Initial Lifetime Certification = 32 CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
Continuing Active Certification = rolling 24 CEUs over 3 years
Must be a current IBPSIA member

To Become a Certified Technician (knowledge, skill, engraved plaque and listed on website):

• Must take an IBPSIA Accredited Hands-On-Training Seminar Phase I (HOTS) course 
• Must complete and pass the HOTS test  (32 CEUs)

To Become Advanced Certified Technician (more knowledge, skill, engraved plaque and listed on website):

• Must have already completed the IBPSIA HOTS Phase 1 (listed above)
• Must complete the Advanced HOTS course and test (32 CEUs)

For Active Certification (acknowledgement listed on website):

• Must keep at least 24 CEUs in a rolling 3 year span (i.e. 40 CEUs in 2006, 2 CEUs in 2007, 12 CEUs in 2008 = 54 current CEUs but in 2009 the 40 CEUs from 2006 expire, so must complete at least 10 CEUs in 2009 to have the 24 needed to stay active.)

Educational CEUs:

• 32 CEUs for a HOTS accredited program or an Advanced HOTS program upon passing test
• Other accredited programs:
• Up to 18 CEUs per year for seminar attendance at IBPSIA Conference & Int’l Bowl Expo
• 32 CEUs for “Emerging Concepts” (5 day program)
• 16 CEUs for Strike Ten Entertainment Skills Center “Teaching Professional Course” (2 days)
• 16 CEUs for IBPSIA’s “HOTS on Lanes” workshop (2 day program)
• 16 CEUs for IBPSIA’s “Business of Pro Shops” course (2 day program)
• 8  CEUs for BPAA Bowling Center Management School
• Other CEUs for regional shows & manufacturer/distributor programs as accredited such as:
  

Other CEUs (please submit proof):

• USBC Coaching levels:  (USBC provides IBPSIA with a list – please let us know if you qualify)
  

• Bronze – 4 CEUs

• Silver – 8 CEUs

• Gold – 10 CEUs

• Dick Ritger’s Bowling Camp
  

• 2-Day Program – 4 CEUs

•  4-Day Program – 8 CEUs
  

• 5-Day Program – 10 CEUs

• 1 credit for each article, chapter or book published (up to a maximum of 4 CEUs)
• 1 credit for making a bowling related presentation, i.e. seminar or workshop (up to a max of 3 CEUs)
• 1 credit for conducting an unpaid coaching clinic (up to a maximum of 3 CEUs)
• 1 credit per year for serving as an officer or director of a nonprofit bowling related association or organization (up to a maximum of 3 CEUs)
• 1 credit for conducting/assisting in a youth or community fundraising activity related to bowling – unpaid (up to a maximum of 3 CEUs)
• 1 to 3 credits for Coach It Up Head Coach Program (1 hr CD or 5 hr Seminar)