Welcome to the 2025 Recertification Resources! Congratulations on your decision to renew your commitment to your professionalism. You’ll find everything you need to complete your exam here.
The exam questions are based on the Article Booklet authored by leading experts from both inside and outside the jewelry industry. This includes content from Spectra magazine, and other relevant industry updates. The recertification is an open-book exam with no time limit once you begin. A passing score is 75% or higher. The course is assigned to your individual account. Please use the login credentials provided in the recertification communications you received, or click here to reset your credentials.
New this year: We’ve extended the exam window to give you more time and flexibility to complete it on your schedule. With this expanded timeframe, no additional extensions will be offered. The deadline to complete the exam is September 22, 2025.
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Please enjoy this special message from Kevin Mays, CGA, JEA, Chair of the American Gem Society’s Education Committee.
Please click on the links below to download the Recertification Article Booklet and Exam Questions PDFs. All titles and designations have the same documents.
Look for your title or designation logo at the top of each article to identify if it is required reading for your exam. The exam questionnaire marks where to stop depending on your title or designation.
Once you have passed your recertification exam, share this significant achievement with your clients and community! You’re not only demonstrating your expertise, but you are also setting your business apart and leveraging your AGS membership to attract and retain clients and ultimately increase sales.
Here are five ways you can promote your credentials:
1 – Display it. Frame your 2025 Certificate of Achievement and place it somewhere visible, like a high-traffic area in your business. When clients notice it, you’ll have the perfect opportunity to explain what it represents and why it matters to them.
2 – Don’t forget your designee or titleholder logo. Download your logo here and add it to your website, email signature, business cards, letterhead, and social media—anywhere you know clients and colleagues will see it!
3 – Download your Digital Badge. Once you’ve completed the exam, you’ll receive an email from us indicating that your 2025 recertification digital badge is available for download. A digital badge is a graphical icon that indicates your credentials and accomplishments, and is displayed, accessed, and verified online. The badges can be added to your email signature, website, or social media. Go to ags.org/digitalbadging to learn more!
4 – Submit a notification to your local business publication. Click here to download and personalize the “AGS Recertification Completion Press Release” to send to local press and share with your clients.
Some of these publications provide an online submission form for readers to submit short notices sharing news of promotions, credentials, and other related updates. Here’s a sample template you can use for these purposes. Just copy, paste, and fill in the fields where indicated by brackets:
Sample notice:
[Your Name] with [Your Business] in [City] has been [fill in certified OR recertified] as a member of the American Gem Society (AGS) and has retained the title of [fill in title].
Successful completion of an annual recertification exam is required to maintain membership in the Society, a trade organization founded in 1934 and dedicated to proven ethics, knowledge, and consumer protection within the jewelry industry. The exam completed by [Your Name] covered questions relevant to gemology, the jewelry industry, and ethics, and were designed to ensure that its members have the most current information needed to provide clients with accurate and knowledgeable service.
To learn more, visit americangemsociety.org.
5 – Share your achievement on social media. We’ve seen members promote their credentials in creative ways. Snap a photo of your printed certificate and ask your audience: “Do you know why this piece of paper is so important?” If you’re included onin the Recertification Honor Roll, let everyone know! We’ve written social media-ready posts you can copy and share. Click here to access the Content Portal. You may be prompted to log in.
How have you promoted your credentials? Join our members-only Facebook group and share your ideas. If you need assistance with the downloads or templates, contact Marketing at [email protected].
For titleholders and designees that pass the recertification exam with a score of 100% on their first attempt, we recognize this terrific achievement by placing them on the Recertification Exam Honor Roll!
Those who are on the Honor Roll will receive:
Purchasing a printed version of the recertification exam allows you to take the exam in writing and submit it by mail.
In the mailing, you will receive:
Please note: We will mail the recertification exam packet to you via USPS within seven business days of receiving payment.
The recertification exam must be received by the AGS offices by the due date of September 22, 2025. Please make sure to mail your exam with enough time for mailing handling and transport.
The American Gem Society (AGS) will send an email and letter to the addresses we have listed for you. In addition, we will continue to communicate with you throughout the recertification period. Please contact us if you have not received a notification about your recertification exam by June 30, 2025.
You can download the articles as a PDF by clicking here.
To take the exam, click here to log in to AGS PRO. View a helpful video tutorial here to guide you through the process.
You’ll first find the recertification exam in the “My Enrollments,” accessed from the top horizontal menu of your AGS PRO dashboard. Once accessed, it will be under “My Courses” of your AGS PRO dashboard.
You may be logged into your firm’s account instead of your individual account. Please use the login credentials provided in the recertification communications you received, or click here to reset your credentials.
Did you recently earn your title? Titles earned on or after December 1, 2024, do not need to take the 2025 recertification. Instead, you’ll take your first recertification in 2026. If you still don’t see the exam, contact us.
Our team has created a video tutorial for you! Please click here to watch.
Titleholders and designees associated with member firms are billed an annual recertification fee at the launch of the recertification period. Invoices are billed to the firm once the recertification period opens. This ensures your firm only supports titleholders and designees who are qualified to carry their credentials upon completing their recertification exam.
If payment for the recertification fee invoice is not received within the 62-day grace period, the individual’s title or designation may not be renewed.
We understand that focusing on your business is your priority. Our hope is that the current timeframe allows you enough time to complete the recertification exam. If you cannot complete the exam, it may result in the non-renewal of your title, which may affect milestones and your firm’s membership status.
If you have an emergency or a medical reason that won’t allow you to complete the recertification exam during that time, please contact us by August 11, 2025, to discuss an alternate timeline.
Individuals are able to reinstate their titles as outlined in the AGS Membership Manual, “Reinstatement of Titles.” However, this may require additional education to be completed, including the AGS Way Course, previous outstanding recertification exams, and additional fees. When a firm member loses its last titleholder, it will have two (2) years to employ a titleholder. If the firm is unable to complete this, it may result in the loss of membership.
You will have to reinstate your title as outlined in the AGS Membership Manual, “Reinstatement of Titles.” This may require additional education to be completed, including the AGS Way Course, previous outstanding recertification exams, and additional fees. Contact us when you’re ready to reinstate!
The recertification exam is open-book, so you can reference the articles provided. If you don’t pass the first time, you may retake it before the deadline. The passing score is 75% or better.
Yes, recertification of your AGS title or designation is what sets it apart as a true professional credential! The recertification exam is also an excellent resource for ongoing professional development.
All active AGS titleholders and designees who have earned their title or designation before December 1, 2024, are required to recertify.
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