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Certification Guidelines

Our certification objective is to provide credible documentation of as to the applicant’s capability for doing hands-on Testing and Balancing work. We strive to provide credentials that would be acceptable to the design engineers who write TAB specifications and to regulatory agencies that require that TAB work be done by certified personnel.

To achieve EEC certification, applicants must meet our general educational requirement, specific training on Testing & Balancing requirement, experience requirement, a documentation of educational & experience requirement and pass a comprehensive examination. Since we certify three (3) levels of Technicians and three (2) levels of Engineers, requirements vary from level to level.Written “Requirements for Certification” may be obtained from the web site.Certification levels and cost are as follows:

Certification of individuals at the following levels of proficiency are offered:

To become certified, applicants are required to:
1. Meet educational and experience requirements of the applied-for-classification.
2. Pass a comprehensive examination.

3. Classifications descriptions, which are appended, delineate the educational and work
experience requirements of each level of classification

4. Applicable education and experience are very important components of the applicant's qualifications. So that these factors can be evaluated, the applicant is required to provide documentation of both educational and experience background as follows:

  • A resume' of applicable educational qualifications and work experience.
  • Documentation of educational achievements in the form of copies of diplomas, transcripts certificates, or equivalent.
  • Documentation of applicable work experience in the form of a statement - on company letterhead - from applicant's employer which contains:

    Lenth of time employed in testing and balancing work. Duties and responsibilities. Description of exemplary projects completed.

5. Examinations will be scheduled Spring & Fall annually.

6. Except for Part I, examinations will be “open book”, and will consist of three parts – oral,
written, and practical, Part I will be “Closed Book”.

7. All examinations will be prepared by, administered by, and evaluated by a registered
Professional Engineer who is also a Certified Testing and Balancing Engineer.

8. Exams are given in "Parts" having a maximum time limit of 2 hours each. The number of "Parts" vary with classifications levels as follows:

  • Associate Testing and Balancing Technician - 4 parts
  • Certified Testing and Balancing Technician - 5 parts
  • Certified Field Supervisor - 6 parts
  • Certified Associate Testing and Balancing Engineer - 6 parts
  • Certified Testing and Balancing Engineer - 7 parts

9. In the event of failure of the examination, the applicant will be awarded a lower level
certificate for which he qualifies, or may repeat the examination one time at no additional
cost. In the event of a second failure, the applicant would be required to reapply at a
subsequent date but no sooner than one year after the second examination.

10. Upon completion of requirements, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CONSULTANTS will provide a written certificate stating that:

WE HAVE EXAMINED THE CREDENTIALS OF (Name of Candidate) BY
REVIEWING EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, WORK EXPERIENCE, AND
HAVE ADMINISTERED COMPREHENSIVE WRITTEN, ORAL AND PRACTICAL
EXAMINATIONS, IT IS OUR PROFESSIOAL OPINION THAT THE CANDIDATE
IS QUALIFIED TO PERFORM TAB WORK AT THE LEVEL OF (as applicable)

11. Certifications may be upgraded by upgrading educational and experience documentation
and by taking and passing a more comprehensive examination.

12. Documentation of all background information and all examinations will be maintained by
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS.

13. Ownership of any particular set of instruments is not required.