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DETAILS / LIGHTING DESIGN CREDENTIALING
GETTING THE RIGHT CREDENTIALS
WHY IS IALD LEADING WORK IN DEVELOPING A LIGHTING DESIGN CERTIFICATION? After narrowly averting potentially disas- trous legislation limiting the practice of its members, the IALD formed a credentialing task force to study the viability of a design- based certification for the architectural lighting design profession. The task force intends to present a recommendation to the IALD Board of Directors in July 2012. “It is important for us as an industry to determine best practices and any potential barriers for practice, rather than relying on legislators and regulators who do not necessarily understand our scope of work,” says IALD Immediate Past President Kathy Abernathy.
IALD was quick to respond to the challenge to the profession and its members. Within minutes of receiving notice regarding the legislation, IALD mounted what became a successful counter-campaign. Joined in these efforts by individual lighting design- ers, lighting design firms and other light- ing-related associations around the world, IALD was able to get the language in the bill rescinded.
“The lighting design industry was extremely lucky in this case, because [the Texas bill] could have been used as precedent by other states in the US and by other global legisla- tive bodies looking to regulate or limit practice of the lighting design profession,” says Charles Thompson, IALD, who brought
practice,” comments David Becker, chair of the Credentialing Task Force. “The outside world is looking for a statement of valid- ity and a lighting design certification will provide that statement.”
Initially convened in 2010, the task force undertook the extensive and painstaking work of creating an inclusive and global credential – a certification programme - for architectural lighting design. To assist in the development process, the IALD engaged certification expert and psychometric consultant Judith Hale, Ph.D., of Hale & As- sociates, a test evaluation and assessment consultancy firm. With Ms. Hale’s guidance, the task force embarked upon the challeng- ing process.
“It is essential that a properly developed certification programme conduct a job task analysis and other appropriate due diligence, and these things take time. “We feel it is imperative that this certification be developed with input from all key stakeholders around the world and that it meet the accepted standards of the international credentialing industry, as well as our own high standards.” IALD President Kevin Theobald
The practice of architectural lighting design has been threatened on several occasions in recent years, with the most well-known in- stance taking place in 2009 in Texas, USA. In May of that year, the Texas State Legislature passed legislation restricting the practice of “lighting design” to members of other professions and trades, such as architects and interior designers. The language banned architectural lighting designers located in Texas from doing lighting design work there whether or not their businesses were geo- graphically located within the state. This had the potential to have serious damaging impact on architectural lighting designers worldwide.
the association’s attention to the legisla- tion, and who worked closely with the IALD in its successful defeat.
VALIDATION OF THE PROFESSION IS ESSENTIAL
Since the situation in Texas, the topic of credentialing has arisen in a variety of venues around the world and is being de- bated hotly within the architectural lighting design community. For IALD, it was clear that a formal validation of the architectural lighting design profession on a global basis had become necessary. “With the maturing of the profession has come the need for outside validation of our
Representatives from a variety of related organisations and interested constituen- cies were present at the first meeting of the task force and have remained engaged throughout the process, includ- ing the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions (NCQLP), the Professional Lighting Designers’ Associa- tion (PLDA), and the IALD Lighting Industry Resource Council (LIRC). In addition, input from a wide range of stakeholders world- wide has been sought and has been seminal in determining domains of practice and eligibility requirements. A straw model has been developed and is being tested to further refine the requirements.
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