Faqs

The relevant work experience requirements are:

For more information go to: https://www.mobiusinstitute.com/certification-requirements/

Some certifications. e.g. UCAT1 and IRTCAT1 have additional specific requirements.
For these go to: https://www.mobiusinstitute.com/professional-growth/miboc-policy-documents-forms/

All ISO18436 Condition Monitoring certifications are valid for 5 years
All Asset Reliability Practitioner [ARP] certifications are valid for 3 years.

As long as your certification has not expired by more than 6 months, you do not need to re-site the exam.
You are able to renew your certification if you can provide verifiable evidence of continued satisfactory work activity in the field relevant to your certification without significant interruption.
For more information go to: Certification Renewals: ARP and Vibration Analysis – Mobius Institute

All exams are all closed-book so no material, except calculator and a pen may be taken into the exam.
Some exams have reference material supplied: https://learn.mobiusinstitute.com/mobiusknowledge/students#exams

The Pass grade is minimum 70% correct answers.
Exam duration (maximum hours) are:

For on-line invigilated exams, there are special requirements:

For more information go to: Independently invigilated certification exam – Mobius Institute

The Mobius Institute Board of Certification (MIBoC) has established an independent Technical Committee (TC) who develop and submit questions for review and approval from other industry experts.
Questions are proposed, audited, and reviewed by the TC.
The TC is made up of industry experts and experienced people from around the world who work in the field. Once a question has been used in an exam, special statistical processes, called psychometrics, are used to check if any questions are too easy, too hard, or too confusing.
Those questions are then reviewed by the TC and either rewritten or rejected.
Reliability Institute has authority as an Authorised Exam Centre to invigilate (supervise candidates during an examination), which are graded by MIBoC.

There is not an ISO standard for the certification of reliability practitioners.
However, the Mobius Institute Board of Certification [MIBoC] ED-161 scheme is modelled on the ISO 18436 standards; the topics are mapped to the ISO 55000 standards; the scheme follows and is accredited to ISO/IEC 17024 – the International Standard certification program for individual persons.
The core knowledge and vocabulary/terminology is based on definitions developed in a variety of ISO standards (and other international standards).
The topics themselves, and all of the requirements, were developed over a several years by the MIBoC Scheme Committee and Technical Committee.
The Scheme and Technical Committee members are collectively made up of independent Industry experts and experienced reliability professionals from UK, EU, Africa, USA, Asia and Australia.

The ARP courses are not a progression from one level to the next, rather the content is based on supporting people in their current job roles or in transitioning to another role.

CMRP is aimed at validating knowledge of people who have already have many years of workplace experience and is focused on individual certification for career enhancement or personal validation.
ARP is aimed at imparting knowledge to help students understand and implement industry leading practices in equipment performance. The training is the main objective with certification being a validation of thorough understanding.

To pass the CMRP exam requires students to read a variety of endorsed books or a body of knowledge and have general maintenance experience as prerequisite. No training course is required although the ARP [E] Engineer course will help greatly in passing the CMRP Exam.
To pass the ARP exam requires students to attend a training course (or study the course on-line) and have general maintenance, engineering or reliability experience as prerequisite. Attending a training course is required.
Both CMRP and Asset Reliability Practitioner [ARP] certifications are accredited to IEC/ISO 17024 which ensures the independence of the certification body and the integrity of the exams.

CMRP exams require students to attend a Pearson VUE testing centre to do the exam on-line.
ARP exams can be done in conjunction with a classroom course or on-line at the workplace.

CMRP is most popular in North America and with USA owned companies.
ARP is based on ISO standards and is therefore globally recognised and accessible worldwide.
CMRP is focused on maintenance procedures and work management systems.
ARP is focused on the processes that will improve or maintain asset reliability.

Some individuals may find it useful to have both certifications.