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Making Sure the Green Economy
Doesn’t Get a Black Eye
Setting Standards through Credentialing Programs




     Jack Werner
     Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Power
     Jackfwerner@aol.com
     December4-5, 2009
     Solar Energy Focus Conference: FALL 2009
Safeguards for the green economy
 Standards
 Credentialing programs
 Licensure
 Defining the green
 (jobs, products, companies, practices)
Value of Certification

  Protects the public
  Establishes standards for professional
  knowledge, skills and practice
  Assures consumers that professionals
  have met standards
  Advances the profession
Each credentialing scheme – whether
for people, products or services –
requires a defensible, balanced and
transparent assessment and set of
criteria, requirements and standards
First, some definitions…
 Credentialing - umbrella term that
 includes the concepts of accreditation,
 licensure, registration, and professional
 certification.
 Professional certification - voluntary
 process by which a non-governmental
 entity grants a time-limited recognition and
 use of a credential to an individual after
 verifying that he/she has met
 predetermined and standardized criteria.

  Source: The NOCA Guide to Understanding Credentialing Concepts, 2005
A curriculum-based certificate - issued
after an individual completes a course or
series of courses and passes an assessment
instrument. One-time look at an individual.
Accreditation - voluntary process by
which a nongovernmental agency grants a
time-limited recognition to an institution,
organization, business, or other entity after
verifying that it has met predetermined and
standardized criteria.
Setting Standards: The Task Analysis

  The task (or job) analysis is a formal
  process for determining what people do,
  under what working conditions they do it,
  what they must know to do it, and the skills
  they must have to do it.
  Tasks are classified as either cognitive or
  psychomotor skills.
  Skills are further categorized as Critical,
  Very Important, and Important for job
  performance.
Raising the bar for RE Installers
  North American Board of Certified
    Energy Practitioners (NABCEP)




   Offers third-party assessment of
     renewable energy practitioners
NABCEP’s TAs
PV Installer Task Analysis
  8 Main Tasks
  58 Subtasks
Solar Thermal Installer Task Analysis
  12 Main Tasks
  129 Subtasks
Small Wind Installer Task Analysis
  8 Main Tasks
  101 Subtasks

                   All available at www.nabcep.org
Professional Credentials

 Solar Electric (PV) Installer
 Certification
 Solar Thermal Installer Certification
 Small Wind Installer Certification –
 under development

 Entry Level PV Certificate of Knowledge
As a credentialing body, NABCEP sends
      a clear message to consumers,
  financers, and public officials that the
     Solar Industry stresses safe and
  quality services, consumer protection
       and ethical business practices
Practitioner             Training


While NABCEP certifies practitioners, it
   is the ISPQ process that accredits
     training programs and certifies
                instructors
While NABCEP certifies practitioners,
    ISP is applying an international
 framework of standards and metrics
 to ensure legitimacy of what’s being
          taught and by whom
Quality Assessment
         for
Training Programs &
     Instructors
The Institute for Sustainable Power
 (ISP) Quality International Standard
  offers a process of application and
 audit for accreditation of renewable
    energy training programs and
       certification of instructors
ISPQ International
 North America - Interstate Renewable
 Energy Council in US

 Europe – ISPQ Europe in UK

 Asia-Pacific - Global Sustainable Energy
 Solutions in Australia

 China – ISPQ office under development
ISPQ Assessment

  Ensures legitimacy of what’s being
  taught and by whom
  System of review and audit
  Provides a means to compare
  content, quality, and resources across
  a broad range of training
ISPQ Accreditation

 Sends signals to students, employers,
  and government officials that training
        standards have been met
Verifying content


         The ISPQ process uses an
 industry-approved Task Analysis to
   verify, compare and approve course
                 content
Setting Standards through Credentialing Programs
IREC is the North American Licensee for
      the ISPQ* International 01021
     Standard for Renewable Energy
   Training Accreditation and Instructor
          Certification Programs

     *ISPQ – Institute for Sustainable Power Quality Standard
IREC is responsible for the full ISPQ
accreditation and certification cycle in
NA including processing applications,
assigning registered auditors,
awarding the credential, and
maintaining all records of applicants,
candidates and certificants.    Award           Application




                                        Audit
5 ISPQ designations
1. Accreditation for Training Programs
2. Accreditation for Continuing
   Education Providers
3. Certification for Independent Master
   Trainers
4. Certification for Affiliated Master
   Trainers
5. Certification for Instructors
ISPQ designation offers


  The ISPQ mark         is a signal to
    students, employers, government
    officials and funding sources that
    standards for the curriculum, student
    services, and trainers have been met.
Resources from IREC
 Best Practices & Guidelines for Renewable
 Energy Training
 Occupational Profiles for the Solar Industry
 Index of Job Trends and Labor Forecasts
 Reports
              www.irecusa.org

