Electronics Lifecycle Care Institute

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Ten schools, one profession

Sixty-five courses and about 3,050 contact hours follow a device around its whole life — from the drawing board to the return of its metals. Every course sits on one five-level ladder, so learners move between schools without starting again.

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The ten schools

Follow the device around its lifecycle

1DesignDesign for Life and RepairabilityDesign equipment and specifications that can be diagnosed, repaired, upgraded, remanufactured and recovered.DFR · 5 courses · 248 hours 2Market entryType Approval for Circular EconomyVerify by measurement that new, refurbished and second-hand equipment is safe, compliant and not disguised waste.TAC · 5 courses · 304 hours 3In serviceCalibration, Health Checks and MaintenanceKeep equipment and the instruments that test it healthy, accurate and reliable.CHM · 5 courses · 264 hours 4RestoreRepair, Refurbishment and ReuseReturn faulty equipment to service and assure the quality of every repair.RRR · 17 courses · 800 hours 5Renew and harvestRemanufacture and Component RecoveryRemanufacture modules to an as-new standard and recover verified components.RCR · 5 courses · 248 hours 6RecoverRecyclingDepollute safely and turn what cannot be kept into clean, accountable material streams.REC · 5 courses · 256 hours 7Return materialsUrban MiningMeasure, sample and recover the metals of the Third Mine responsibly.UMN · 5 courses · 288 hours 8Measure and proveCircularity and ESGMeasure material flows, circularity and avoided emissions, and report them credibly.ESG · 7 courses · 280 hours 9EnableFinance, Policy, Standards and ResearchFinance, regulate, standardise and research lifecycle care.FPS · 6 courses · 208 hours 10Hand overEnd of LifeDecommission safely, destroy data with proof, keep custody and hand over to licensed routes.EOL · 5 courses · 152 hours

Schools 8 and 9 run across the whole lifecycle: one measures and proves circularity, the other finances, regulates, standardises and researches it.

Certification framework

One ladder for every school

LevelNameWho it is forTypical lengthCredential
AAwarenessAnyone: asset owners, officials, students, informal repairers8–16 hCertificate of attendance
1PractitionerHands-on staff carrying out defined tasks safely and to procedure40–64 h + workplace evidenceELCI Practitioner Certificate
2SpecialistExperienced staff who diagnose, test, assess and decide56–80 h + workplace evidenceELCI Specialist Certificate
3Expert / EngineerEngineers who design, qualify processes and lead technical work80–120 h + capstoneELCI Expert Certificate
4LeaderManagers, regulators and executives who set strategy and govern24–56 h + strategy projectELCI Leadership Certificate
  • Credits. 1 ELCI credit = 10 notional learning hours, stacking towards professional designations.
  • Assessment. Written exam (80% overall, 100% on safety and ethics), observed practical with critical items, and workplace evidence or a project.
  • Validity. Certificates last 24 months and are renewed with 20 hours of CPD a year, logged practice and a refresher assessment.
  • Recognition of prior learning. Experienced people, including self-taught repairers, can be assessed directly.
  • Public register. Every certificate can be checked at Verify a certificate.
  • Aligned, honestly. ELCI certificates are competency certificates aligned to international standards — not IPC, ISO or accreditation-body credentials.

Professional designations

Courses stack into a profession

CLCT

Certified Lifecycle Care Technician

ELCT-D, plus a sector specialisation or CHM-1, plus 12 months' logged practice.

CLCS

Certified Lifecycle Care Specialist

Two Level 2 certificates from different schools, one of them QA-1 or ECM-1 or higher, plus 2 years' practice.

CLCE

Certified Lifecycle Care Engineer

One Level 3 certificate and two Level 2 certificates from other schools, a portfolio review and 3 years' practice.

FELCI

Fellow of ELCI

CLCE or equivalent, a Level 4 certificate or the Research Fellowship, 10 years' contribution and peer nomination.

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Programme hours

Contact hours by school

Contact hours only. Workplace evidence, capstone projects and the research fellowship are additional.