ACAC Accreditation
High Standards
In order to qualify for CESB or NCCA accreditation, a certification program must meet high standards of program operation:
• It must be administratively independent of other organizations in matters pertaining to certification;
• Its certifying body must consist of a majority of certified individuals;
• It must provide the public and consumers with an opportunity for input into its policies and decisions;
• It must follow strict rules for public disclosure of certification-related activities;
• It must follow strict rules for test development, evaluation and administration;
• It must enforce stringent eligibility requirements for all candidates, including (in the case of CESB accreditation) eight years of education and/or field experience for engineering- related designations and two to five years of education and/or field experience for engineering-technician designations. ACAC offers the only CESB and/or NCCA accredited designations dedicated to the field of indoor air quality. Though its board-awarded designations meet all these requirements and more, the same cannot be said of many other professional certification programs. Other organizations allow office staffers to grant certification in exchange for payment of fees and passing a simple examination based on a mandatory course with limited information. Field experience is rarely required, much less verified. As a result, "instant certifications" from such organizations are nearly worthless when challenged in court.
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