AIHA Registry Programs

What we are…Where we’ve been…What we might be…

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REGISTRY WAY-BACK MACHINE:ANY QUESTIONS?© 2015. AIHA. All rights reserved.

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Certification Assessment-Based Certificate

Purpose is assessment Purpose is development

Assessment measures knowledge, skills, or capability against predetermines standards

Assessment measures retention of learning objectives

Assessment is independent of course of study

Assessment is based on course of study

Scopes is based on the results of a job task or cognitive analysis

Scope is limited to curriculum

It is time limited; required recertification

It is not time limited. When the content is outdated, usually a new certificate is required

Generally requires a commitment to a code of ethics

Has no ethics requirement

Typically professional experience is required

Experience is not always required.

CERTIFICATION VS. CERTIFICATE

Adapted from: Hale, Judith. Performance-based Certification: How to Design a Valid, Defensible, Cost-effective Program. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, 2000.

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EDA• BoK to be revised

• Need for education and assessment to meet DOE requirements

• AIHA educational offerings

• Target: SECPs

4-Gas/PID• Revised BoK

• No market driver for registry

• Partnering on education

• Target: field users

SDS andLabel Authoring• BoK to be revised to

include reviewers

• No professional certifications in this area

• Education offered by many

• Target: professionals

IAQ• Joint AIHA/IAQA BoK

completed

• Existing credentials in this area; AIHA/ IAQA MOU to investigate if any credential gap

• Education offered by many

• Target: TBD

…WHERE MIGHT WE GOLooking for Board input on…

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Exposure Decision Analysis• BoK being

revised• Need for

education and assessment to meet DOE requirements

• AIHA educational offerings

• Target: SECPs

Aspects• Purpose is

development• Assessment

measures retention of learning objectives

• Assessment is based on course of study

• Has no ethics requirement

• Experience is not required

Assessment- Based

Certificate Program

• 2 – 3 year validity period

• Certificate not renewed but earned through re-education and re-assessment

• To be aligned with Body of knowledge Level 1

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Field Use of Multigas Meters(formerly 4-Gas/PID)• Revised BoK• No market

driver for registry

• Partnering on education

• Target: field users

Aspects• Purpose is

development• Assessment

measures retention of learning objectives

• Assessment is based on course of study

• Has no ethics requirement

• Experience is not required

Assessment- Based

Certificate Program

• 2 – 3 year validity period

• Certificate not renewed but earned through re-education and re-assessment

• To be aligned with Body of Knowledge Specialist Level

• In partnership with instrument manufacturers

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SDS andLabel Authoring• BoK to be

revised to include reviewers

• No professional certifications in this area

• Education offered by many

• Target: professionals

Aspects• Purpose is

assessment• Measures

knowledge, skills, against predetermined standards

• Independent of course of study

• Based on job analysis

• Time limited• Professional

experience required

Registry

• 5 year validity period

• Recertification through exam or continuing education

• Aligned with revised Body of Knowledge Specialist Level

• Allow use of insignia or acronym for designation