# Accreditation Steps

**URL:** <https://forum.irap.org/t/accreditation-steps/842>\
**Category:** iRAP Star Rating V3.02\
**Created:** [January 18, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.irap.org/t/accreditation-steps/842 "2023-01-18T03:10:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tim.weston](https://forum.irap.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@tim.weston](https://forum.irap.org/u/tim.weston)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.irap.org/t/accreditation-steps/842/1 "2023-01-18T03:10:44Z")

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Hi There,

Two questions; in order to gain accreditation for coding, what are the requirements in

1. Training (what courses are needed?)
2. Practice (how many projects, years experience, types of projects, etc?)

Thank you

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**Author:** ![greg.smith](https://forum.irap.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@greg.smith](https://forum.irap.org/u/greg.smith)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.irap.org/t/accreditation-steps/842/2 "2023-01-19T02:48:53Z")

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Hi TIm, thanks for your question.

We recommend you take the Star Rating Essentials and Star Rating for Designs courses. After that, you can apply for accreditation. Renewals of accreditation (after 1 year) take account of experience you may have gained in doing projects.

You can find more info at: [Training - iRAP](https://irap.org/training) and [https://irap.org/accreditation/](https://irap.org/accreditation/)

Cheers

Greg

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**Author:** ![tim.weston](https://forum.irap.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@tim.weston](https://forum.irap.org/u/tim.weston)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.irap.org/t/accreditation-steps/842/3 "2023-01-20T04:13:59Z")

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Thats great, thanks Greg.

Is there any framework for the level of experience needed in subsequent years to maintain accreditation?

Cheers,  
Tim

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**Author:** ![greg.smith](https://forum.irap.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@greg.smith](https://forum.irap.org/u/greg.smith)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.irap.org/t/accreditation-steps/842/4 "2023-01-20T06:07:58Z")

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Hi Tim, when renewal time comes we ask you to nominate a project (or can be multiple) that demonstrates your expertise. We may also contact the people/client you did the project for to confirm. If you don’t do a project, we may suggest you take update training.

Cheers

Greg