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APS Online Applications
Advanced Productivity Specialist
Instructions:
The following instructions will
assist you in complying with the requirements for this designation.
Providing us with complete and legible data will enable us to perform
our verification and decision making tasks as expeditiously as possible.
If at any step in the process you
have a problem, contact the Association or your company's delegate to
the APS. You may print this page to use as a checklist for
completion of your application. After completing each of the items
on this check list, return to this page to complete the next item on the
list.
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Read the
Criteria thoroughly
because on the application you only need to provide the information
that is required to fulfill this criteria.
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Carefully read the
Code of Ethics and
Conduct of the APS.
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Read the
Ethical Oath, print and sign to indicate your intentions to comply.
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Complete the
application fully. Confirm
your answers and print the confirmation page.
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Prepare a detailed written case history
describing a recent project with which you were involved. The
client must remain anonymous. Legibility is extremely
important. Typed is preferred. The length should range from 1,000 words to no more
than 3,000 words. In
addition to being used as an indication of your knowledge of the
business, we hope to receive usable material on those subjects that
will be valuable in future APS write-ups and programs.
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Complete the
Advanced Productivity Test. Download the exam from the website and answer the
required number of questions (9) carefully following the
instructions pertaining to which questions should be answered.
As soon as these
items have been completed, return them to APS headquarters along with
your check for $400.00 USD. In the near future you will be
contacted by your firm's APS delegate who will perform the personal
interview and verify most of the requirements.
Merit Recognition Program
Fee Schedule
All Merit Recognition applicants must be
registered via one of the various registration methods. Registration
methods and fees are covered in the Regulations and Fees of Registration
of the Bylaws of the Organization The fee structure for the Merit
Recognition Program is as follows:
A. Application Fee - $200.00 (USD) for the
Certified designation, $400.00 (USD) for the Advanced and $500.00 (USD)
for the Masters designation. which must be paid by the individual. This
may be reimbursable or not, and is dependent upon the applicants
employer. In the event that Merit Recognition is denied. 50% of this be
will be reimbursed.
B. Maintenance Fees - Each individual for
their designation to be continued on a yearly basis must remain an
individual member, either as an employee of a Member Firm, or as an
Individual Member. Currently, individual membership fees are $50.00 per
year.
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