Its not as easy as it sounds to change a 30-year old certification program as you might think. While its a PIA to drag around all the reference materials, you must also appreciate the numerous concerns and integrity requirements and restrictions faced by any testing agency. They need to prevent theft of test questions, they need to make sure you are using a hand calculator rather than allowing the possibility you'll run a calc program on a PC or programmable calculator, that you know where to look things up based on familiarity with the references rather than rely on a word search, etc.
NICET is moving along with PC-based testing at readily accessible testing centers nationwide, with open scheduling and instant results. Its a large undertaking with substantial volunteer contribution to make it work. To speed it along, participate and donate your time and energy to the industry that puts food on your table. NICET is also facing some competition in the market which may or may not produce other streamlining of the process, but it is what it is and the integrity of the process demands checking and validating the changes, and that all takes time. Think of the 4 years +/- some of us have been involved in the process, lugging ourselves to Alexandria, and -not to sound like the proverbial schoolteacher, but I remember borrowing references from the Atlanta fire marshal so I had to spend Fri afternoon going downtown, lugging the books to the car, getting familiar with them Fri night, and lugging them to the exam and on Monday AM back to City Hall. It builds character and memories, like then-mayor Andrew Young getting in the elevator with me Fri and observing what a fun weekend I must be stocking up for :) glc -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 8:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Physical Science :) Really, all of our codes are now in digital format. Much easier to search and cheaper for the company. NICET needs to come into the 21st century with this. It's just crazy lugging 30-40 lbs of reference books to a test. Had one test that was on 2nd floor and had to tote the load up the stairs. Just plain ridiculous. Craig L. Prahl, CET Fire Protection CH2MHILL Lockwood Greene 1500 International Drive Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 Direct - 864.599.4102 Fax - 864.599.8439 CH2MHILL Extension 74102 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Todd Williams Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 7:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Physical Science :) And don't forget to put index tabs on your references and take a dictionary with you. What are they going to do when al this stuff is on our iPads? At 06:39 PM 11/2/2010, you wrote: >Same here, Brian. Of course I'm so old that when I took it with me >it was only one volume, not two. >-- > >PARSLEY CONSULTING > >Ken Wagoner, SET > >760.745.6181 voice > >760.745.0537 fax > >[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>e-mail > >www.ParsleyConsulting.com <http://www.ParsleyConsulting.com>website > > > > >On 11/2/2010 2:46 PM, Jamie.seidl wrote: >>The fire protection handbook. It's all I used. >> >>Jamie >>Sent from my iPhone >> >>On Nov 2, 2010, at 5:08 PM, "Brian >>Harris"<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>Any recommendations for good reference material for the Physical Science >>>portion of the Nicet test? >>> >>> >>> >>>Brian Harris >>> >>>First Defense Fire Protection >>> >>>11957 Ramah Church Road >>> >>>Huntersville, NC 28078 >>> >>>Phone: 704.948.3506 >>> >>>Fax: 704.948.3507 >>> >>>Nicet # 128476 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>======= >>>Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >>>(Email Guard: 7.0.0.21, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16210) >>>http://www.pctools.com/ >>>======= >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Sprinklerforum mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >>> >>>For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] >>> >>>To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] >>>(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >>_______________________________________________ >>Sprinklerforum mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum >> >>For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] >> >>To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] >>(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > >For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > >To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] >(Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) Todd G. 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