How You Get Your CPHR Designation

Read the information below about steps to achieving the CPHR designation in Saskatchewan, or click the video link below.

1) Membership

To begin the process to obtain the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR) designation, you must become an Associate Member, and maintain active membership with CPHR Saskatchewan. To become a member of CPHR Saskatchewan, you must be pursuing work in HR in Saskatchewan and be eligible to work in Canada.

Click to learn more about membership with CPHR Saskatchewan.

2) Education

1. The coursework requirement must be met if you do not have education in HR (certificate, diploma, degree or masters in HR). Please review the Coursework Requirement and Pathways to the Designation.
   
   
2. Submit your transcripts or evaluation report.
   CPHR Saskatchewan is a recognized Receiver within the MyCreds national network. To securely share your transcripts with us for post-secondary education within Canada, simply choose the 'Organisation' option when setting up your share in MyCreds and type in CPHR Saskatchewan. 
   
   Education from outside Canada needs to be evaluated by the World Education Services (WES) or International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS). This information can be emailed to info@cphrsk.ca. 
   
   Once you have received approval from CPHR Saskatchewan, you are considered NKE Ready.
   
   Note- if the name on your transcripts or reports is different than your current name, please update the “maiden name" in your member profile.

3) Knowledge

To prove you have the knowledge required to become a CPHR, you must register for and pass the National Knowledge Exam ® (NKE), or apply for an NKE Waiver as a graduate from a CPHR Canada Member Association accredited post-secondary institution. There is no waiving the NKE for international education of experience.

NKE Prep Courses are available to writers with the theoretical knowledge and test-taking strategies needed to effectively write the NKE. These are not mandatory.

Once you pass the NKE, or have an approved NKE Waiver, you become a CPHR Candidate and can represent yourself as such.

4) Validation of Experience (VOE) Assessment

The final step to achieving the CPHR designation is the Validation of Experience (VOE) assessment. 

Demonstrate application of the functional and enabling competencies through the Validation of Experience, practicing human resources, where the depth of work performed requires independence of action, responsibility for outcomes and influence with decision makers.

CPHR Candidates have 10 years to successfully complete the VOE process from the date you become a CPHR Candidate. The work experience must be at the Applied and Foundational HR level in HR and can be achieved either before or after writing the NKE, however, the applicant has 10 years from the submission deadline to use their experience.

5) Professional Conduct

Certification is an essential tool for maintaining high performance standards. The CPHR designation assures employers, clients and other HR professionals that a CPHR has committed to abide by CPHR Saskatchewan’s Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Practice, a breach of which will result in disciplinary action including the possible removal of the designation.

Designation Holders from Outside Saskatchewan

CPHR Saskatchewan recognizes HR designations from the following organizations:

• Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA - Ontario)
  •  CHRP, CHRL, and CHRE
• Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM)
  • SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CPID - UK)
  • MCIPD

If you currently hold an HR designation through one of the HR associations outside of Saskatchewan, please email info@cphrsk.ca  before proceeding with the application process, and ask your HR association to submit a Confirmation of Good Standing for you directly to CPHR Saskatchewan at info@cphrsk.ca.

After reviewing the information above in detail, if you have further questions, please contact info@cphrsk.ca or call 306-242-2747.

Pathways to becoming a CPHR:

For more detailed information, visit CPHR Designation Pathways.