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I man preping I workshop for next cohort Construction Trade Instruction... New location, New program, New machines, New tools... Love working w/ the youth whether Case Management, Counseling, Leadership Development or Trade Skills... "the knowledge one attains in life is useless unless you pay it forward"! So if you have young adults at home btwn ages 18 and 24 who may have dropped out that would be interested in the above obtainig #OSHA & #NCCER certifications in addition to studying for #GED. Link I DM.... BLESS! #investedNyouth #nationbuilding #carpentry #instructor #youthbuild #socialdistancesetup https://www.instagram.com/p/CFiAnA0DJlo/?igshid=fnzn5reuri46

Steve Greene of NCCER speaks to state directors. #nlsc15 #SkillsUSA #nccer

Training is done through the NCCER Curricula Series which includes construction, maintenance, and pipeline curricula and a complete line of safety and management programs and is recognized by multiple state Departments of Education. 

I've always wondered what it would be like to have letters behind my name.  Do you know what I'm talking about?  You know people like doctors.  Who have DDS, DVM, or MD.  I know there are a lot more than that.  Even nurses have them, LPN, RN, DN.  Rhoda has an RN designation from the Philippine Board.  I know several people who have them, mostly doctors at the clinic or professors at the university.  To me, it means that person took a lot of personal investment into their chosen career.  When I chose to get into the Safety Field last year.  I always watched with curiosity different safety instructors write on the white board behind their names: CHST, STS, CM, CIH, CSP.  I was curious to know what those letters meant: CHST stood for Certified Health Safety Technician, STS stands for Safety Technical Supervisor; CM is for Construction Manager; CIH stood for Certified Industrial Hygienist; and CSP is for Certified Safety Professional.  There are many others from different organizations.  These designations are not affordable.  They are very expensive investment and takes a lot of committed time to earn these designations from the professional organizations that award them.  Earlier this year, I started looking into getting my CHST from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals and World Safety Organization.  I've been tossing the idea back and forth in my head.  There are advantages and disadvantages earning these designation letters.  The pros do out weight the cons.  The bottom line is public assurance that the person holding those professional credentials is trained according to a certain standard.  I am studying for the Certified Health Safety Technician Exam for the Board of Certified Safety Professionals and World Safety Organization. I will attain those credentials next year with a lot of studying, and by God's grace.  However to my surprise.  I learned a couple of weeks ago that I was awarded the Construction Site Safety Supervisor (CSSS) and Construction Site Safety Technician (CSST) Certifications from the National Construction Center for Education and Research last February 22, 2011.  I was browsing my online NCCER transcript for a course that I had completed in February that was not added on there yet.  That's when I discovered the certifications along with the missing safety course were in my transcript.  What timing!  I'm not sure if these are counted as  professional designation letters.  I have seen some Safety Instructors use them as such.  I am not going to do that until I get verification from NCCER, that they are letter designators.  ESTA...

Product Development-------------------That is so awesome that I was able to spot an error in that module and send NCCER a recommendation for correction.  I will send a copy of the email to our Education Director at GCA Trades Academy.