The phrase "take certification" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means to complete a course or program in order to gain a certificate or qualification. Example: "In order to advance in my career, I have decided to take certification courses in project management."
Federal prosecutors, who had been expecting Mr. Mumford, 59, to plead guilty on Friday, accuse him of soliciting teachers to take certification exams for other teachers and prospective teachers in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, falsifying government identifications and collecting tens of thousands of dollars in fees for his services over more than 15 years.
Edward L. Stanton III, the United States attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced on Friday that he had signed agreements with 16 other teachers who had either paid for someone else to take an exam or accepted payment from Mr. Mumford to take certification tests for others.
No one would argue that lawyers, doctors and accountants are immune from wrongdoing or poor judgment, and they have long been taking certification exams and promising to act ethically.
At Northwest Region 7 High School in Winsted, records for 1999-2000 show 20 students completed a course and took certification exams; five students passed, and one student joined an ambulance company.
Examinations were taken, certifications attained, experienced logged, commitment demonstrated.
You can fly pretty much anything (more complex machines may require certification), take others, and get paid.
Everyone who can learn CPR and first aid should take a certification class and keep their certification current.
Mr. Levy said yesterday that if any of the 585 uncertified teachers affected by the new Regents policy did not take the certification exams in July and sign up for the alternative certification program, they could not teach in SURR schools next year.
Now, you take that certification until it is contested.
They will get at least 20 hours of training and take a certification test.
(Mr. Wilson paid $2,500 for someone to take a certification exam for physical education teachers, according to court documents).
