How the process works
Accreditation is built from five building blocks. Here’s how they fit together.
1 · Stages 2 · Tasks 3 · Categories 4 · Activities 5 · Hours
1 · Stages
Three stages from application to accreditation
1
Application
Complete your Tasks and compile Activities and Hours across the five Categories. The $250 application fee is due only when you’re ready to submit.
2
Review
The Board of Review, made up of MICEP designees, checks your application for completeness and eligibility, looking closely at Hours, dates and documentation. Reviewers may contact you for clarification.
3
Final processing
Administrators weigh the reviewers’ recommendations, may spot-check the application and contact your references. You’ll be notified by email and phone.
If an application is not approved, a $100 processing fee applies.
2 · Tasks
Your application checklist
Everything you’ll provide in Submittable. Emeritus applicants don’t submit Activities and Hours.
Read the introductory material
Personal and background information
The designation you’re seeking
Copies of certificates and photo ID
A photo of yourself
A bulleted resume
Activities with Hours and documentation
A signed affidavit
Accept the Terms and Conditions
Pay the application fee
3 · Categories
Five Categories show the breadth of your involvement
Knowledge flows from you to others
Educator
You as teacher
Service
You as philanthropist
Media
You as creator / promoter
Knowledge flows to you
Continuing Education
You as learner
Participant
You as participant
Full category names: Educator · Service to the Aviation Community · Creator of Media · Continuing Education · Participant.
4 · Activities
What counts as an Activity
- It took place within the 24 calendar months before you submit.
- Each one stands alone, with its Hours, a brief statement of relevance and supporting documentation.
- Combine similar activities: ten flight reviews totaling 20 Hours become one Activity, “Flight Reviews.”
- Small, unrelated activities in a Category can be combined into one “Miscellaneous” Activity.
- Each Activity is claimed once, in whichever Category fits best.
- No documentation for an Activity? Someone who can vouch for it may complete the MICEP Supporting Document (fillable PDF) as a backup.
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Activities minimum per Category
10
Hours minimum per Activity
5 · Hours
500 Hours in the last 24 months
All time spent with students or trainees, or invested in completing an Activity, counts. Each Category has a minimum, but the minimums alone add up to only 370 — an application that just meets each minimum won’t qualify. The remaining 130 or more can come from any Category.
Whole numbers only
Fractions are rounded down: 123.8 Hours becomes 123.
Split a block of Hours
Hours are claimed once, but can be divided. A 30-hour seminar: 20 hours of preparation under Media, 10 hours of delivery under Educator (or Service, if pro bono).
More than one designation
Submit a separate application for each (for example MCFI and MGI). Hours used for one can’t count toward another.
Ready to apply?
Start your application in Submittable. The fee isn’t due until you submit.