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Training, Certification, and Accreditation: An Overview
NASCSP Annual ConferenceSeptember 13, 2012
Kelly Cutchin & Jennifer Somers
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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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• 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
Work Done Right
Guidelines for Home Energy Professionals Project
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Define the Work
Verify the Training
Certify the Worker
Foundation of Success
How Do We Achieve Quality?
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Let’s Talk Vocabulary
• Training Centers Apply• Based on training to JTAs of given
worker categoryIREC Accreditation
• Trainers apply• Can be included with Training
Center application
IREC Trainer Certification
• Workers apply• 4 Job categories, built on JTAs
National Home Energy
Professional (HEP) Worker Certification
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National Home Energy ProfessionalWorker Certifications
Retrofit InstallerTechnicia
n
EnergyAuditor
Crew Leader
Quality Control
InspectorSign up for Updates: [email protected]
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wip/certifications.html
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IREC Accreditation – Many Options
IREC Accreditation (for training
centers)
Mobile Training
Affiliate Programs
Auxiliary Sites
Don’t need a bricks & mortar site to achieve accreditation.
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IREC Trainer Certification Options
Certified Affiliated Master Trainer
• Work w/accredited center or independent master trainer
• 1280 Contact hours
• Curricula meets JTAs
Certified Independent Master Trainer
• No relationship with accredited center required
• Responsible for ensuring quality of facilities
• 1280 Contact hours
• Curricula meets JTAs
• Policies/legal status
Certified Affiliated Instructor
• Work w/accredited center or independent master trainer
• 470 Contact hours
Certified Independent Instructor
• 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
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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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.
Subsidy Program
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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 RenewableEnergy 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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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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Standard Work SpecificationsFor Home Energy Upgrades
Define the Work
A National Baseline for Work Quality
Define the Work
Verify the Training
Certify the Worker
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Standard Work Specifications
The Specification defines the minimum level of action
required to meet the Objective.
The Objective defines the required outcomes of the work.
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The SWS and the Retrofit Process
SWS can be used as a menuof available measures to becalled for on the work order
SWS define the outcomes and minimum quality standards
of the installed work
Data Gathering
Analysis & Work Order
Analysis of data for energy savings opportunity, cost effectiveness and health and safety concerns
Systematic inspection of all building systems via a prescribed protocol
WorkInspection/ Reporting
Installation of measures called for in the work order
Post installation verification that work has been ordered and completed to national standards
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…we can figure out what a worker needs to know to do the job right
Once we know what the work is…
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Job Task Analysis
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Job Task Analysis
• 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.
• Example: Energy Auditor needs to be able to:
• Set up blower door
• Run test in accordance with ASTM E779
• Record results of blower door test in diagnostic software, etc….
Job Task Analyses establish the foundation upon which strong training and certifications are built
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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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The Accreditation of Energy Efficiency Training Programs
Verify the Training
Define the Work
Verify the Training
Certify the Worker
A national, 3rd party assessment of energy efficiency training programs
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National Home EnergyProfessional Certification
Certify the Worker
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
Consistent, Quality Work
MultifamilyJob TaskAnalyses
(JTAs)
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
(KSAs)
Market Expansion
Private Market Integration
Healthy Homes
Federal Partners
National Evaluation
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Jennifer SomersSenior Policy Advisor
Team Lead for Training and Technical Assistance
Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program
Josh OlsenPolicy Advisor
Training and Technical Assistance SpecialistOffice of Weatherization and
Intergovernmental [email protected]