American Council for Accredited Certification (ACAC) approved our mold courses today

[Nick Gromicko]

http://www.nachi.org/acac-approved-mold-courses.htm

[James E. Braun, CMI]

Great! So I take it that ACAC will still be allowed to break the CMI copyright. I am glad you got things worked out.

[Nick Gromicko]

No. Taking a course doesn't allow one to circumvent Federal Trademark law.

[Douglas Wall]

I think this is great, should allow for some cheap continuing education credits. Florida will (does) require 14 hours and ACAC requires 40hours continuing professional development.

I have said several times that the NACHI mold courses are great now they are recognized by the only mold certifications we care about having in Florida. "DBPR has chosen ACAC to provide the license examinations required by Chapter 468"
Good work NACHI.

Council-certified Indoor Environmental Consultant (CIEC)
Required: 8 years experience consulting on indoor environmental issues including asbestos, lead, HVAC, building science, chemicals, mold and microbial contamination

Council-certified Indoor Environmentalist (CIE)
Required: 2 years experience investigating indoor environmental issues including asbestos, lead, HVAC, building science, chemicals, mold and microbial contamination

Council-certified Microbial Consultant (CMC)
Required: 8 years experience in designing and conducting microbial sampling regimens

Don’t think the mold assessors in Florida care about the CMI thing.
This is always interesting though.

According to the new national standard (NOCA 1100,Section 8 holders of assessment-based certificates may NOT use letters or acronyms behind their names, and they may NOT use the word "certified" in describing their credentials, such as "certified mold inspector".
The new standard confirms and codifies three groups that have policies that qualify them as certification programs under the national Standard 1100.
•1. The American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) which offers the Certified Industrial Hygienist, CIH designation.
•2. The American Indoor Air Quality Council, (AmIAQC) which offers several designations:
Council-certified Indoor Environmental Consultant (CIEC)
Council-certified Indoor Environmentalist (CIE)
Council-certified Microbial Remediation Supervisor (CMRS)
Council-certified Microbial Remediator (CMR)
Council-certified Microbial Consultant (CMC)
Council-certified Microbial Investigator (CMI)
•3. The Board of Certified Safety Professionals which offers the Certified Safety Professional, CSP designation.

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by douglas

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According to the new national standard (NOCA 1100,Section 8 holders of assessment-based certificates may NOT use letters or acronyms behind their names, and they may NOT use the word "certified" in describing their credentials, such as "certified mold inspector".
The new standard confirms and codifies three groups that have policies that qualify them as certification programs under the national Standard 1100.

ARE YOU REALLY CERTIFIED?

These blurbs from Adam Andrews, Assistant Director of ACAC , shed some light on the term "certified".

http://www.acac.org/forms/otherpdfs/NOCA1100.pdf


http://www.acac.org/forms/otherpdfs/...cle%203-09.pdf

[James L. Keilson]

Originally Posted by Brian A. MacNeish

ARE YOU REALLY CERTIFIED?

These blurbs from Adam Andrews, Assistant Director of ACAC , shed some light on the term "certified".

http://www.acac.org/forms/otherpdfs/NOCA1100.pdf


http://www.acac.org/forms/otherpdfs/...cle%203-09.pdf

Nick ?? please chime in here. ??

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by jkeilson

Nick ?? please chime in here. ??

Scary, isn't it???........ when you start playing in the big leagues!!

[Nick Gromicko]

Nick ?? please chime in here. ??

The documents/opinions you linked to aren't ours. They are from some other organization.

[James E. Braun, CMI]

This has been discussed before. IAC2 does qualify as a certifying organization according to the ACAC claims.

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by gromicko

The documents/opinions you linked to aren't ours. They are from some other organization.

Isn't it funny??

Start the thread by stating that ACAC accepted INACHI IAQ/mould courses for re-certification by open book, unproctored online testing....then.....when they say something that makes members think about their own certifications.......dismiss the reasoned articles by the ACAC Assistant Director that clearly show the differences between truly professional organizations and those that mimic them!!

SPIN!!! SPIN!!! SPIN!!!
The doctor is in!!

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by jbraun

This has been discussed before. IAC2 does qualify as a certifying organization according to the ACAC claims.

I don't see IAC2 mentioned there......must have been discussed in-house without any outside input......of course, the foxes would all agree!!!

[James E. Braun, CMI]

Why would ACAC promote IAC2? If you follow their criteria, IAC2 would easily qualify.

[Nick Gromicko]

I didn't "dismiss" the articles. I didn't read them. Do they have anything to do with InterNACHI or IAC2?

[Brian A. MacNeish]

Originally Posted by jbraun

Why would ACAC promote IAC2? If you follow their criteria, IAC2 would easily qualify.

So you too easily say!!

Have you really look at their designations and the requiremenets to achieve them.....IAC2 can't even begin to be compared with them....LOL!!

BTW.....Just visited your website......I can see why you're so touchy about the certification thingy ......being .........

The most certified inspector in central Missouri

[James E. Braun, CMI]

If you are the most knowledgeable in your area, why keep it a secret.