The Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) has announced the Jon Siemen Memorial Scholarship Program to help industry professionals in attaining BPI certification. The scholarship has been developed to honor Jon Siemen, BPI technical relations representative, who passed away in March 2015.
The Employment Ready Certification program is a series of discipline-specific examinations that have been used for more than a decade by educational programs to prove entry-level technicians possess the core knowledge of HVACR system theory, function, application, components, and troubleshooting ability that is required for success when entering the workforce.
North American Technician Excellence (NATE), in partnership with Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES), is offering NATE certification testing at the 76th RSES Conference & HVACR Technology Expo in conjunction with the EKA 50th Annual Conference.
North American Technician Excellence (NATE), in partnership with APR Supply Co., is offering NATE certification testing in Philadelphia on Sept. 17, 2013, at 1 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Room 123.
Design and construction of Metro Tech’s latest building, a 54,000-square-foot facility housing its Metro Career Academy (MCA) for at-risk high school students, incorporated a host of sustainable building and renewable energy aspects that resulted in becoming a LEED-certified CareerTech building by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Having passed many certification tests and proctored many others, I have found faults in the tests used to verify a person’s skills. Certification can be a way to prove competency, but only if our certifying tests are held to a higher standard.
Delmar, part of Cengage Learning, and DEWALT® have announced the release of the DEWALT Contractor’s Exam Preparation (CEP) portal, an online resource containing web-based courses to help construction professionals prepare for certification and licensing exams.
Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) has extended its application deadline for candidates wishing to take BPI’s pilot Home Energy Professional (HEP) certification exams.