PLP Transfer Credits Requirement

In addition to completing course work, the PLP designation requires all candidates to have completed the following related credits at a recognized post-secondary institution, and ‘transferred in’:

• Managerial Accounting: Transfer your post-secondary course covering financial statements, budget preparation, cost accounting methodologies, variance reporting and more.
• Organizational Behaviour Management: Transfer your post-secondary course covering individual and group behaviour, personality, motivation and leadership theory, communication and conflict resolution.
• Compensation & Benefits Management: Transfer your post-secondary course covering monetary and non-monetary reward and compensation programs, including incentive plans, profit sharing and employee assistance.

Click here to search our database of accepted courses to determine if a course is recognized as a valid equivalent for credit transfer. If a course does not appear on the National Payroll Institute’s Online Database, it simply means that it is not yet a recognized course. A detailed course outline or description must be submitted to the Certification Department for assessment of each unrecognized course.

Each course must:

• Match the component description of one of the compulsory study requirements.
• Be a minimum of 30 hours in length
• Be formally evaluated by an institute, and have a final exam worth 20%.
• Have been taken within the past 20 years for PCP courses.
• Have been taken within the past 10 years for PLP courses.
• Have been completed with a minimum grade of 65%.

Each unrecognized course must be accompanied by an outline stating:

• the title of the course
• the course number
• the amount of (credit) hours
• the content
• the method of evaluation

Final course approval will be made upon submission of:

• Official transcript (grade reports, photocopies, and scanned copies are not accepted). All international learning requires an official, detailed, course-by-course, comprehensive Canadian Equivalency Assessment by a Canadian educational institution or an academic accreditation service.
• A completed Transfer Credit Application - click here for the Transfer Credit Application (PDF)
• The applicable fee for each course

1. Check the Database of Colleges and Universities to see if the National Payroll Institute recognizes your course. If it is not on the database, a detailed course outline provided by the post-secondary institution must be included with your submission.
2. Complete the Transfer Credit Application form (PDF).
3. Submit official transcripts.* Digital transcripts must be emailed directly to the National Payroll Institute from the post-secondary institution, or a secure third-party platform. (The National Payroll Institute does not accept transcripts submitted by email from outside of the academic institution.)
   • All international learning requires an official, detailed, course-by-course, comprehensive Canadian Equivalency Assessment by a Canadian educational institution or an academic accreditation service.
   • *Note: copies and transcripts downloaded from the school website or emailed to the student are not accepted.
4. Submit complete package

Mail official paper transcripts or assessments** to:

National Payroll Institute
c/o Certification
1600 - 250 Bloor Street East
Toronto, ON M4W 1E6

**Important: All documents and transcripts submitted to the National Payroll Institute become the property of the Institute and will not be returned.

Email digital transcripts to: transfercredit@payroll.ca
(from the post-secondary institution, or secure third-party platform directly to the National Payroll Institute.)

Credits are processed six to eight weeks from the date we receive them. A confirmation will be emailed for approved transfer credit(s).