Certification Exams - Online Registrations
The ECFC, through it’s subsidiary FCI, LLC, now offers two levels of certification. The Certified in Flexible Compensation (CFC) designation and the Flexible Compensation Specialist (FCS) designation. The FCS body of knowledge is a subset of the required CFC body of knowledge. For the FCS students can become proficient in the first three domains of CFC body of knowledge. The CFC exam consists of the 3 domains in the FCS exam plus 5 additional domains that require significantly more knowledge in the flexible compensation field
Certification in Flexible Compensation Exam
Each student who is employed by an ECFC member will pay the CFC Exam $325.00 registration. This fee includes the cost of the examination, grading the examination, the certificate (if the candidate is successful) and the lapel pin. The CFC Exam fee for employees of non-ECFC members is $650.00.
The CFC examination is composed of 100 multiple-choice questions. You have three hours to take the exam online. When complete, you will instantly receive notice of pass or fail.
- CFC Exam Application - The online registration form is now available - Click Here to go to the CFC Registration Form. Note: registration is the first step in the CFC exam process. Once your registration is received, your file will be reviewed by ECFC staff to ensure that you meet the minimum requirements to sit for the exam. Minimum Requirements: All candidates for the CFC exam must have 3 years of experience in the flexible compensation field and must also have 25 FCI Continuing Education (CE) units. Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in taking the CFC examination and need to verify your FCI CE unit total David@ECFC.org or call us at 202-659-4300.
- CFC Exam Group Discount - Discounts are now available for organizations with large groups of students that sit for the certification exam during the calendar year. The following exams will be provided free of charge to students within the organization in a calendar year - 7th, 13th, 18th & 22nd exams & 50% for all exams over 25 taken during the calendar year. Arrangements to receive the group discount will be made at the time of examination application.
Flexible Compensation Specialist Exam
Each student who is employed by an ECFC member will pay the FCS Exam $180.00 registration. This fee includes the cost of the examination, grading the examination and the FCS certificate (if the candidate is successful). The FCS Exam fee for employees of non-ECFC members is $360.00.
The FCS examination is composed of 75 multiple-choice questions. You have three hours to take the exam online. When complete, you will instantly receive notice of pass or fail.
- FCS Exam Application - The online registration form is now available - Click Here to go to the FCS Registration Form. Note: registration is the first step in the FCS exam process. Once your registration is received, your file will be reviewed by ECFC staff to ensure that you meet the minimum requirements to sit for the exam. Minimum Requirements: All candidates for the FCS exam must have 12 FCI Continuing Education (CE) units. Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in taking the FCS examination and need to verify your FCI CE unit total David@ECFC.org or call us at 202-659-4300.
- FCS Exam Group Discount - Discounts are now available for organizations with large groups of students that sit for the certification exam during the calendar year. The following exams will be provided free of charge to students within the organization in a calendar year - 7th, 13th, 18th & 22nd exams & 50% for all exams over 25 taken during the calendar year. Arrangements to receive the group discount will be made at the time of examination application.
Upgrade to CFCI
Each CFC who is employed by an ECFC member may pay the CFCI Upgrade fee of $225. The CFCI Upgrade fee for employees of non-ECFC members is $450.00.
- Upgrade to CFCI Application Form - The online upgrade application is now available - Click Here for CFCI Upgrade Form. If you have questions concerning the process to upgrade to CFCI please send them to David@ECFC.org or call us at 202-659-4300.
- General – To upgrade to CFCI, you must have 5 years of experience, have been a CFC for a minimum of one year, have 45 CE units in the past 36 months (you cannot utilize CE units that were utilized for recertification or initial exam CE units). CFCI upgrade does not count towards recertification requirements.
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