The Effectiveness of The Amil Zakat Certification in Increasing Amil Competence at BAZNAS Cilacap Regency

Many zakat amils who work in zakat management institutions have different educational backgrounds, experiences, and knowledge as well as understandings regarding good and correct zakat management schemes. Therefore, to create standardization of the same zakat management capabilities in each zakat management institution, the amil zakat certification is one of the right ways to go towards this. Amil zakat certification is formulated to create amil to have superior and tested work competence, to create effectiveness and efficiency in managing zakat. At BAZNAS Cilacap Regency itself, there are at least two amil who have participated in the amil zakat certification and are declared competent. For this reason, the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the amil zakat certification in increasing amil competence at BAZNAS Cilacap Regency. This research uses a type of qualitative research with a field survey approach, where in this study the researcher intends to describe and describe what events or problems are following what is obtained in the field, namely BAZNAS Cilacap Regency, whether the data is in the form of written or oral words from the informants as well as other supporting data. In data collection techniques, the authors use observation, interviews, and documentation. Meanwhile, in data analysis techniques, the authors use data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions or data verification. As well as data validity techniques, the authors use triangulation and member checks. The results of the study show that the effectiveness of the amil zakat certification in increasing amil competence at BAZNAS Cilacap Regency, in general can be said to be quite effective. This is due to positive progress in improving the quality of the work competence of amil after they have been certified. In addition, supporting material as well as concrete evidence of increasing competence can be found by looking at the data on the number of muzaki and mustahik, the number of zakat, infaq, and alms beneficiaries, as well as the acquisition and distribution of zakat, infaq, and alms, which in general also continued to increase when two amil at BAZNAS Cilacap Regency had carried out certification and were declared competent.