Workforce Professional Development Program (WPDP) Testing Information -
WPDP is a series of study guides and examinations designed to measure and recognize an individual's knowledge of workforce development programs. Created in 1988, WPDP gives workforce professionals an opportunity to enhance knowledge and career growth. Several State Workforce Development Agency training programs have incorporated WPDP and recognize it as a useful tool. Resource guides and exams currently available are:
The History of Workforce Development
Business and Job Seeker Specialist
Unemployment Insurance Specialist
Labor Market Information Specialist
You may contact the Education Chair or the Chapter President to check the availability of Chapter study guides that may be checked out. To download an application click here.
Guidelines -
Tests are offered during the months of January, April, July and October, and annually at the International Educational Conference, typically held in June. State Chapters must schedule testing sites by the 1st of the month prior to testing. Please contact the Education Chair if you need to schedule a testing session.
Your written intent-to-test and test fees must be received in the IAWP Executive Office by the 15th of the month prior to testing.
You may take up to two tests during each test session. You may participate in more than one testing session per testing month if there are separate sites scheduled in a subchapter, chapter or district.
Tests may be taken in any order but you will not receive the "Specialist" or "Master" designation until you have successfully completed the Generalist test.
Test scores will be mailed to you by the end of the month following testing. No test scores will be given over the telephone. A score of 75 is required to pass the 100-multiple-choice-question test.
You have 24 months from your initial testing enrollment to successfully complete the entire WPDP program. You may re-test as many times as you desire during your 24-month period for the published retest fee. You need to pay the retest fee only if you fail, not if you were unexpectedly absent. You are not required to purchase all four tests if you do not wish to become a Master.
If you do not successfully complete the program in 24 months and later wish to continue, you will be required to pay a one-time re-enrollment fee, in addition to the cost of any yet-to-be-purchased exams or retest fees. The re-enrollment fee is the purchase of an additional 24 months (you are buying time). You must still pay exam or retest fees. The re-enrollment fee applies even if you are in a retest status when your 24 months expire.
IAWP requests that participants use their home address for all correspondence, including exam and resource guide purchases. This ensures the confidentiality of test scores.