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alias: user-guide-grant-certificationemployees
description: "Granting certifications to employees involves specific conditions and steps for authorization and assignment"
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# Grant Certification to Employees

:lock: Certification.**Grant**

## Overview

This operation grants a specific **Certification** to one or more **Employees**, causing the **Employees** to possess the **Certification**.

## Preconditions

* One of these three statements must be `true`:
    * The user must belong to the Owner Role of the **Certification**.
    * The user is Manager of the user to whom the **Certification** is being granted and the **Certification** has the property **Is Manager Grant Allowed** set to `true`.
    * The user is the **Employee** to whom the **Certification** is being granted and the **Certification** has the property **Is Self Grant Allowed** set to `true`.
* The **Certification** must have the property **Allow Manual Grants** set to `true`.
* User **Certification** state must be Assigned, In Progress or Expired.

## Sequence of Steps

To grant a **Certification** to one or more **Employees**, select the **Employees** that should be granted the **Certification** and select the **Grant** button in the **Employees** section of the page.

### Step 1: Details

1. Confirm the **Employees** to which the **Certification** should be granted.
2. The date of the **Certification** will be set to current date and time but it can be edited.
3. Set if the **Employee** is a **Trainer** or **Trainee**.
4. The validity date is determined by the **Certification** validation date. However, if the **Employee** is set as **Trainee** the validation date is determined by: `Certification Date + Training Maximum Duration`.
5. Optionally enter a remark for the grant.
6. Select **Grant** to complete the operation.

!!! info
	If the **Certification** has the property **Notify list on changes** set to `true`, an email will be sent to the defined Distribution list.

!!! warning
	If a Validity Period is defined, it must be greater than the **Certification** Date.

![Grant Certification to Employee(s)][grant_certification_to_employees]

[grant_certification_to_employees]: images/grant_certification_to_employees.png