If you’re currently registered as a Fitness Leader on The Registry of Fitness Professionals, you’ll need to renew your registration every 2 years. As part of this license renewal process, you will need to provide proof of BCRPA continuing education credits ( BCRPA CEC) along with:
- Paying the renewal fee
- Submitting your current CPR and First Aid certificates
The focus of today’s article is on the CEC requirements imposed by the BCRPA and how to submit them. While this article will be referring to BCRPA, the process will be similar for all provinces that use The Registry of Fitness Professionals.
Types of CEC
There are 2 types of CECs recognized by the BCRPA: Pre-approved CECs and External Training.
BCRPA Pre-approved CECs are training found on the BCRPA website, and the attendance certificate includes the amount of BCRPA CECs you get from completing that training. This type of training is automatically valid for your renewal requirements.
Then you have External Training CECs. These are for other training or workshops you might have participated in related to fitness or your certificate. These are courses that aren’t pre-approved by BCRPA. This means that you will need to petition and provide information regarding these courses. This way, they can decide whether it counts as CEC or not.
With that out of the way, there are 2 ways you can submit your CEC’s for registration renewal: online & through hard copies.
Submitting CEC Online
You can submit your CECs online by logging into The Registry.
- On your User Account page, click “CEC Log”
- Then click “Submit CEC Petition” from the expanded menu
- Fill in the submission form. You will only be able to submit the CEC certificates digitally. So, if you have a hard copy, you can take a picture with your phone or scanner and upload the image/PDF file.
- The certificates are verified manually by the Fitness Team. In effect, you may need to wait 5-10 business days for your CECs to be processed and your account to be updated.
Submitting CEC via Paper Documents (Hard Copies)
This method is a bit more precarious. BCRPA has the right to refuse hard copies of renewal documents. If you choose to submit documents this way, they will charge an extra $25 fee per submission to recoup manually processing costs.