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Application Process

Step 1. Complete the Online Application

There is currently no fee to apply for certification. The Resilience-Building Leader Program™ is not a membership organization. Applicants for initial certification or re-certification are not required to be members of any organization. Complete the online application below for RBLP™, RBLP-C™, and RBLP-T™ certification.

We will review your application within three (3) business days to verify that your leadership experience, education, training, and other professional certifications meet the requirements for certification. If we have questions about your application, we will contact you via email to resolve any issues.

Passing an oral examination is required for each certification. Our certification exams measure standards of competence needed for effective performance in the applicable domains. We utilize oral certification exams because leadership knowledge and skills can be tested more effectively by oral exam than by written examination. The advantages of an oral exam include:

• Provides an opportunity to tailor questions specific to the examinee’s experience and current situation.
• Provides an opportunity to assess the examinee’s use of competency domain skills and knowledge to apply, analyze, and evaluate in specific situations.
• Provides flexibility to move from one topic to another as required.
• Provides an opportunity to probe the depth and breadth of the examinee’s skills and knowledge.

Training options:

• Purchase exam prep training from the Resilience-Building Leader Program™. Training is conducted via one-hour video teleconference sessions and replicates the oral exam process. Using experiential learning techniques, the Certification Instructors on staff at the Resilience-Building Leader Program™ guide the applicant through the exam prep courses to ensure that you are well-prepared for the oral certification exam.
• Get exam prep training from a friend or colleague that has already passed the RBLP-T certification exam. Current RBLP-T credential holders can earn continuing education credit hours for providing exam prep training to others.

Note: The Resilience-Building Leader Program™ does not require applicants to purchase any specific training as a requirement of the certification process.

The certification exams are issued orally in English by exam evaluators via Zoom video teleconference. Review the exam rating categories. You will receive your invite to the Zoom meeting via email within three (3) days of scheduling your exam. No special software downloads are required for the Zoom video teleconference exam. Review the exam policies prior to scheduling your exam.

U.S. Military Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) Program Office representatives fund exam prep coaching and certification exams here.