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IALD Membership Manager Armando Ramirez, CAE, introduces Judith Hale, Ph.D., of Hale & Associates and David Becker, Assoc. IALD, during a credentialing update at IALD Enlighten Americas in New Orleans.


why the task force made this choice, Becker replied: “The credentialing industry is vast, and there are several ways to evaluate quality of practice. We have identified the formal portfolio-based assessment as the best method to use because it is impossible to evaluate the complexity of lighting design practice with a multiple-choice test. In addition, the multiple-choice method is extremely costly to develop, administer and maintain.”


The study is still determining how the credential might be administered; the concept is to manage and operate the certification through a governing board that would com- prise representatives from a broad range of lighting-related associations. A common misunderstanding in the lighting design com- munity is about the difference between licensure and certification. Licensure is granted on a local/regional level and acts as a barrier to practice; i.e., you cannot prac- tice without it. Licensing programmes are developed and administered by government agencies. Licensure is usually a response to public outcry on the lack of competency of practitioners in a profession or trade. A self-regulating profession with high standards of practice usually does not need a government entity to step in and police that profes- sion or trade. In addition, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to establish common licensing requirements across local, national and not to mention international jurisdictions. For licensing to exist, it must go through leg- islative processes at each jurisdiction, and the jurisdiction would have to create the assessment tool. The IALD feels that pursuing licensure would not serve our industry well. Many people make the mistake of believ- ing that a license is the preferred credential, when in fact a properly developed certification programme measures competence at a much higher level, provides greater cred- ibility and will be relevant in all countries where architec- tural lighting design is practiced.


If you are interested in knowing more about IALD’s creden- tialing work or would like to be contacted regarding the early-2012 survey, please email credentialing@iald.org. www.iald.org


Kevin Theobald, IALD, is the President of the IALD (2012 & 2013) and is the Principal of Kevin Theobald Lighting Design, an independent lighting consultancy in London, UK.


MYK


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