Hi All, About 20 years ago when the Product Safety Society was formed, one of the first goals was to have a certification program for Safety Engineers. At that time there was not a certification program for EMC compliance people either. This was a strong enough goal that it has been the stated goal of each of the groups I have belonged to in the following years. Will it help us get hired, Look good on the resume, these are all long term benefits that have been envisioned, including providing a baseline for training and competence; but let us not forget that Rich Pescatore and John McCain and Kathy Toy and John Bertaland and Bob Hunter and more people then I can remember thought this was a good idea when Safety Compliance might have been a bit more involved. This is not something that just occurred as a good marketing and moneymaking enterprise for NARTE. And also, lest anyone forget, Thank you Gregg!!! Scott
----- Original Message ----- From: Georgerian, Richard <mailto:[email protected]> To: 'EMC PSTC' <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:06 AM Subject: RE: NARTE questions Greetings All, Only time will tell if being a NARTE certified product safety engineer will have an impact in the profession. I just got my certificate yesterday. In the long run, I think it'll help, but we have to start somewhere. Hopefully, having this type of program will start a process to which people expect a certain level of knowledge on product safety. Something analogous to someone having a bachelors, masters or Ph.D. There is a certain level of knowledge that one expects when someone has these degrees. (It is only a general statement and I am sure there are plenty of knowledgeable people who do not have degrees, that a smarter than those who do.) Good luck to all those who apply. Richard ===== Richard Georgerian Compliance Engineer Carrier Access Corporation 5395 Pearl Parkway Boulder, CO 80301 USA Tele: 303-218-5748 Fax: 303-218-5503 mailto:[email protected] From: Brian O'Connell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 3:58 PM To: 'EMC PSTC' Subject: NARTE questions Good People I have downloaded the Product Safety Certification Application package from NARTE. Is this a certification that hiring managers recognize? Is it anticipated that managers and/or hiring speacilists will come to recognized this certification as significant? Also, is there any relationship between NARTE and the IECEE? Thanks much for advice and opinion. R/S, Brian O'Connell Taiyo Yuden (USA), Inc ************************************************************************* This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files, or previous e-mail messages attached to it may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you must not read this transmission and that any disclosure, copying, printing, distribution, or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return e-mail and delete the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving them in any manner. Thank you. *************************************************************************
