What information is shown on the certificate?

The certificate shows:

  • The holder’s full name in a fixed format: First name Middle name SURNAME

  • Date of birth

  • Course type and qualification

  • Course location: city region and country

  • Course director’s name and signature

  • Course organisation: name and logo

  • Date of the last hands-on course

  • verification link to validate the authenticity 


Does the certificate expire?

Yes, an ERC certificate does expire.

There is no date of expiration as we feel as ERC that this is likely contextual and might be subject of external rules and regulations. What is crucial for ERC is the deadline for recertification:


  • until that date you have access to all course related learning materials
  • until that date you can register for a recertification module, thus entering the ERC recertification trajectory

Once you are beyond the recertification deadline, you can only regain access to course materials and have a new date of course on your certificate by doing once more a full provider course.