A Guide to Certification in Professional Ergonomics - Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics - page 5

Information
Action

IEA

IFA
Federated
Societies

BCPE
CREE

Candidate

FIGURE 1.1 Communication and actions among ergonomics societies and certification agencies. (From D. Jahns.
A Guide to Certification in Professional Ergonomics. CRC Press 1998. With permission.)

13. The processes followed by the certifying body are documented properly in accordance with the
minimum IEA criteria for certification. They include: statements and rules relating to the current
process of certification and policies relating to the granting of certification and are reviewed
regularly to ensure their currency in relation to ergonomics practice; and, include a documented
appeal mechanism.
14. For those certifying bodies where an examination forms part of the review, the standards should
be relevant to current practice and should be clearly defined; mechanisms should exist to ensure
confidentiality of the examination and its outcomes; the form of evaluation should be a valid test
of the competencies assessed; and, methods used by the certifying body to test the reliability of
the assessment should be described.
15. When appointing certification personnel, the certifying body must have access to a pool of
qualified and competent certification personnel and to other facilities to carry out a certification
review initially and for recertification purposes; the certifying personnel must be competent in
the areas where they will make evaluations; maintain up to date information on relevant
qualifications, training and experience of certifying personnel; and, provide clear guidelines
relating to duties and responsibilities of certifying personnel.
16. The certifying body should have established processes for giving adequate feedback about
deficiencies to applicants who have not attained certification.
17. The certifying body should keep a record of all policies and regulations relating to its process;
keep a confidential record of details of each certification procedure followed for individual appli-
cants; publish an annual report, including reference to numbers of applicants and outcomes of