CMAR Certified Manager of Animal Resources

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CMAR Certified Manager of Animal Resources
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What is Management Certification?

• A recognizable credential that shows you can meet
  the challenges of the lab animal management field
  consistently and effectively.

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Why Certify?

• Useful for promotions and hiring decisions.
• Gives recognition as an industry professional.
• Builds confidence and improves performance.
• Evaluates strength and weaknesses.
• Enhances career satisfaction.

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Partners Bringing You the CMAR Program

• AALAS
• LAMA
• Laboratory Animal Management Association
• ICPM
• Institute of Certified Professional Managers

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What are the CMAR Program Eligibility
Requirements?

• Bachelor Degree (or higher degree)
• 5 years of lab Animal experience
• 3 years of managerial experience

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CMAR Facts

• 495 individuals have applied since 10/01
• The CMAR candidates are made up of
• Managers
• Supervisors
• Veterinarians
• Directors
• 130 CMARs in the USA

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Progressing through the CMAR Program

• CM exams administered by ICPM
• CM application sent to ICPM.
• CM fees payable to ICPM.
• 15-month time limit to complete CM exams
• Exams in pencil-and-paper and computer-based
  formats.
• Animal Resources Exam administered by AALAS
• CMAR Program application sent to AALAS.
• CMAR Program fees payable to AALAS.
• 15-month time limit to complete Animal Resources
  Exam.
• Exam in pencil-and-paper format.

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Progressing through the CMAR Program

• CMAR candidates may apply simultaneously to
• ICPM for the CM exams
• AALAS for the Animal Resources Exam
• CMAR candidates must complete all work and
  education eligibility requirements before
  qualifying to take the Animal Resources Exam.

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Progressing through the CMAR Program

• Please take special note of the time limits for
  completing the exams
• 15 months to complete the CM exams once approved
  by ICPM.
• 15 months to pass the Animal Resources Exam once
  approved by AALAS.

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Progressing through the CMAR Program

• After each exam, you will receive a score report
  that identifies if you passed or failed.
• If you failed, you also receive a breakdown of
  strengths and weaknesses in exam topic areas.

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Certified Manager (CM)An Eligibility Requirement
for CMAR

• Three Certified Manager Exams
• Management Skills I Foundations of Management
• Management Skills II Planning and Organizing
• Management Skills III Leading and Controlling

CM exams are offered on demand. Contact ICPM
when you are ready to test.
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How Do I Apply for the Certified Manager (CM)
Exams?

• Contact the Institute for Certified Professional
  Managers (ICPM)
• Phone [phone]
• Email icpmcm_at_jmu.edu
• Web site http//www.icpm.biz

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What is involved in the CMAR certification
process?

• Must pass all CM exams via ICPM.
• Apply to AALAS for Animal Resources Exam.

AALAS Fees 25 application fee 75 processing fee
waived for AALAS LAMA members 85 exam
fee 110 total for members 185 total for
non-members
ICPM Fees 75 application fee 100 exam fee per
exam 375 Total
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What are the Exams Like?

• 150 multiple choice questions.
• Test takers must demonstrate real-world
  analysis and decision making.

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• Animal Resources Exam
• Topic Areas
• Optimizing Facility Resources
• Managing Fiscal Resources
• Achieving Regulatory Compliance
• Managing Animal Welfare
• Assuring Public Trust

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Animal Resources Exam Topic Areas

• I. Optimizing Facility Resources
• A. Evaluating, Planning, Renovating and
  Monitoring Facilities
• B. Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• C. Protecting Assets and Personnel Disaster
  Planning and
• Management
• II. Managing Fiscal Resources
• A. Developing and Monitoring Budgets
• B. Grants and Contracts
• C. Cost Management
• III. Achieving Regulatory Compliance
• A. OSHA/ Safety
• B. IACUC
• C. FDA/USDA/EPA/PHS
• IV. Managing Animal Welfare
• A. Animal Health, Controlling Disease and
  Veterinary Care
• B. Training Personnel and Handling Incidents
• V. Assuring Public Trust
• A. Ethical Considerations and Euthanasia
• B. Public Relations, Customer Service and
  Professionalism

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How is the Animal Resources Exam Administered?

• Pencil-and-paper exam administered at a
  conference or at individual institutions in fall
  of
• 2006
• NCAB Meeting
• AALAS National Meeting

Contact AALAS to locate a meeting nearest to you!
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Are There Study Materials for CMAR?

• CMAR Reference List can be downloaded from AALAS
  Web site or contact AALAS Office.
• CMAR Resource Kit is available from AALAS. It
  contains all reference materials on the CMAR
  Reference List.

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How Do I Apply for the Animal Resources Exam?

• Send completed application and payment to AALAS.
• CMAR application can be obtained on the Web, by
  email, phone or FOD.

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Recent changes

• Appeals form
• Maintenance form
• Proctoring Guidelines
• AR Exam length and time
• 150 Questions
• 3 hours

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Appeals Form

• Submit form to AALAS
• Attach a completed CMAR Application Form
• Attach 3 letters of recommendation
• Attach resume
• Do not submit payment for exam fees.
• Attach documentation for the activities you list
  as substitute criteria.

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Maintenance Form

• Candidates who have not successfully passed the
  AR exam and applied to ICPM within the 15-month
  period must
• submit a form
• pay a maintenance fee (25)

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Proctors

• AALAS staff, CMAR-certified AALAS/LAMA members,
  or a member of a human resources department are
  eligible
• Proctors must sign a confidentiality form
• No proctor may be in the direct or indirect
  reporting structure of the exam candidate.
• Proctors must hold the title of manager or
  higher, or be a member of the human resources
  department.

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CMAR Re-Certification

• To maintain your status of CMAR-certification,
  you must
• Re-certify for CMAR
• Every two years

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CMAR Re-Certification

• Demonstrate continuing competence through
  continuing education
• Submit to AALAS a record of 24 continuing
  education units (CEUs) every two years.
• Submit to AALAS a re-certification fee 40 for
  AALAS/LAMA members, 75 for non-members

Please note that re-certification is mandatory to
retain your status as a CMAR.
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CMAR Re-Certification

• If a CMAR-certified manager does NOT re-certify
• CMAR certification becomes INACTIVE 4 months
  after the re-certification anniversary date has
  passed.
• Status remains INACTIVE for 2 years past the CMAR
  anniversary date, unless re-certification
  requirements are satisfied.
• If status is still INACTIVE past the 2-year CMAR
  anniversary date, CMAR status is lost.
• To regain CMAR status, the AR Exam must be
  retaken and all exam fees paid.

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Comparison of CMAR Re-certification with Registry

• Registry
• Voluntary
• Done every 2 years
• 24 CEUs/2 yrs LATG
• Free for AALAS members (40 for nonmembers)

• CMAR
• Mandatory
• Done every 2 years
• 24 CEUs/2 yr
• Fee 40 members/75 non-members

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CMAR re-certification vs Registry

• How is CMAR re-certification similar to the
  Registry?
• Both the CMAR re-certification program and the
  Registry operate on a two-year cycle.
• In both programs, you submit your CEUs every two
  years.

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CMAR re-certification vs Registry

• How is CMAR re-certification different from the
  Registry?
• The Registry is a voluntary program. You dont
  lose your technician certification if you choose
  to not participate in the Registry. It is also
  free for AALAS members.
• CMAR re-certification is mandatory. Managers not
  re-certifying their CMAR credential risk losing
  their status as a CMAR.

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Questions or More Information?

• American Association for Laboratory Animal
  Science
• 9190 Crestwyn Hills Drive
• Memphis, TN 38125
• Phone [phone]
• www.aalas.org