Maintain Your CRP

Maintain membership in WERC annually. Membership is defined as receiving WERC member benefits. Membership is recognized by either being the company designated representative for the following membership types: Relocation Appraiser, Real Estate Broker, Corporate Premier, Mobility Service Company, and Relocation Management Company membership or holding the PERC™ individual membership. Please note that you must be the designated member representative for your company; this does not apply to PERC™ membership. Working for a member company does not qualify you for the exam or recertification; the conditions noted above must be met. If you allow your membership to lapse, your designation will go into a suspended status, and you will not be entitled to use the "CRP" or "SCRP" initials after your name in professional correspondence, in your social media profiles, or in any public medium.

Accumulate a minimum of 30 continuing education (CE) credits within each 3-year recertification period, by your renewal date. CE credit hours may be obtained from WERC-sponsored educational opportunities and courses sponsored by external organizations that have been pre-approved by WERC. External courses must be uploaded with a 5-digit reference ID code to receive credit.

Remit the recertification renewal fee before or at the end of your 3-year recertification period to renew for a new 3-year cycle. Please note that you are allowed up to four and a half months beyond your expiration date to complete your CE credits, if needed, provided that your membership is current. However, the CRP® recertification renewal fee increases incrementally as a result. Therefore, it is to your advantage to complete your CE credits on or before your renewal date.

Once you complete the examination, you can expect the following:

• Mid-June (Spring exam) / Mid-December or Early January (Fall exam): You can view your examination results online and will receive a score report in the mail from our testing partner. Those who pass will also receive an official certificate.
• January/February (Fall exam) / Early July (Spring exam): WERC will email passing candidates a congratulatory letter with information on promoting the designation, recertification information, and information on accepting a verified digital badge through Credly.

Your recertification renewal date will be July 31 – three to three and a half years after you earn the CRP® designation. You must earn the necessary CE credits within this time to be eligible to renew the designation for another 3-year period.

WERC maintains records on your recertification credits earned through WERC education as well as educational programs approved for recertification by outside organizations. You can view your recertification transcript online any time throughout the 3-year recertification period. These transcripts note the programs for which you have obtained credit and indicate which credits came from WERC programs versus meetings sponsored by external organizations. This way, you can stay informed of the credits you still need to retain your designation.

A recertification fee helps pay for some of the administrative costs of tracking and reporting CE credits for individual members. The credits are applied, and the fee is invoiced only after completion of the CE credit requirements and is payable at the time of recertification renewal once every 3 years. This is separate from your WERC Membership which is due annually.