External credentials & professional standards

Globally Recognised Credentials. Professionally Relevant Programs.

ICBI programs combine professional education with external credentials, specialist curriculum and industry recognition from established international and national bodies.

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Professional learning backed by external credibilityDifferent ICBI programs carry different credential pathways, aligned to the profession and learning route you choose.
Credentials & industry recognition

The External Bodies Behind ICBI Programs

Not every ICBI program carries the same credential. The relationship and credential depend on the professional pathway you choose.

International certification

A global skills development organisation with a legacy dating to 1878. City & Guilds provides internationally recognised qualifications and certifications across vocational and professional learning.

Curriculum partner

Founded by Judith Rasband, one of the senior-most Image Consultants globally. ICBI uses and builds on Conselle's Image Management curriculum for applicable programs.

Industry awarding body

A retail-sector skill council recognised as an awarding body and focused on industry-relevant education, skilling and professional standards for retail and its subsectors.

What applies to your program?

Credentials by Program

A simple view of the external credentials associated with each professional pathway.

Program
Conselle
City & Guilds
RASCI
Image Consulting Program
✓ Included
✓ Included
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Soft Skills Trainer Program
-
✓ Included
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In-Store Styling & Personal Shopping Program
✓ Included
Optional
✓ Included

City & Guilds is an optional credential for the In-Store Styling & Personal Shopping Program.

Know the organisations

What Each Association Brings

A closer look at the organisations behind the external credentials and curriculum relationships.

United Kingdom
City & Guilds

Global skills development organisation

International Skills & Certification Standards

City & Guilds has a legacy dating back to 1878 and operates internationally across vocational education and skills development. Applicable ICBI programs follow the required learning and assessment route for the relevant City & Guilds credential.

Verifiable City & Guilds digital credential available to eligible ICBI learners

A Verifiable Digital Credential

Along with the City & Guilds certification, successful learners receive a digital credential that can be shared across professional and social platforms. The credential can be clicked and independently verified online, allowing employers, clients and professional connections to authenticate the achievement directly.

✓ Shareable & independently verifiable
At ICBI: Applicable to the Image Consulting Program and Soft Skills Trainer Program, and available optionally with the In-Store Styling & Personal Shopping Program.
United States
Conselle Institute of Image Management

Image Management curriculum partner

Decades of Image Management Expertise

Conselle Institute of Image Management is the organisation founded by Judith Rasband. ICBI uses and builds on Conselle's Image Management curriculum in applicable programs, bringing established Image Management principles into structured professional learning.

Judith Rasband, Founder of Conselle Institute of Image Management.
The Expert Behind Conselle

Judith Rasband

Founder, Conselle - CEO & Director, Conselle Institute of Image Management

Judith Rasband is an international authority on Image Consulting and Image Management and a Certified Image Master (CIM). With decades of experience as an educator, author, speaker, consultant and stylist, she has contributed extensively to the professional development of the field. Her Core Competencies in Image Management Careers have been adopted by the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI).

At ICBI: Conselle's Image Management curriculum applies to the Image Consulting Program and In-Store Styling & Personal Shopping Program.
India - Retail Sector
RASCI

Retail-sector awarding and certification body

Industry Relevance for Retail Skills

RASCI is a Section 25, not-for-profit Company, set up and funded by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MoSDE, Government of India), recognized by the National Council of Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) as an awarding body, and supported by retail industry leaders and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to function as the apex skill development, standard-setting, and awarding/certifying body for short-term and long-term education and skilling initiatives across academic and vocational institutions for the retail industry and its subsectors.

At ICBI: Applicable to the In-Store Styling & Personal Shopping Program.
Why external credentials matter

More Than a Logo on a Certificate

The value lies in combining ICBI's learning ecosystem with independent standards, specialist curriculum and industry relevance.

01
External Credibility

Credentials from established external bodies add an independent layer of professional credibility.

02
Structured Standards

Learning and assessment are aligned to defined requirements rather than being based only on participation.

03
Specialist Expertise

Conselle brings deep Image Management curriculum expertise to the pathways where it applies.

04
Industry Relevance

RASCI adds retail-sector relevance to the In-Store Styling & Personal Shopping pathway.

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