Jim:
You live in a World where accreditations are linked to market success. People are reassured by a flock of compliance markings on the back of a widget, even if those people are so dense as to strongly believe CE is the marking for "China Export." Since the ultimate "product" you want to dominate its market is yourself, it makes sense to know your customer and motivate him with a warm and fuzzy feeling about you. When you are flashing your BSEE in the competition of other BSEE's, I wouldn't hesitate to also make it known that I'm an iNARTE Certified such and such, and that I'm synergistic, lemon-flavored and play well with others. You are constantly being evaluated by others (many who will never meet with or talk to you), and many of them will be mightily impressed that you have iNARTE credentials and can emboss your iNARTE seal on your weekly reports. So, why not make them happy, secure and proud to employ you? And seriously, although I have not looked at iNARTE exam questions in a long time, I know that the exams are tough and I would respect anyone who earned those credentials. That's not such a bad deal; respect from expert customers and awe from consumer-grade customers. Regarding EMC accreditation itself, it began similar to a Roman Collegium and moved under the national aegis of NARTE. Perhaps this is the way of the World, but NARTE began expanding their accreditation business until EMC was just a small part of their empire. Then NARTE vastly improved their image (if not the ability of members to pronounce the acronym) by rebranding as an international organization, iNARTE. Soon iNARTE sold itself to an Australian accreditation group with the guaranteed unpronounceable acronym of RABQSA, and I began to feel like EMC accreditation was just a small brick in somebody else's ziggurat. The latest development is that RABQSA has rebranded to Exemplar to avoid strange-name jokes. Still, regardless of the etymology, Exemplar does provide the only (that I know of) EMC-specific accreditation credentials World-wide. (Of course, there is another career path that makes use of EMC skills. This is the NSA directed TEMPEST world [let's call it the Puzzle Palace's regulatory compliance World], and there is an Accredited TEMPEST Engineer program [but I don't think they want you using a neat paper embosser to advertise that]). Hmm, if you are the type of guy who worries about counting the levels of nested parentheses, you might be a TEMPEST kind of guy! So sure, sit for the exams and once you pass, you can claim the annual dues as an employee business expense (same for your IEEE & EMC Society dues [I'm assuming USA tax structures, YMMV.]). And if you become a consultant, the credentials may help bolster your image as a professional in tax matters such as an Office-in-Home situation. Ed Price Ex-iNARTE Certified EMC This J Ex-iNARTE Certified EMC That J Chula Vista, CA USA From: Pawson, James Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2016 10:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [PSES] iNARTE EMC accreditation - thoughts? Hello fellow engineers, With an eye on the future, I am considering taking an iNARTE EMC qualification. Specifically, I'm considering one (or possibly both) of these accreditations. . iNARTE EMC Design Engineer Certification . iNARTE Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC/EMI) Certification I'm looking for your advice and experience of . Gaining these qualifications . Views of the engineering community on the worth of these qualifications . Suggestions as to which one of these would be most beneficial for a career in EMC either working as a company employee or as a contractor/consultant in EMC testing and design I appreciate these are open questions and I would appreciate any and all opinions. If you feel more comfortable replying off list then please do. Thanks and regards, James Pawson Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]> - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
