The Guide to National Professional Certification Programs, 2nd Edition - Hardcover

Barnhart, Phillip A.

9780849399602: The Guide to National Professional Certification Programs, 2nd Edition

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849399602 ISBN 13: 9780849399602

Publisher: CRC Press, 1997

Companies use professional certification to recruit and train employees. This guide examines more than 600 certification programmes in the areas of business and finance, insurance and personal finance, real estate and property, engineering and science, trade and technical, and medical and fitness. The work features a description of each programme, including the sponsoring agency; and requirements, including examinations, membership costs, certification and re-certification data.

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From Booklist:

Here's the perfect complement to Gale's Professional and Occupational Licensing Directory [RBB D 15 93], which describes state and federal licensing, registration, and certification requirements. This new Guide to National Professional Certification Programs provides information about voluntary certification in various occupations.

In times when mobility makes it difficult for employers to observe a person's development or expertise, certification by an impartial, third party using objective measures can be useful. Technological change requires continued growth and development in many occupations; different levels of certification allow equitable rankings within a field and provide incentive for further progress.

This guide is arranged first by industry (such as Hospitality and Travel) and then by job title (catering executive, culinary educator, hotel supplier, etc.). Each entry includes the sponsoring organization, program data (number of members, number certified, approximate cost of certification), program description (experience, courses, points system, etc.), examinations required, and recertification information. The first appendix indexes certifications by designations (i.e., the letters that certified people can put after their names). The second appendix is arranged by sponsoring organization.

Broad fields include Business and Management, Insurance and Personal Finance, Real Estate and Property, Engineering and Science, Trade and Technical, and Medical and Fitness. The latter encompasses aerobics instructor, laboratory equipment specialist, and nursing home administrator--but no information is provided in the fields of mental health or alternative medical practice, and physician certification boards are not included. This is not an oversight. Some certification programs did not respond to the questionnaire, while other areas were either "too specialized" or "lacked agreement within the community."

Most certification programs exist where there is no governmental regulation. They are guilds with a new twist, quality control rather than numbers control. Individuals seeking portable credentials that will be recognized wherever they go and employers searching for relatively objective criteria for developing job descriptions and for evaluating potential hires should find this directory useful.

From Library Journal:

Unlike the Profession and Occupational Licensing Directory (LJ 11/15/93), which lists government-issued licenses required to practice various occupations, this unique directory covers about 550 voluntary certification programs sponsored by national professional or trade associations. The use of "professional" in the title is misleading because, for example, credentials for auctioneers and cooks are included while those for attorneys and social workers are not. Arranged by subject, entries identify sponsors; describe program requirements, including fees and exams; and indicate whether recertification is needed. Unfortunately, insufficient care was taken in proofing this book, which contains many typographical errors, and although there are two appendixes-one listing programs by title or abbreviation and the other listing sponsors alphabetically-a good index is lacking. Not recommended in its present form.
Leonard Grundt, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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