Essential Sales Training course and pass each course's proctored multiple-choice examination. Those holding Certified Alarm Technician Level I certification status may earn Certified Security Salesperson status by attending and successfully completing the Essential Sales Training course and examination.

Certifying Organization
Electronic Security Association
http://esaweb.org/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every Year
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? No
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Certified Security Salesperson Website

Certification Description
Certified Weighing Salespersons have a broad range knowledge of regulatory and industry specific requirements. The Certified Weighing Salesperson applies this knowledge by assisting the customer indetermining the product(s) required to meet the end users objectives, as well as meeting the regulatory standards.

Certifying Organization
International Society of Weighing and Measurement
http://www.iswm.org/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? Yes
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 5 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? Yes
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? Yes

Certified Weighing Salespersons Website

Certification Description
Welding sales representatives serve a very important function in the welding industry. They are the conduit for information concerning new technologies that can improve the productivity, reliability, and quality of welding processes. Knowledgeable welding sales representatives also offer manufacturers invaluable technical support and guidance in the appropriate application of welding technologies.

Certifying Organization
American Welding Society
https://www.aws.org

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? Yes
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes

Certified Welding Sales Representative Website

Certification Description
The Cisco Business Value Specialist is a certification program for sales professionals that engage in customer conversations designed to pinpoint a strategic view of customer needs, lead stakeholders to consensus decisions, and produce cross-architectural roadmaps. This certification will help candidates to become and succeed as a trusted advisor, to engage in and lead customers through comprehensive, relevant business discussions.

Certifying Organization
Cisco Systems, Inc.
http://www.cisco.com

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? No
● Renewal Required? Every 2 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? No
● Renew through Re-Examination? Yes
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

Cisco Business Value Specialist Website

Certification Description
Enterprise-level contact centers utilizing the Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (CCE) solution require highly skilled support engineers to design, deploy, configure, and troubleshoot for maximum performance and minimal downtime. The Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialist certification ensures that you have the expertise needed to enable optimal solution performance.

Certifying Organization
Cisco Systems, Inc.
http://www.cisco.com

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? No
● Renewal Required? Every 2 Years

Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialist Website

Certification Description
This certification verifies that you can articulate the value of HP ArcSight Security Solutions to your customers and prospects. It validates that you understand how HP ArcSight fits into the bigger HPE Enterprise Security (ESP) picture and can deliver the right messages.

Certifying Organization
Hewlett Packard Certification and Learning
https://certification-learning.hpe.com/TR/Index.html

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? No

HP Sales Certified - ArcSight Security Solutions [2014] Website

Certification Description
This certification verifies that you can articulate the value of HP Fortify Security Solutions to your customers and prospects. It validates that you understand how HP Fortify fits in the bigger HPE Enterprise Security (ESP) picture and can deliver the right messages.

Certifying Organization
Hewlett Packard Certification and Learning
https://certification-learning.hpe.com/TR/Index.html

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes

HP Sales Certified - Fortify Security Solutions [2014] Website

Certification Description
This certification validates that you have attained the level of knowledge required to sell HPE Service and Portfolio Management software solutions.

Certifying Organization
Hewlett Packard Certification and Learning
https://certification-learning.hpe.com/TR/Index.html

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes

HP Sales Certified - Service and Portfolio Management Solutions [2015] Website

Certification Description
This certification validates your ability to describe and position Hewlett Packard Enterprise information governance solutions. This is a partner-restricted certification

Certifying Organization
Hewlett Packard Certification and Learning
https://certification-learning.hpe.com/TR/Index.html

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes

HPE Sales Certified - Information Governance Solutions [2016] Website

Certification Description
This certification verifies the ability to describe and position the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Server, Storage and Networking solutions and services that are available to small and medium businesses, explaining the reasons why those solutions and services are the best for SMB customers.

Certifying Organization
Hewlett Packard Certification and Learning
https://certification-learning.hpe.com/TR/Index.html

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes

HPE Sales Certified - SMB Solutions and Services [2016] Website

Certification Description
Information Workers.

Certifying Organization
Microsoft Corporation
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 Retail Website

Certification Description
The Certification was designed to capture the core Sales duties for a broad range of entry-level through first-line supervisory positions across the sales and service industries. As such, it is appropriate for anyone interested in obtaining a job or pursing a career in retail and other customer service/sales focused industries. These include workplaces such as retail stores, warehouses, flower shops, hair salons, rental car companies and many more business that value customer service skills. High school and older students, adults, incumbent workers, transitioning and potential employees all can benefit from a portable credential that demonstrates their qualifications as a customer service/sales professional.

Certifying Organization
National Retail Federation Foundation
https://nrf.com

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Either training or work experience required, but not both? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 3 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? No
● Renew through Re-Examination? No
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

National Professional Certification in Sales Website

Certification Description
MHEI has recently updated the curriculum for the Professional Housing Consultant (PHC) designation and made the courses available in distance-learning formats, either CD or online over the internet. The PHC® courses are designed for employees of retail sales centers and land-lease communities that conduct onsite home sales.

Certifying Organization
Manufactured Housing Institute
http://www.manufacturedhousing.org/

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes

Professional Housing Consultant Website

Certification Description
The NABCEP PV Technical Sales Certification is a voluntary certification that provides a set of national standards by which PV Technical Sales Professionals with skills and experience can distinguish themselves from competitors. Certification provides a measure of protection to the public by giving a credential for judging the competency of practitioners. The target candidate for NABCEP certification is a person with job descriptions such as sales person, application engineer, financial or performance analyst, or site assessor. The NABCEP PV Technical Sales Certification has been developed in accordance with the certification field's best practices and is based on a comprehensive Job Task Analysis (JTA) that was developed by a wide range of leading industry professionals. In order to qualify to take the NABCEP PV Technical Sales Exam, candidates must meet certain qualifications. In addition to requirements that include a signed code of ethics and demonstrating safety training, candidates must provide documentation that verifies a combination of training and experience.

Certifying Organization
North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners
http://www.nabcep.org

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes
● Renewal Required? Every 3 Years
● Renew through Continuing Educational Units (CEU)? Yes
● Renew through Re-Examination? No
● Renew through Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? No
● Does applicant have a choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)? No

PV Technical Sales Certification Website

Certification Description
This certification validates that you can position the HP Vertica Big Data Platform appropriately in response to customer needs.

Certifying Organization
Hewlett Packard Certification and Learning
https://certification-learning.hpe.com/TR/Index.html

Certification Details
● Education and Training Required? No
● Work Experience Required? No
● Oral or Written Exam Required? Yes

Sales Certified - Vertica Big Data Platform [2016] Website

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