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A National Standard for Specialized and Continuing Education: Solving the Operator Shortage
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2008.tb08132.x
Subject(s) - certification , economic shortage , continuing education , workforce , reciprocity (cultural anthropology) , process (computing) , political science , computer science , medical education , medicine , psychology , law , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , social psychology , operating system
This article discusses the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), and the set of standards it has developed for those who provide continuing education (CE) and training for water treatment and water distribution operators. The importance of simplifying the process of certification reciprocity among states is stressed, along with filling the current shortage of trained, certified operators that will only get worse with the retirement of the Baby Boomers. The AWWA Workforce Strategies Committee is exploring many innovative solutions to the shortage of certified operators. Identifying and meeting national standards for water‐related CE and training is an important first step in solving this problem.