The ANSI-IREC credential is a specialty accreditation for energy efficiency and RE programs. Program accreditation ensures organizations maintain conformance to the highest quality and standards and provides the tools needed in today's competitive and ever-changing landscape.

1. ANSI-IREC Accreditation Program
Diana Singhavong
American National Standards Institute
Pat Fox
L a u r e -J e a n n e D a v i g n o n
Interstate Renewable Energy Council
February 14, 2013

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3. What is ANSI-IREC?

4. Why ANSI-IREC?
Growth of Proliferation
clean energy of training Confusion
sector programs

5. The Answer
q Align training with jobs
q Differentiate quality training
q Provide programs with a means to
demonstrate market value
q Increase consumer confidence and
safeguards

6. How?
ANSI-IREC provides third-party
verification that programs meet a
national standard (IREC Standard
14732:2013) validated by the
renewable energy and energy efficiency
industry
Quality training
with market value

7. A Unique Approach
Technical Educational
Processes and
Content Management

8. Benefits to Programs
q Promotes high quality program
design and implementation
q Distinguishes programs with a
national recognition
q Provides an edge for enrollment,
marketing and funding proposals

9. Benefits to Programs
q Aligned with industry-recognized
credentials and standards
q Training dollars invested wisely
q Students “trained as advertised”
—Roy Swift

10. Value of the Accreditation Process
What did pilot participants have to
say about the process?

11. Value of the Accreditation Process
All accredited organizations agreed/strongly agreed that
accreditation process:
¡ Would provide differentiation and a competitive
advantage when competing with other certificate
awarding entities in the industry
¡ Is a quality check on current operations
“Due to this process, we have implemented a number of
great quality control measures.” -Survey respondent

12. Value of the Accreditation Process
According to the accredited organizations, the most valuable
aspects of the accreditation experience include:
q Communication/active participation from program staff
q Assessors’ expertise
q Third-party validation of program
q Improvement of organizational structure and curricula
q Continued quality improvement

13. Lessons Learned from an
Accredited Organization
Nicole Rice, Midwest Renewable Energy Association
MREA Photovoltaic Site Assessment Certificate
MREA Solar Thermal Site Assessment Certificate

14. Process Overview
1) Demonstrate Initial Eligibility
¡ Online Preliminary Application
2) Provide Evidence and Documentation
¡ “Demonstrate”
3) Onsite Assessment
¡ Role of assessment team
¡ Role of onsite

15. IREC Standard 14732:2013
www.irecusa.org

16. Market Value
Industry
validated Job
Task Analysis
Quality training
Linkage to
matched to
industry
employer needs

17. Linkage with Industry
The certificate-awarding entity
shall maintain relationships with
the subject industry to ensure
the continued currency and Workforce
Dev.
market value of the certificate
Associations
Employers

18. Job Task Analysis
10.2 Job Task Analysis Basis for Curriculum or
Syllabus: The certificate-awarding entity shall base the
certificate program on a current, valid job task analysis
(JTA) that has been developed using generally accepted
procedures and includes the following:
a) An objective or scope that defines the overall
job, including conditions and criteria
b) A list of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes
(KSAs) that define the job
c) Criticality ratings for each KSA
d) Criteria used for validating the JTA

19. Systematic Program Plan
Any one of several processes recognized by
education and training professionals that
documents the creation or revision of
educational programs, workshops, or courses
using inter-related components of analysis,
design, development, implementation, and
evaluation.

20. Systematic Program Plan
q Use of criterion-referenced instruction
q Analysis, program design, development,
implementation, and evaluation integrated
q Defined curriculum for each program
q Syllabus for each course
q Instruction conforms to syllabus and
curriculum

21. Management System
q Documentation
q Document control
The review of an entity’s policies
and procedures to determine the
q Internal audit
entity’s conformance with them.
q Management review
q Communication of internal audit results

22. Assessment of Learners
q Written examination required
q Assessments must be criterion-referenced

23. Assessment of Learners
q Requirements for development, administration
and scoring
• Secure
• Routinely reviewed
• Provisions for learners with special needs
• Protocols for those administering
• Criterion referenced passing score
• Inter-rater reliability

24. Other Requirements
Policies and Procedures
Personnel Safety
Legal Entity,
Facilities, Tools
Online Delivery Financial
and Equipment
Viability

25. Meeting the Requirements
Documented compliance
Evidence of implementation
Verified on paper and during onsite

26. Want to Learn More?
Workshop May 7-8
Washington, DC
Email Diana to Register
dsinghavong@ansi.org

27. Questions? www.ansi.org/ansi-irec
dsinghavong@ansi.org
patfox@irecusa.org
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28. Program Fees
Application fee $3,000.00
On-site assessment and document review $1,250.00 per assessor per day,
plus travel expenses.
Fees include: Cost per assessor per number of days required; assessor review of
application and all supporting documents; assessor preparation of draft and final
assessor report; onsite assessment; ANSI staff coordination of assessment
process.
Travel expenses include: transportation, meals, and accommodations during
days of the assessment.
Fees associated with any corrective actions are $1,250 per assessor per day and
include: Assessor review of corrective actions, assessor clearance of corrective
actions, ANSI staff coordination of corrective action process.
If additional subject matter experts (SMEs) are required, the applicant
organization will be assessed an additional fee of $1,250 per day per SME, plus
travel expenses.