WPiAM Global Certification Scheme

In keeping with its vision of “Globally recognised Asset Management credentials” the World Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM) has developed a framework for alignment of professional credentials in Asset Management to which professional bodies, post-secondary and training institutions around the world can align over time.

The scheme provides a laddered career path in asset management for individuals who are looking to advance their skills and improve their ability to contribute to the success of the organisations they serve. This competency-based scheme will allow organisations to ensure that the individuals they hire anywhere in the world have the knowledge, skills and experience to apply asset management principles in various contexts.

The process for recognising the equivalence of specific credentials will be administered by the WPiAM. The process to recognise individuals’ accreditation to any of the WPiAM’s framework credentials will be administered by the organisation that owns the certification scheme that has been approved. Each credential will require demonstration of education as well as evidence of competence in practical application.

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GSMR-Global Certification Scheme

The Gulf Society for Maintenance and Reliability (GSMR) is a non-profit organization that provides support to maintenance, reliability, and asset management professionals in the Arabian Gulf region. This support is offered through conferences, symposiums, technical seminars, training, and certification events. The GSMR is one of the eight partner organizations that make up Word Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM) and participates in its offering of the GCS.

WPiAM developed the GCS to support the professionalization of asset management globally and provide a laddered career path for individuals looking to expand their skills and receive global recognition for their knowledge and competency as an asset management professional.

This competency-based scheme provides a structure that organizations anywhere in the world can use to ensure that recruits have the knowledge, skills, and experience to apply asset management principles in various contexts. It also provides professionals with global recognition, including transportability and transferability for their asset management competency and career path

Application Process

Website Certification Process map

Eligibility

Candidate eligibility criteria for CTAM/CPAM/CSAM

CTAM
  • Candidates having a Diploma (or higher) require a minimum of 2 years of relevant Asset Management (AM) experience.
  • Candidates not having a Diploma (or higher) require a minimum of 5 years of relevant Asset Management (AM) experience.
  • Candidates are to perform a self-evaluation and ranking of their competency in each of the 7 Asset Management pillars. A minimum rank of 1 in 3 pillars or more, and a minimum total score of 7 is required.
  • Candidates must present a detailed description of their roles, responsibilities, accountabilities and achievements related to each of the 7 pillars. A minimum of 2 cases shall be used to demonstrate competency.
CPAM
  • Candidates having a Diploma (or higher) require a minimum of 5 years of relevant Asset Management (AM) experience.
  • A minimum rank of 2 in 5 pillars, and a total score of 14 is required.
  • A minimum of 3 cases shall be used to demonstrate competency.
CSAM
  • Candidates having a Bachelor Degree (or higher) require a minimum of 8 years of relevant Asset Management (AM) experience.
  • A minimum rank of 3 in 6 pillars, and a total score of 19 is required.
  • A minimum of 5 cases shall be used to demonstrate competency.

References

Clarification of eligibility criteria

Pillar # Title Topics covered
1 Context & Stakeholders
  • Organizational Purpose and Context
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Asset Costing and Valuation
2 Governance
  • Asset Management Policy
  • Asset Management System
  • Asset Management Assurance and Audit
  • Technical Standards & Legislation
  • Management of Change
  • Risk
3 Asset Management Planning
  • Asset Management Strategy and Objectives
  • Demand Analysis
  • Sustainable Development
  • Planning
  • Decision-Making
  • Life cycle Value Realization
  • Resourcing Strategy and Management
  • Shutdown and Outage Strategy and Planning
  • Contingency Planning & Resilience Analysis
4 Leadership and People
  • Asset Management Leadership
  • Organizational Arrangements
  • Organizational Culture
  • Competence management
  • Organizational change management
  • Knowledge management
5 Data and Information
  • Asset Management Data & Information Strategy
  • Asset Management Data & Information Standards
  • Asset Management Data & Information Management
  • Asset Management Data & Information Systems
  • Configuration Management
6 Delivery
  • Systems Engineering
  • Asset Creation & Acquisition
  • Integrated Reliability
  • Asset Operation
  • Maintenance Delivery
  • Incident Management and Response
  • Asset Repurposing or Disposal
  • Supply Chain Management
7 Value Realization
  • Outcomes and Impacts
  • Monitoring
  • Continuous Improvement
Ranking Competency Levels
Level 0
  • No or very limited experience or competence developing asset management
Level 1
Practitioner
  • Works on AM projects or tasks, responsible for individual deliverables such as condition surveys, implementing AM or maintenance plans, developing asset data systems, cost/benefit/risk analyses, evaluating asset lifecycle analysis (including acquisition, operation & maintenance, and disposal)
  • Demonstrates successful application in a subject area of AM in line with recognized good practice. Plans implementation, provides timely and accurate reports, and applies general management skills.
Level 2
Leading Practitioner
  • Holds senior responsibility in AM, leading teams or projects, managing asset performance, risk, or knowledge, and delivering in operations, reports or lectures.
  • Makes significant technical decisions, represents AM in multidisciplinary and stakeholder discussions, manages resources and budgets, and oversees and validates plans.
  • Demonstrates successful application related to a significant asset portfolio in a domain of AM policies and documents. Provides leadership to review and recommends AM structures and integrates AM activities across the organization.
  • Involved in and contributes AM continuous improvement initiatives, risk analysis or data analytics.
Level 3
Principal Expert
  • Holds responsibility and accountability in AM as senior manager, recognized expert, leading consultant, or academic.
  • Controls budgets, risks and resources for AM plans or projects, accountable for policy and strategy, promotes AM benefits, and demonstrates leadership.
  • Leads initiatives and innovations, prepares asset evaluation and cost analysis, holds technical responsibility for outputs, and advises at the most senior levels.
  • Provides trusted work and advice, influencing stakeholders, clients, students, and professionals.
  • Demonstrates successful application, as a domain expert, or in a consulting support role related to a significant asset portfolio. Lead AM strategic planning and execution.
  • Applies data science techniques to enhance AM practices and decision-making processes.
  • Contributes to shaping organizational structure, managing change, driving continuous improvement, and making strategic decisions.
CTAM CPAM CSAM
  • Minimum 3 pillars level 1 or more
  • Minimum total scoring of 7
  • Minimum 5 pillars level 2 or more
  • Minimum total scoring of 14
  • Minimum 6 pillars level 3 or more
  • Minimum total scoring of 19

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