| "The CET designation is the first professional certification I achieved, and it's the one that sets me most apart from the others. Being a CET has advanced my career by providing me with a credential that demonstrates a professional level of experience as both a competent trainer and a health and safety professional. As a health and safety professional, it is important to let my clients know that I am also a professional trainer, with much experience and ability in both areas! My CET credential does just that! When people see my name in print, CET is the last thing they'll see...and will remember." |  Jonathan Klane, M.S. Ed., CET, CIH, CHMM |
Honoring CETs with Twenty or More Years of Serving the Public,
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The Certified Environmental, Safety and Health Training Board of Certification (CET BOC) is an independent certifying body, sponsored by the National Environmental, Safety and Health Training Association. The Certified Environmental, Safety and Health Trainer (CET) and Certified Instructional Technologist (CIT) certifications are accredited by the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards (CESB), of which the CET BOC is a member. CESB is a principal accrediting organization for engineering, engineering-related and scientific voluntary certifications. The CET BOC is an active member of the Board of Directors of CESB. The CET and CIT conform to American Society for Testing and Materials E1929-98, Standard Practice for Assessment of Certification Programs for Environmental Professionals: Accreditation Criteria; and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard Z490.1, Criteria for Accepted Practices in Safety, Health and Environmental Training. Certified Environmental, Safety & Health Trainer (CET) NESHTA (then the National Environmental Training Association) began the development of the CET program in 1986 in response to requests by members -- at that time primarily community college-based, U.S. EPA-designated wastewater operator training centers -- and as a way to encourage trainer competency in their field. As a voluntary certification, the certification measures the knowledge of candidates in basic adult education (as one indicator of competency) and confirms the candidates knowledge in the technical specialty area of areas in which they instruct. As is the case with all voluntary certifications, it is not intended to guarantee the performance of any individual. CET technical specialty areas are:
Certified Instructional Technologist (CIT)The CIT program was created in 1998 at the specific request of a NESHTA member organization that had earlier adopted the CET program as a career track requirement for its EH&S trainers. The company requested a parallel program for their non-EH&S technical trainers. As the adult education ("Instructional Technology," in our parlance) component of the CET program was so well established, it was evident that a trainer certification mirroring the CET program but not linked to a specific technical area would benefit many trainers. The program eligibility requirements are identical to those for the CET, but without the linkage to an EH&S training specialty. As is the case with all voluntary certifications, it is not intended to guarantee the performance of any individual. |
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