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alias: user-guide-grant-employeescertification
description: "This documentation outlines the process for granting certifications to employees with specific conditions"
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# Grant Certification to Employee

: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 one or more **Certifications** to a specific **Employee**, open the page of the **Employee**, navigate to the **Certifications** section of the page, select the **Certification** to be granted, and select the **Grant** button.

### Step 1: Details

1. Confirm the **Certification** to be granted to the **Employee**.
2. The **Planned Date** will be set but it can be edited.
3. Select the **Certification Date**, which can be before or after the **Planned Date**.
4. Set if the **Employee** is a **Trainer** or **Trainee**.
5. 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`.
6. Optionally enter a remark for the grant.
7. 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][grant_certification_to_employee]

[grant_certification_to_employee]: images/grant_certification_to_employee.png