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ICE Membership Benefits and Criteria

Download the ICE Membership Brochure or the Member Application!

ICE offers four categories of membership:

Organizational Members consist of Associations, Certifying Organizations, Consumer Groups, and Government Agencies.  $665 per year.

Sustaining Members are providers of services or products to organizations and include Testing Companies, Consultants, Publishers, Public Relations and Marketing Companies and others.  $2,755 per year.

Affiliate Members are consultants who provide limited services to credentialing organizations. Examples of members who may join under this category include self-employed consultants, lawyers, accountants, psychometricians, education and seminar providers.  $1,325 per year.

Individual Members are those individuals interested in the field of competency assurance, who do not seek membership under any of the preceding categories, may be eligible for individual membership. Such individuals may include students, teachers, human resource managers, public advocates, and individual representatives of certification or professional organizations. Individual members shall not have voting privileges and cannot hold elected offices.  $335 per year.

An organization may join ICE at any time whether or not it has any programs accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA).  Although ICE supports the NCCA accreditation program, ICE does not require its members to have their programs accredited. ICE is a membership organization serving the entire credentialing community. 

If you are joining mid-year ICE staff will be pleased to discuss pro-rated membership rates with you.  Please call for more information.

There are numerous benefits to becoming a member of ICE, including:

  • Discounted registration for the Annual Conference, workshops, and web-seminars
  • Access to the ICE Network, a message board for ICE members to discuss questions and offer advice
  • Discounts on ICE publications
  • Discounted NCCA Accreditation Application fee
  • Updates on important issues in certification, licensure, testing and competency assurance
  • Monthly Member Updates on upcoming events and deadlines
  • Policy/Template Library
  • Poll question archive
  • Discounts on exhibits and exclusive sponsorship opportunities
  • Volunteer opportunities to participate in ICE projects and committees to form a network of credentialing industry professionals, learn about the newest trends in the industry, and create member services you most want
  • And more!

Download an Application for Membership!