BECOME A CERTIFIED VIBRATION ANALYST
Vibration Analyst Certification Program
The Vibration Institute vibration analyst certification program is the benchmark and recognized as one of the highest standards of industry knowledge and competence among professionals in the field.
Our certification program is an ANAB-Accredited Personnel Certification Program. The Vibration Institute was first accredited by ANSI (now ANAB) to ISO/IEC 17024 in March 2010. The ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) is a non-governmental organization that provides accreditation services and training to public and private sector organizations and is the largest accreditation body in North America.
The four-category vibration analyst certification follows a body of knowledge compliant with ISO 18436-2. The accreditation by ANAB guarantees that the Institute’s certification program provides fair, impartial, and equal access to certification, with policies and procedures that assess the qualifications of candidates on a standardized basis. The program is governed by an unbiased Certification Committee that controls the body of knowledge and examination content. Our certification program only uses examination items that have been statistically tested and cognitively categorized to assure fairness in assessment of skills and abilities of exam candidates. Cut score studies are regularly conducted to develop fair passing scores for a minimally qualified candidate based on standard psychometric principles.
Certification Surveillance
To protect Certified Vibration Analysts who have justly earned their certification, the Vibration Institute will pursue individuals who falsify Vibration Institute certification status in any manner. If you are aware of any instance in which you believe individuals are falsifying their certification statuses, please contact the Institute at (630) 654-2254 or information@vi-institute.org.
Vibration Analyst Certification Levels
Category I Vibration Analysts are qualified to perform a range of single channel machinery vibration condition monitoring and diagnostic activities including data acquisition on predetermined routes, machine steady state testing to predefined procedures, and comparison of readings against pre-established alert settings.
Minimum Required Experience: 6 months
Minimum Training Hours: 30 hours
Recommended Vibration Training meeting requirement: Introduction to Machinery Vibrations – CAT I
Category I Body of Knowledge/Training Course Topics:
Vibration Principles
6 hours
Data Acquisition
6 hours
Condition Monitoring
4 hours
Signal Processing
6 hours
Data Acquisition
4 hours
Acceptance Testing
2 hours
Equipment Testing and Diagnostics
2 hours
Fault Severity Determination
4 hours
Field Balancing
2 hours
Sample questions for Category I, are available for review the Vibration Institute Certification Handbook. Educational opportunities are available to meet the training hour recommendation and partially prepare for the Vibration Analyst certification exam.
Get Certified
Certification Exams are offered:
How?
The Process:
Requirements for each level of certification, Category I – IV.
Vibration Analyst
CAT I Examination $360
Vibration Analyst
CAT II Examination $410
Vibration Analyst
CAT III Examination $460
Vibration Analyst
CAT IV Examination $510