Eligibility Requirements
To qualify for the CFCC examination, you must prove that you possess:
- A minimum of 12 years of industry-related work experience.
- 4-year college degree
- Current certification after education must be one of the certifications or licenses listed below (applicant may substitute an additional four years of verifiable claims relevant experience in place of an approved certification after education).
If a candidate has a certification or license not on the list, they may submit a request for the CFCC Committee's consideration to include. Click here for more details and the required form to submit your request.
- Four letters of recommendation from industry professionals that verify years of experience. The letters must be from industry professionals, such as attorneys, in-house legal counsel, and/or clients, past or present, familiar with your claims-related experience and who can attest to your years of claims-relevant experience.
The letters must demonstrate a minimum of 12 years of claims-relevant experience in preparing and submitting claims and dispute resolution. The experience cited must be centered on and deal directly with the prosecution, defense, and resolution of claims and disputes.
- An electronic submission of an expert report submitted as evidence, a formal claim submittal, or a professional paper accepted for publication, for which authorship by the prospective candidate is verifiable, any of which must have been written within the 24 months before applying to sit for the examination.
One or more of AACE’s CFCC SMEs will review the written report or professional paper for acceptance. If the formal claim submittal, expert report, or professional paper submission does not represent the rigorous, detailed analysis customarily prepared by an experienced claims analyst or testifying expert and that has been accepted for publication or submitted to a court, board, arbitration, or other trier of fact in support of planned testimony, the prospective candidate will not be cleared to sit for the CFCC examination.
- Adherence to AACE’s Canons of Ethics.
You may proceed with this application once you’ve determined that you can meet the eligibility requirements.
Note: There are no exceptions to the eligibility criteria. One must satisfy all of the eligibility criteria in order to sit for the CFCC examination. Having some, or most, or all but one does not meet the full complement of eligibility requirements. The established certification examination eligibility requirements reflect the expectations of the claims and dispute resolution profession and fairly measure the individual’s knowledge, experience and best management practices in the development, submission, presentation/testimony and resolution or litigation of construction claims.
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