IPI CAPP Certification Courses

Nine or more different courses are specifically designed for the certification program and are offered during each two-year period.  The instructors and content of these courses are approved and recognized by the University of Virginia.  During a given two-year period, two five-day courses and at least seven two-day courses are held in conjunction with IPI annual conferences and educational seminars.  Candidates are required to take both of the five-day sessions.  At the end of the two-year period, all of the courses will be repeated and updated.  These courses are open to every candidate.

The five-day sessions run concurrently with the annual International Parking Conference and Exposition.  In even numbered years, they feature management topics.  In other years, these sessions focus on industry-specific issues.  Although these special certification courses are operated exclusive of most conference activities, candidates also have access to the exhibit hall so they can take advantage of the exposition and meet with exhibitors.

The two-day sessions on industry-specific material cover a wide variety of subjects including design and maintenance facilities, parking safety and security, dealing with the media, enforcement and adjudication, transportation issues, training your employees, the impact of state and federal governments on parking, revenue control and more.  These courses are available to anyone interested, but a person must be a candidate in the program for attendance to be assigned a higher point value.  Many of these courses are repeated and new subjects are added regularly.

These sessions, along with specific outside reading, are designed to cover the materials to be tested and help candidates identify areas in which they need to increase their knowledge.  Courses include materials which become the property of the candidate, and additional materials are available from IPI's library.  Furthermore, instructors are available for consultation throughout the program.

Each five-day session has a point value of 20, with a maximum of 40.  For certification candidates, the two-day sessions each have a point value of 7.5, for a maximum accumulation of 30 points.  Therefore, for candidates, this portion of the program a point value of 70.  Combining the maximum scores from the courses and the personal data form gives a total possible score of 142.