Overview
PHRi / SPHRi Certification Preparation
What does this program prepare you for?
HPA’s preparation program supports HR practitioners studying for HRCI’s PHRi or SPHRi certification. The published topics cover strategic HR management, workforce planning, talent and performance, compensation and employee relations. Training attendance and professional certification are separate: HRCI sets exam eligibility and awards its credential after its requirements are met.
Which qualification fits your experience?
PHRi focuses on professional HR practice; SPHRi is intended for senior strategic responsibilities. Check your education and professional HR experience against the current PHRi requirements and SPHRi requirements. Taking a preparation course does not itself establish eligibility or guarantee a pass.
What should you confirm with HPA?
Ask which exam pathway and current content outline your group follows, then confirm the prerequisites, study language, duration, delivery format, trainer, materials and whether exam registration is included. Discuss your HR certification preparation with HPA before booking.
- Unit 1: Strategic HR Management
- Unit 2: HR Planning and Employment
- Unit 3: Talent and Performance Management
- Unit 4: Compensation and Benefits
- Unit 5: Employee Relations and Involvement
Practical learning outcomes
The preparation program is designed to help participants:
- Connect workforce planning with organizational priorities.
- Review recruitment, talent and performance practices using HR concepts.
- Explain compensation, benefits and employee-relations considerations.
- Apply HR knowledge to scenario-based exam preparation.
These are learning aims based on the published topics. Exam success, career progression and salary changes depend on individual and workplace factors and are not guaranteed by course attendance.
- PHRi Exam takes two hours and 15 minutes and for administration time 30minutes
- PHRi Exam covers 90 scored questions (mostly multiple-choice) and 25 pre-test questions.
- Who is eligible for PHRi:
-Who holds a master’s degree or the global equivalent with at least 1 year of experience in a professional-level HR.
-Who holds a bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent with at least 2 years of experience in a professional-level HR position
-OR a minimum of four years of professional-level HR experience
- SPHRi Exam takes two hours and 45 minutes and for administration time 30minutes
- SPHRi Exam covers 115 scored questions (mostly multiple-choice) and 25 pre-test questions.
- Who is eligible for SPHRi:
-Who holds a master’s degree or the global equivalent with at least 4 years of experience in a professional-level HR.
-Who holds a bachelor’s degree or the global equivalent with at least 5 years of experience in a professional-level HR position
-OR a minimum of seven years of professional-level HR experience
- Talent Acquisition Specialist
- HR Specialist
- HR Generalist
- HR Supervisor
- HR Manager
- HR Data Analyst
- HR Business Partners
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Course Features
- Lecture 0
- Quiz 0
- Duration 60 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language ENG/AR
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes