Certification

 
ESD Certified Professional-Device/Design
ESD Certified Professional-Program Manager
S20.20 Facility Certification

NARTE Certification

The Value of Certification

What does “certification” mean to you? What is the value of becoming “certified?” The answer to this question has to include an answer to another question, “what is being certified?”

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2009 Certification Exam Notice

The ESD Association is offering certification exams in conjunction with our Annual Symposium, on Friday, September 4, 2009.

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Device Design Certification Exam
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Program Manager Certification Exam
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. iNARTE Certification Exam - For information regarding this exam visit iNARTE at www.narte.org/h/esd.asp

PLEASE NOTE:To take the Device Design Certification Exam or the Program Manager Certification Exam an official registration filing fee of $50.00 and a registration form must be completed and submitted to ESDA Headquarters. You must have taken all of the required courses (unless you qualify for the iNARTE certified exemption) and have your eligibility verified by the ESDA. There will also be an exam fee of $50 and must be paid on-site or prior to the exam date.

ESDA Professional Certification Exam Results

The Certified Professional-Program Manager Exam was held on Friday, September 12 at the 2008 EOS/ESD Symposium in Tucson, AZ.

The ESD Association is pleased to award ESD Program Manager Professional Certification to the following individuals for 2008:

Matt Banning   Rockwell Automation

Minh Do   Jet Propulsion Laboratory

William Foster  United Space Alliance

Dave Girard   Honeywell

David Hattz   B&W Pantex

Timothy Jackson  STMicroelectronics

Michelle Lam  IBM

Roger Peirce  Simco

Michael Scott  DRS Optronics

Thomas Smith  Rockwell Collins

Michael Vickers  Sandia National Labs

Program Manager Professional Certification was awarded to the following individuals who passed the exam in previous years.

John Clack Trek, Inc 07

Timothy Fox Delphi E&S 07

Christopher Lemke Trek, Inc  07

Daniel Mitchell Trane 07

Elwin Rego Trek, Inc 07

Bill Reynolds IBM 07

Ron Slaby Trek, Inc 07

Keith Sullivan United Space Alliance 07

Patsawat Tachamaneekorn Seagate Technology 07

Kep Pen Yan Infineon Technologies 07

Kevin Duncan  Seagate Technology 05

Dale Fuller  Seagate Technology 06

Brad Klepsa  Advanced Telemetry Systems 06

Marcus Koh   Everfeed Technology Private Limited 06

Jim Krzmarzick   NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) 06

Keith Smith  Honeywell 06

Luis Velazquez  Curtis Instruments 06

Tom Larson  TREK, INC 05

Doug Miller  BWXT Pantex 05

Carl Newberg  MicroStat Laboratories/River’s Edge Technical Service 05

Robert Perry  Seagate Technology 05

Timothy Prass  Raytheon 05

Jeff Salisbury Flextronics

Device Design Professional Certification was awarded to the following individuals who passed the exam in previous years.

Rosario Consiglio, Impulse Semiconductor, Inc 07

Denis Galipeau, ON Semiconductor 07

ESDA Certified Professionals
Certified Program Manager Professionals
Certified Device Design Professionals
Certified Instructors
ESDA Professional Certification Exam Rules

GENERAL RULES

  • There are four sections
  • Each section is 1 ¾ hours in length
      • There will be a ½ hour break between sessions and a one-hour lunch
  • Personal comfort breaks during the exam will be allowed to only one person at a time.
  • Once the section is closed it cannot be reopened.
  • No talking or collaboration is allowed.
  • Fees must be paid before the exam can be taken.
  • NARTE certified individuals must show current membership in order to gain entrance to the examination.

May bring:

May NOT:

Standards

Bring life lines

Tutorial notes

Bring cell phones

Reference books

Connect to internet

Calculator

Talk or share reference materials

Computer (not connected to internet)

 

      ESDA-does not loan reference materials for the exam





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