 On-Line Training Catalog
    www.irecusa.org/trainingCatalog

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Setting Standards through Credentialing Programs

  • 1. Making Sure the Green Economy Doesn’t Get a Black Eye Setting Standards through Credentialing Programs Jack Werner Executive Director, Institute for Sustainable Power Jackfwerner@aol.com December4-5, 2009 Solar Energy Focus Conference: FALL 2009
  • 2. Safeguards for the green economy Standards Credentialing programs Licensure Defining the green (jobs, products, companies, practices)
  • 3. Value of Certification Protects the public Establishes standards for professional knowledge, skills and practice Assures consumers that professionals have met standards Advances the profession
  • 4. Each credentialing scheme – whether for people, products or services – requires a defensible, balanced and transparent assessment and set of criteria, requirements and standards
  • 5. First, some definitions… Credentialing - umbrella term that includes the concepts of accreditation, licensure, registration, and professional certification. Professional certification - voluntary process by which a non-governmental entity grants a time-limited recognition and use of a credential to an individual after verifying that he/she has met predetermined and standardized criteria. Source: The NOCA Guide to Understanding Credentialing Concepts, 2005
  • 6. A curriculum-based certificate - issued after an individual completes a course or series of courses and passes an assessment instrument. One-time look at an individual. Accreditation - voluntary process by which a nongovernmental agency grants a time-limited recognition to an institution, organization, business, or other entity after verifying that it has met predetermined and standardized criteria.
  • 7. Setting Standards: The Task Analysis The task (or job) analysis is a formal process for determining what people do, under what working conditions they do it, what they must know to do it, and the skills they must have to do it. Tasks are classified as either cognitive or psychomotor skills. Skills are further categorized as Critical, Very Important, and Important for job performance.
  • 8. Raising the bar for RE Installers North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) Offers third-party assessment of renewable energy practitioners
  • 9. NABCEP’s TAs PV Installer Task Analysis 8 Main Tasks 58 Subtasks Solar Thermal Installer Task Analysis 12 Main Tasks 129 Subtasks Small Wind Installer Task Analysis 8 Main Tasks 101 Subtasks All available at www.nabcep.org
  • 10. Professional Credentials Solar Electric (PV) Installer Certification Solar Thermal Installer Certification Small Wind Installer Certification – under development Entry Level PV Certificate of Knowledge
  • 11. As a credentialing body, NABCEP sends a clear message to consumers, financers, and public officials that the Solar Industry stresses safe and quality services, consumer protection and ethical business practices
  • 12. Practitioner Training While NABCEP certifies practitioners, it is the ISPQ process that accredits training programs and certifies instructors
  • 13. While NABCEP certifies practitioners, ISP is applying an international framework of standards and metrics to ensure legitimacy of what’s being taught and by whom
  • 14. Quality Assessment for Training Programs & Instructors
  • 15. The Institute for Sustainable Power (ISP) Quality International Standard offers a process of application and audit for accreditation of renewable energy training programs and certification of instructors
  • 16. ISPQ International North America - Interstate Renewable Energy Council in US Europe – ISPQ Europe in UK Asia-Pacific - Global Sustainable Energy Solutions in Australia China – ISPQ office under development
  • 17. ISPQ Assessment Ensures legitimacy of what’s being taught and by whom System of review and audit Provides a means to compare content, quality, and resources across a broad range of training
  • 18. ISPQ Accreditation Sends signals to students, employers, and government officials that training standards have been met
  • 19. Verifying content The ISPQ process uses an industry-approved Task Analysis to verify, compare and approve course content
  • 21. IREC is the North American Licensee for the ISPQ* International 01021 Standard for Renewable Energy Training Accreditation and Instructor Certification Programs *ISPQ – Institute for Sustainable Power Quality Standard
  • 22. IREC is responsible for the full ISPQ accreditation and certification cycle in NA including processing applications, assigning registered auditors, awarding the credential, and maintaining all records of applicants, candidates and certificants. Award Application Audit
  • 23. 5 ISPQ designations 1. Accreditation for Training Programs 2. Accreditation for Continuing Education Providers 3. Certification for Independent Master Trainers 4. Certification for Affiliated Master Trainers 5. Certification for Instructors
  • 24. ISPQ designation offers The ISPQ mark is a signal to students, employers, government officials and funding sources that standards for the curriculum, student services, and trainers have been met.
  • 25. Resources from IREC Best Practices & Guidelines for Renewable Energy Training Occupational Profiles for the Solar Industry Index of Job Trends and Labor Forecasts Reports www.irecusa.org On-Line Training Catalog www.irecusa.org/trainingCatalog