Transcript Training, Certification and Accreditation of workers

Training, Certification, and Accreditation:
An Overview
Kelly Cutchin & Jennifer Somers
NASCSP Annual Conference
September 13, 2012
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Objectives
• Provide an overview of accreditation and certification
initiatives
• Describe how grantees fit into this scheme
• Explain the options within accreditation and certification
• Introduce you to the resources available
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Guidelines for Home Energy
Professionals Project
Work Done Right
• The Standard Work Specifications:
Doing the work right
• Accreditation of Energy Efficiency Training Programs:
Training folks to do the work right
• Home Energy Professional Certifications:
Proving that you can do the work right
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Foundation of Success
Define the
Work
How Do We
Achieve Quality?
Verify the
Training
Certify the
Worker
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Let’s Talk Vocabulary
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Job Task Analysis
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National Home Energy Professional
Worker Certifications
Retrofit Installer
Technician
Energy
Auditor
Crew Leader
Quality Control
Inspector
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wip/certifications.html
Sign up for Updates: [email protected]
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IREC Accreditation – Many Options
Mobile
Training
IREC
Accreditation
(for training
centers)
Affiliate
Programs
Don’t need a bricks & mortar
site to achieve accreditation.
Auxiliary
Sites
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IREC Trainer Certification Options
Certified Independent
Instructor
Certified Independent
Master Trainer
Certified Affiliated
Master Trainer
• Work
w/accredited
center or
independent
master trainer
• 1280 Contact
hours
• Curricula meets
JTAs
• No relationship
with accredited
center required
• Responsible for
ensuring quality
of facilities
• 1280 Contact
hours
• Curricula meets
JTAs
• Policies/legal
status
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Certified Affiliated
Instructor
• Work
w/accredited
center or
independent
master trainer
• 470 Contact
hours
• No relationship
with accredited
center required
• Responsible for
facility quality,
admin/mgmt.
• 470 Contact
hours
• Curricula meets
JTAs
• Policies/legal
status
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Resources are available NOW to start
you down the path
Accreditation/Trainer
Certification
• 90% Application
Fee reimbursement
(Sept. 2013)
• Technical support
• Accreditation toolkit
• JTA-aligned
curricula freely
available
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Worker Certification
• Exams free for WAP
during pilot phase
($750 value per
student)
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Training Centers Offering
Certification Subsidy
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Extra Slides
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Resources for Accreditation
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Subsidy Program
The Weatherization Assistance Program is providing a subsidy to offset
Accreditation application expenses for qualified training programs.
Subsidy Process:
1. Must have a documented relationship with a WAP state or local
relationship
2. Must obtain a letter documenting the relationship and provide it
to the DOE project officer for the state
3. The DOE Project officer will verify the relationship
4. The WAP will issue a letter to the training program verifying its
qualification for the subsidy
5. The verification letter will be submitted by the applicant to IREC
with the application
Important!
Training Programs must apply for the subsidy at the time of application.
