ABOUT
IEAQC IEAQC, a Florida Not-For-Profit organization,
was birthed within the Indoor Air Quality industry by the need to provide the
Indoor Environmental Air Quality industry professionals, and its consumers, with
the highest level of professionalism and intergrity by which it is expected to
operate. Looking at the needs and current state of
many of those who practice in this space, IEAQC determined that it would set itself
apart by imlementing the industry's first and only true No Conflict Of Interest
Code Of Ethics along with the HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION (college based)
which would be the foundation for it's members. IEAQC
then looked at the educational aspect of the Indoor Environmental Air Quality
industry and proceeded to again set standards by which members would need to have
been educated. IEAQC moved forward and set a new
standard for certification and developed alongside of industry professionals MINIMUM
CRITERIA expected of it's members. This included not accepting into its membership
those whos sole IAQ education was that of a 4 or 8 hour laboratory sponsored workshop
certification. In early 2007 the IEAQC Board Of Directors
again set the bar by enlisting the expertise of one of its own, Dr. Richard McMonagle,
to author the industry's first and only college level curriculum for a new designation
which would encompass the depth of the required level of education needed to adequately
perform Indoor Air Quality Assessments. This college level course is set to begin
in the Summer 2008 at Miami-Dade College North Campus. The
vision and mission of IEAQC can be summed up in it's slogan: "More
than an Industry Designation...a Dedication to Industry"
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Dear
IEP It would seem that we both share the
same passion for the future generation of this industry by your desire to know
more about IEAQC. I, as have possibly you and many
others, have made substantial commitments and investments of both dollars and
sweat into IAQ education and vocation. So, don't grow
faint in reading this...the beginning may sting a little, but the end of this
letter will give you the hope and encouragement to press on to the goal of professional
recognition and accreditation. What sets IEAQC apart?
WOW...where to start? Let start this way...the IEAQC college
based curriculum was designed and engineered to:
1. Educate and prepare
the next generation IEP's 2. Bring
existing IEP's up to the level of proficiency expected, required, and deserved
by the consumer. 3. Prepare
for, provide for, and to go beyond any requirements which may be suggested by
any City, State, or Federal Gov't
Governments are, as of late, being made to
take notice and begin to protect
consumers, life, and property, from those within the IAQ industry whose
sole source of "professional" "education" is based on a provider
whose singular objective is that of lining their pockets by pumping out
"CMI's", "CMA's", and "CMR's" designed to be a conduit
of additional revenues for the provider. In some, if not many, cases
CMI's and CMA's are simply sales reps for labs serving to procure future samples
by which the lab survives, as are some, if not many, CMR's whose
goals are to provide the "certifying body" with licensed application
of their products. This is simply CHOCKED FULL OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Next is the very real threat
to your and my desire and obligation to provide for our families via the vocation
we have selected. This threat is coming from multiple directions:
1.
Law makers are inept in most cases, and in others simply uneducated
as to the IAQ industry. As such, they are at the whim of self-seeking outside
PRIVATE SECTOR sources bent on their personal agendas. To this end they implement,
or try to, rules and regulations which are either unrealistic or simply bandaids
for amputations. 2. Insurance
companies rightly deserved lack of trust in individuals who’s sole
education is a week or weekend course in a hotel given by a organization which
also is the certifying body as well as has a stake in the individual's future
revenues. If you think about it, they (insurance companies)are the ones whom will
need to fund decisions made by these ill equipped and trained "professionals"
when they "assess" an insured property. As such, this industry has become
the front runners in placing the Industrial Hygienists as the trusted trade professional...in
some cases these same CIH's are ill equipped or trained for the challenges of
IAQ concernes within a structure and in others the Building Sciences. 3.
Insurance companies again! Knowing what they do from the statement
above, they understand the threat of insuring those same so called CMI, CMA, and
CMR's who are the very ones in cases making improper and often misguided recommendations
based on limited, if any, knowledge of Bioaerosols, Moisture, Microbes (molds)
and the possible Health Effects of Exposure to Fungal (mold) contamination. 4. John
Q Public. Tainted by the bombardment of misinformation, unrealistic threat
to health and property, unprofessional and border unlawful trade, and lack of
education, John Q's involvement and history with the IAQ industry in many cases
is marred by the failure of the "IEP" to support, help, and protect
the needs and property of John Q. In the end, causing John Q to resort to a misdirected
and often damaging view of the IAQ professional.
As you can see, currently the industry regards Industrial Hygienists
as the TOP FEEDERS and EXPERTS in a space they were never designed to operate
in. By so doing, our designations have been beaten down by this, and as time goes
on we will be further punnished and pushed to the side. AND THAT IS WHERE WE COME
IN!! Our courses requiements were designed to give
back the IAQ industry to the IEP by providing the FIRST competent education
and accreditation for the IEP at a college level. And by so doing, effectively
and deservingly return the trust into the IEP and away from the CIH. What follows
is the Industry, Governments, and Insurance Providers returning the jobs and trust
to these NEW ACCREDITED IEAQC Hygienists. We,
IEAQC, are in no way dispelling or dismissing the CMI, CMA, or CMA…as a matter
of fact those who desire to receive the IEAQC Hygienist Accreditation MUST have
completed an approved CMI, CMA, and/or CMR course. If not, they will be required
to take the courses at the college level. In the
end, this is an investment in your future. Let's be real...would you trust a person
to operate on your family who's only medical education was a week in a hotel given
by the Drug Company? Regarding location...Miami-Dade
College has given permission to take this course of study on the road...and so
we, IEAQC, are working very hard to set up 4 to 6 strategic locations based on
IEP demographics where the curriculum can be taught at an accelerated pace. Each
of the 10+ courses are designed to provide the IEP student ample education sufficient
to demonstrate a Practicum of Competency in the IAQ profession, thus culminating
in the award of the IEAQC Accreditation of Hygienist upon the student.
In concluding, this new direction, vision, and total
commitment to the IEP and IAQ industry is by no means designed to happen in a
week, or even month. After all, with knowledge comes great responsibility. This
IEAQC Accreditation of Hygienist will require close to 350 college hours of training.
But in the end, you will join the ranks of Hygienist and as such demand and deserve
the respect afforded by the IAQ industry to only a few. And
should the State Of Florida or any other Government seek to impose education upon
our industry, they will never ask for more
than a college level education in the field of licensing...yet this IEAQC
Accreditation post college based curricullum may be for them the safest and only
way to guard their "implied endorsement by virtue of awarding a license to
operate" as a IEP. In other words...we are hoping that this FLORIDA
COLLEGE BASED CURRICULUM for IEP's will become the safe answer for DBPR and
other law makers' stumbling block as to a proficient Standard of Education to
require of Florida IEP's. Regards, Harvey
Gordon - President |
IEAQC
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