International, Local Board, and Specialty Exams are offered quarterly (four times a year). You can take the International and Local exams in one window or you can split them between different windows.
Exams are now available to be taken by section!
The International and Local Board exams are organized into sections, Crop Management, Nutrient Management, Soil and Water Management and Pest Management. Section testing offers a flexible way to tackle the ICCA and Local Board exams by allowing candidates to take each of the four sections separately, rather than all at once. You can choose to complete the sections in any order and at your own pace within a five-year timeframe. More information about section testing is available on the Exam FAQ page.
Exam registration will open February 26, 2025 for available exam dates of April 2 - 16, 2025
2025 Quarterly Exam Calendar
Exam Registration Dates
Register and pay for the exam(s) of your choice.
February 26 - March 24, 2025
July 2 - July 28, 2025
October 1 - October 27, 2025
Available Exam Dates
Exams will be conducted during this time frame.
April 2 - 16, 2025
August 6 - 20, 2025
November 5 - 19, 2025
Exam Registration is only available during the dates listed above, and only for the next Available Exam Date. For example, if you want to take your exam in the February 5 - 19, 2025 exam period, you would register in the January 2 - January 27, 2025 period.
Registration Links Below
- Please keep in mind--to become eligible for the CCA certification, you must take and pass BOTH the International and your local (state/province/region) board exams.
- You must be 18 years old in order to register for the CCA Exams.
- You must be a CCA in order to register for a CCA specialty exam.
- Individuals Needing Exam Accommodations: Please see the exam accommodations information and instructions. Accommodations must be requested by submitting a completed Exam Accommodations Request Form no less than 60 days prior to the exam administration that is being registered for. Questions can be emailed Send Message or contact Michele Lovejoy at 608-268-4947 or Dawn Gibas at 608-819-3900.
- Please whitelist or note as a safe sender the email certification@sciencesocieties.org in your email account as this is the email we use to send email notifications to you.
- CANCELLATION: You may cancel at any time up to the registration deadline. Note that you will only receive a refund for any amount over $75.00. The exam fee is non‐refundable after the registration deadline. This also applies to retest applications. Exam fees will not be transferred to another exam date. Please contact your certification representative with any questions.
- New Exam Policy Beginning with the February 2017 exam administration, a policy was set in place of a five-year time limit to pass both the international and local board exams. This time limit begins with the first passed exam results being reported. If the five-year time limit is exceeded without both exams being passed, exam results are nullified, and the applicant starts over in year six. Example of five-year time limit: February 2018 to February 2023. August 2023 would be year six and the applicant would need to start over with taking both exams.
Registration Links
Specialty Exams Registration - Precision Agriculture, Resistance Management, Sustainability or 4R NMS
If you have questions, please contact your certification representative.