Masonry Magazine February 2007 Page. 28
NATIONAL CERTIFICATION
Any industry that seeks to raise its professional stature needs to do more than require its participants just sit through a seminar or class.
The MCAA has developed the National Mason Contractor Certification program and, in the next year, will begin the work of educating our customers and eventually certifying our industry's contractors. We do so with encouragement from our industry's customers who look for objective ways to select good contractors for their future projects.
What industry have that our future will improve if we leave things the way they are? Unless we do something different, competing construction products will continue to make inroads into traditional masonry markets because of poor performances from unqualified masonry contractors.
There's a well-known saying that states the definition of insanity is to repeatedly do things exactly the same way, but expect a different result. It's time to do things differently and work for a new result.
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Who Will Be Certified?
THE NATIONAL Mason Contractor Certification program will certify the mason contractor. We all know that the overwhelming majority of our industry's contractors are the owner. Owners will be the driving force in making sure that their companies are certified and follow the quality principles that will guarantee a professional performance. This national certification program is unique in that it ties an ongoing educational program for the contractor's employees with the contractor's ability to achieve and maintain certification.
How to Achieve Certification
THE PRINCIPAL will earn credits through various activities. Once 200 credits are achieved, the principal will be eligible to sit for a certification exam to demonstrate his or her command of running a quality masonry firm. In addition, to be eligible to sit for the certification exam, 100 percent of the contractor's supervisory employees must be actively engaged in ongoing continuing education and must complete 15 credits, or two half-day seminars, each year in approved educational events.
How Do You Earn Credits?
CREDITS CAN BE EARNED through the MCAA's Educational Series, MCAA accredited chapters that offer educational programs, accredited college courses approved by the MCAA, or through any other educational outlets approved by the MCAA Certification Committee. Credits will be earned based on the following schedule:
* 15 Credits-Attendance at the MCAA National Conference (principal must attend at least two conference educational sessions)
* 10 Credits - Completing an eight-hour, full-day educational seminar
* 5 Credits-Completing a four-hour, half-day educational seminar
* 2.5 Credits-Completing a two-hour educational seminar/workshop
* 1 Credit - Completing a one-hour seminar/workshop
* 1 Credit - Attending an approved chapter monthly meeting with an educational speaker
* 10 Credits - Membership in a masonry industry association approved by the MCAA Certification Committee or other approved associations.
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