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Credential
Fee Due With
Application
Refundable if
Candidacy is
Cancelled Prior to
Desk Assessor
Assignment
Additional Fees
Annual Fees
Accredited Training
Program
$3,000, additional
Job Task Analyses
$1,000 each
$2500
On-Site Assessment
Travel Costs
$500
Certified
Independent Master
Trainer
$3,000, additional
Job Task Analyses
$1,000 each
$2500
On-Site Assessment
Travel Costs
$350
Certified Affiliated
Master Trainer
$500, additional
applicants $400 each
Not Refundable
**
$100
Certified
Independent
Instructor
$750, additional Job
Task Analyses $500
each
$250
**
$350
Certified Affiliated
Instructor
$500, additional
applicants $400 each
Not Refundable
**
$100
Course Additions to
Existing Accredited
Training Program
$350
Not Refundable
**
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Accreditation of Training Programs
Administered by the
Interstate Renewable
Energy Council
Qualified Instructors
High Quality Facilities
Complete Curriculum
Based on the JTA
Props/Tools
Policies and Procedures
***Voluntary, third-party assessment of training provider quality
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National Home Energy Professional
Certification Pilot
• BPI will be administering a pilot program to establish
passing scores for the 4 new certification exams
• All participants who pass the exam will receive
certification
• 200 participants are needed to take both the written and
field exam per certification. 800 total participants
• The pilot period will begin June 18th, 2012 and continue
throughout the summer
• The anticipated national roll out for the certifications is
late Fall 2012
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Resources for Certification
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Weatherization Training Center
Certification Subsidy
• The Weatherization Assistance Program has set aside
funding to reimburse eligible WTC for the fees associated
with certifying individual workers
• Eligibility will be determined by a WTC’s status as a
training program providing services to the WAP network
• WTC must commit to becoming accredited by IREC as an
energy efficiency training program. The deadline to submit
an application to IREC is December 31st, 2012
• Once IREC accepts the application, the WTC will be issued
a reimbursement payment for the certification exams that
were administered under the pilot
• The total amount for exam reimbursement will be
250/written and 500/field
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30 Years of Technical Expertise
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Define the Work
Standard Work Specifications
For Home Energy Upgrades
Define the
Work
Verify the
Training
Certify the
Worker
A National Baseline for Work Quality
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Standard Work Specifications
The Objective defines the
required outcomes of the work.
The Specification defines
the minimum level of action
required to meet the Objective.
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The SWS and the Retrofit Process
SWS can be used as a menu
of available measures to be
called for on the work order
Data
Gathering
Systematic
inspection of all
building systems
via a prescribed
protocol
Analysis &
Work Order
Analysis of data
for energy savings
opportunity, cost
effectiveness and
health and safety
concerns
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SWS define the outcomes and
minimum quality standards
of the installed work
Work
Installation of
measures called
for in the work
order
Inspection/
Reporting
Post installation
verification that work
has been ordered and
completed to national
standards
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Once we know what the work is…
…we can figure out what a worker
needs to know to do the job right
Knowledge,
Skills, Abilities
Job Task
Analysis
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Job Task Analysis
Job Task Analyses establish the foundation upon
which strong training and certifications are built
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Identifies and inventories a job’s critical tasks.
•
Formal process for determining and cataloguing what
a worker does (what tasks).
•
Skills are classified as either cognitive (mental) or
psychomotor (physical); level of criticality is also
assessed.
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Example: Energy Auditor needs to be able to:
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Set up blower door
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Run test in accordance with ASTM E779
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Record results of blower door test in diagnostic
software, etc….
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Essential KSAs
• Identify the minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities that
workers should possess to perform high-quality work
• Each Job Task has a corresponding set of essential KSAs
• Examples:
– Demonstrate ability to blow insulation at appropriate air pressure and
material quantity…
– Demonstrate ability to prioritize air sealing measures to inhibit moisture
migration…
– Demonstrate knowledge of basic building science, including aligning
barriers, stack effect, moisture transfer…
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Verify the Training
The Accreditation of Energy
Efficiency Training Programs
Define the
Work
Verify the
Training
Certify the
Worker
A national, 3rd party assessment of
energy efficiency training programs
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Certify the Worker
National Home Energy
Professional Certification
Define the
Work
Verify the
Training
Certify the
Worker
A national, job oriented certification
program for the four most common
residential energy efficiency jobs
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Building the Future: Market Expansion
Multifamily
Job Task
Analyses
(JTAs)
Private Market
Integration
Consistent,
Quality Work
Knowledge,
Skills & Abilities
(KSAs)
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Market
Expansion
Healthy Homes
Federal Partners
National
Evaluation
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Jennifer Somers
Senior Policy Advisor
Team Lead for Training and Technical Assistance
Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program
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Josh Olsen
Policy Advisor
Training and Technical Assistance Specialist
Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program
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