Know Your Industry Providing electrical technician certification ETA International Founded: 1978 Headquarters: 5 Depot Street, Greencastle, Ind. 46135 Annual dues: $40-individual, $20-student, $250-institutional, $500-lifetime Phone: (800) 288-3824 Website: www.eta-i.org At a time when nearly every sector of the job market is unpredictable, skilled jobs are at a crossroads when it comes to demand and qualifications. The two criteria are at loggerheads, and ETA International has chosen to prioritize skills over degrees. It’s no secret that properly trained employees are essential to the success of any company. An executive order signed recently by outgoing President Donald Trump directs federal agencies to replace outdated degree-based hiring with skillsbased hiring and encourages private companies to follow this new protocol. “Employers adopting skills- and competency-based hiring recognize that an over-reliance on college degrees excludes capable candidates and undermines labor-market efficiencies,” the order reads. “Currently, for most federal jobs, traditional education — high school, college, or graduate-level — rather than experiential learning is either an absolute requirement or the only path to consideration for candidates without many years of experience.” Under the order, private employers are also encouraged to use any valid and reliable method of collecting information on an individual for the purposes of making a decision about job qualification when hiring or promoting. Founded in 1978 by a group of technicians who realized the practice of degreebased hiring was not fulfilling the needs of the industry, ETA International provides accredited technical certifications per the ISO 17024 standard for certification bodies. To verify that these technical professionals have sufficient training in industry standards — including troubleshooting techniques, knowledge of test equipment, and installation procedures — ETA certifications test the knowledge and hands-on skills needed in today’s high-tech industries. ETA has issued more than 200,000 technical certifications covering more than 90 certification programs in a variety of Please turn to next page
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