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Dear
IEP The
IEAQC course requirements for IEH 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. 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.
As a matter of fact, this IEAQC Accreditation of Hygienist will require close
to 350 college hours of classroom training/education. 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. Moving
forward - As the IAQ Industry continues to evolve, it is important that the
Accredited Indoor Environmental Hygienist (IEH) continue to increase and
enhance their skills. It is for this reason that this designation will require
ongoing continuance of the individual’s professional status through multiple approved
continuing education programs and courses. LICENSING
- Should any Municipal, State, or other Government Agency
seek to impose higher education upon our industry, they
will never ask for more than a college level education in the field of licensing...we
believe that this IEAQC Accreditation, post college based curriculum, 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 the field of IAQ. In other words...
this COLLEGE BASED CURRICULUM for IEP's may become the safest answer for the Law
Makers' stumbling block as to establishing a proficient Standard of Education
to require of IEP's.
ADDITIONAL READING.... 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 our 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 many 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!! Again, our requiements
for accredtation 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 Board Accreditation of Indoor Environmental
Hygienist. Regards, Harvey
Gordon - President | | | |
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