The Certification Journey

Are you interested in certification but unclear on how to get started? Here are the steps to becoming a certified fluid power professional.

1. Select your certification.

2. Submit your application for specialist, technician, mechanic, connector and conductor, engineer, or system designer.

3. Prepare – Study, study, study. IFPS offers many tools to help you prepare:

Study manuals – IFPS study manuals are available in print, PDF, flash drives, and interactive online.
Online interactive study manuals for hydraulic and pneumatic specialist certifications. Once purchased, you’ll have access to the learning management system for one year.
IFPS highly recommends that you take the online pretests as well as pretests in the back of the study manual before you take your certification test.
Certification review classroom training – IFPS offers 4-day, in-person training sessions with a certified instructor, generally for groups of five or more.
Animated circuits – The schematics in IFPS study manuals are available in animation for a better understanding of how hydraulic and pneumatic circuits operate. The color-coded circuits are available as mpf and wmv files.
Webinars and study groups – Accredited instructors present webinars and study groups that are free to members. Members also have access to a library of previously recorded webinars. Consider an IFPS membership.

4. Take the test at your scheduled location.

5. Recertify in five years.