Professional Designations & Certifications

Published On: June 21st, 2018Last Updated: February 22nd, 2024Categories: Featured Articles, Job Seekers Blog, Tools & ResourcesTags: , ,
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List of Professional Designations & Certifications (by Industry)

The following list of professional designations includes many of the top globally-recognized industry credentials.

Attaining professional designations is beneficial for gaining knowledge, developing new skills, and demonstrating mastery within a particular industry or occupation. This includes listing certifications on your Resume and LinkedIn profile to help recruiters and hiring managers see your level of expertise.

Related: Professional Associations & Organizations List (by Industry)

I recommend doing your due diligence to identify the optimal designation for your particular needs, timeline, and budget. Simply click the links below for more information on the following credentialing programs.

Here’s the List:

Accounting

Administrative

Aerospace

Agile

  • Leading SAFe® provides certification in coordinating and leading a Lean-Agile transformation at enterprise scale.

Animal Care

Appraisal

Association Leadership

Aviation

Broadcasting

Business Intelligence

Career Services

Childcare

  • Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) credentialing program is a rigorous, examination-based professional certification credential to increase the proficiency of child life professionals.

Construction

Counseling

Criminal Justice

Cryptocurrency

Culinary

Dental

Design

Economics

  • Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) program develops one’s core competencies across the breadth of topics necessary to being a well-rounded and successful economic developer.

Electrical

  • Electronic Systems Technician (EST) is a widely recognized industry credential for professionals installing, upgrading, and servicing a variety of residential and commercial electronic systems.

Emergency Management

Energy

  • NABCEP Associate Program recognizes qualified individuals in the application, design, installation, and operation of photovoltaic, solar heating or small wind energy systems.

Engineering

Event Management

Facility Management

Finance

Fitness

Food Service / Nutrition

  • Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) certification is held by clinical nutritionists, physicians and other advance-degreed healthcare professionals with a specialty in nutrition.
  • ITMA Certified Tea Sommelier is a prestigious title in the tea industry representing a significant level of tea knowledge and expertise.
  • ServSafe Manager program provides food safety training, exams and educational materials to foodservice managers.

Fundraising

Funeral

Healthcare

Human Resource

Information Technology

Insurance

Interior Design

Legal

Logistics

Marketing

Manufacturing

  • Certified Forklift Technician (CFT) program is to certify and recognize individuals who demonstrate core competencies involved in repair and maintenance of forklift vehicles.
  • Manufacturing Specialist (MS) certification demonstrates a certain level of industry-wide technical skills in the math and measurement; and spatial reasoning and manufacturing technology categories.

Maritime

  • Charter Boat Captain commands a small vessel as a master, captain, or skipper and may contain a sailing endorsement for sailing vessels and/or a commercial towing endorsement.

Non Profit

  • Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential is the only national nonprofit credential preparing students (undergraduate, graduate and professionals) for leadership in the nonprofit sector.

Occupational Safety & Health

Pharmaceutical

Project Management

Public Safety

  • Chief Fire Officer is open to chief officers serving at or above the level of battalion chief.

Real Estate

Sales

Science

  • Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) is a paraprofessional who practices under close, ongoing supervision and is primarily responsible for the direct implementation of behavior-analytic services.

Security

Social Work

Sports

Telecommunications

Training & Development

Urban Design

Warehousing

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About the Author: Doug Levin

Doug Levin is the owner and operator of JobStars USA, a career services practice serving job seekers of all industries and experience levels. He is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW), and Career Coach (CPCC) with a decade of experience in the Resume Writing niche.

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