For employers
How to read an Emeri credential.
A candidate has likely sent you a link that looks like emeri.org/v/their-name. This page explains what that link shows, what the grade on it means, and why you can take both at face value. Reading it takes about two minutes; verifying a credential takes about ten seconds.
Verification needs no account
Open the link. That is the whole procedure — no sign-up, no login, no request to us. The page is rendered live from the Emeri registry on every load, so what you see is the credential’s status at this moment, not a snapshot. If a credential has been revoked, the page says so in place of the badge. And if you scanned the QR code on a badge image, the scan is checked cryptographically against the registry record — a forged or altered badge fails that check, visibly.
What the page shows
- The grade
- The band awarded, E1 to E4, with the assessment date. Every certified grade cleared the exam’s pass bar — sittings that fell below it received no credential at all.
- Two reference points
- A percentile among all Emeri-certified professionals, recalculated as the field grows, and a clearly-labelled estimate of standing across the broader professional workforce.
- A six-competency profile
- How the candidate performed on each competency the standard measures — from instructing AI well to checking its output — so you can see the shape of their skill, not just its level.
- The examiner’s note
- A short written account of what this candidate’s work actually demonstrated, generated from their own exam answers — never from a template.
- A serial and issue date
- Every credential bears a serial that is a permanent matter of record. Revoked credentials say so, prominently, in place of the badge.
What the bands mean
Every Emeri grade is a band from E1 to E4. Bands describe behaviour — what someone at that level actually does with AI at work — and the scale is deliberately narrow so each step means something. E1 is an earned credential, not a consolation — a sitting that fails to demonstrate even foundational competence receives no band at all.
E1 · Foundational
Can get useful results from AI on familiar tasks with clear instructions, but leans on it without always checking the work. Foundational, and a real starting point.
E2 · Proficient
Works with AI reliably across everyday tasks — asks well, catches obvious errors, and produces work that stands on its own. The proficient professional standard.
E3 · Distinguished
Uses AI with judgement and range: combines tools, handles ambiguity, verifies what matters, and delivers work that raises the bar. Distinguished.
E4 · Exceptional
Sets the standard others learn from. Fluent across every competency, deliberate about where AI helps and where it does not, and consistently excellent under pressure. Exceptional.
Why the grade is worth believing
Certification is a single examined sitting: one attempt per purchase, questions drawn fresh from larger pools, and free-response scenarios graded against rubrics written by people and applied identically to every candidate. A grade cannot be retaken on the same payment to fish for a higher band. The full grading method — including the pass bar and what happens below it — is published on our methodology page, and the standard itself is described on its own page.
What a grade does not claim
An Emeri credential attests to one thing: how capably this person worked with AI, on the date they were assessed, against a published standard that is the same for everyone. It is not a measure of their domain expertise, their overall job performance, or their fitness for your particular role — those judgements remain yours. We would rather the credential mean one thing clearly than many things vaguely.
If your team is hiring for AI proficiency
You may ask candidates for an Emeri verification link the same way you would ask for any credential, and The Vanguard — our public registry — lists certified professionals who have chosen to be listed. If you are considering certifying a team, the security page covers what a procurement review typically needs, and a person answers every question we are sent.