walking94

So basically you're saying apply my college credits, take the MPAP 1, work on continuing education credit hours and get it all done while I'm waiting on my 6000 hrs? Then when I complete the 6000 hrs, all I have to do is finish MPAP 2 and then I can be AD certified? I hope I'm making sense. I find all of this really confusing. My state doesn't require an AD to be certified, but I would like to get nationally certified in case I move in a few years. Thanks for your help.

So I've been researching the process in getting nationally certified. And all I keep reading about is how you need 6,000 hrs within the last five years. I have 6,000 but a good portion of those were 8 years ago. So basically I have to start from scratch and wait a couple more years before I even start the certification process?? I don't understand. What could've changed so drastically in our field within that 3 year gap? Do all the certification programs have this same 5 year rule? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.