Posted on Nov 13, 2015
What opportunities are out there for obtaining qualifications or certifications for officers once commissioned?
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I am working on a program that would enable officers that are serving, primarily in the National Guard but can be for all officers, that would result in obtaining a credential that would lead to meaningful employment.
I believe the engineers have a chance to get their PMP but what else is out there for officers? What will a Career Course lead to if you are an MP? Are there any courses that you can take that will enable to obtain a civilian certification that would mean something to a civilian employer?
I am trying to find this info to aid those in the National Guard to offer up opportunities for those have been trained in their field but have not married up their military skills with their civilian counterparts. This is something that in the National Guard we deal with often. We have been through various courses of training that is on par with that what civilians get yet we don't get any credit from a civilian credentialing entity. Now I know that getting a Project Management Professional Cert is thing that is out there but what else?
Or programs that military has that may lead to credit in obtaining a higher degree such as a Masters or PhD.
Or if you have seen something like this already in the works it would help.
I believe the engineers have a chance to get their PMP but what else is out there for officers? What will a Career Course lead to if you are an MP? Are there any courses that you can take that will enable to obtain a civilian certification that would mean something to a civilian employer?
I am trying to find this info to aid those in the National Guard to offer up opportunities for those have been trained in their field but have not married up their military skills with their civilian counterparts. This is something that in the National Guard we deal with often. We have been through various courses of training that is on par with that what civilians get yet we don't get any credit from a civilian credentialing entity. Now I know that getting a Project Management Professional Cert is thing that is out there but what else?
Or programs that military has that may lead to credit in obtaining a higher degree such as a Masters or PhD.
Or if you have seen something like this already in the works it would help.
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Here is a great program that I am just learning about out of Syracuse University.
All Veterans and even spouses are eligible.
http://vets.syr.edu/education/employment-programs/
Here is a great program that I am just learning about out of Syracuse University.
All Veterans and even spouses are eligible.
http://vets.syr.edu/education/employment-programs/
Effective immediately, military spouses can: > Apply to the Professional Skills Track to learn professional (or "soft") skills necessary to gain and maintain employment outside the military, including content developed in partnership with MOAA specifically for military spouses. > Apply to the Tech Track to learn industry related skills surrounding information technology, project management, and human resources.> Apply to the...
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MAJ Raúl Rovira
Sir, great post. I recently completed their Project Management Professional (PMP). It is a free and worthwhile program.
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For engineers, the credential that is most important is obtaining their P.E. (Professional Engineer license). EVERYONE can obtain and benefit from getting the Project Management Professional (PMP). Every mission an officer plans for is by definition a "project". You will be legally entitled to list those initials after your name and that is always impressive to others.
There are a number of certifications you can obtain in your spare time depending on what you are interested in doing with your career. CPA, Certified Financial Planner, various Microsoft credentials, are just some of the ones that you can get by studying at home.
There are a number of certifications you can obtain in your spare time depending on what you are interested in doing with your career. CPA, Certified Financial Planner, various Microsoft credentials, are just some of the ones that you can get by studying at home.
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Thanks for the info. We trying to see if any of the officer training overlaps into anything that would lead to a certification in our state. We were able to get some of the MP training to count toward our Police Officer standards in NC already. We are starting it up something just for officers, or at least that is my piece of the pie.
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CPT (Join to see) - Eric have you gone to the COOL site? https://www.cool.army.mil/
Plug in 31B and see a long list of potential certifications pop up. Although I plugged in the enlisted MOS, in reality MP officers should be able to qualify for the same certifications.
Plug in 31B and see a long list of potential certifications pop up. Although I plugged in the enlisted MOS, in reality MP officers should be able to qualify for the same certifications.
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BG (Join to see) - I haven't got there yet. We are somewhat reserve engineering this a bit. We are finding certifications can be attained with or by little training into what we have done already. Or something the military offers already. We have a lot of good info already. In my state are are doing this in addition to all that is out there already. We are getting up with these credentialing agencies to set up a sort of agreement or partnership with us in the NCNG.
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Lean Six Sigma (continuous process improvement) is a civilian cert and the Army / Army Guard routinely has classes on this [check ATTRS] and some organizations have a master black belt that can award lower belts.
Enhanced Defense Finance Management Training Course helps acquire the Comptrollers Defense Financial Certification a great cert if you live in the D.C. area or ever want to get into government finance.
Admittedly these are pretty niche and likely not available to your regular line unit.
Enhanced Defense Finance Management Training Course helps acquire the Comptrollers Defense Financial Certification a great cert if you live in the D.C. area or ever want to get into government finance.
Admittedly these are pretty niche and likely not available to your regular line unit.
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SFC Allan Silberstein
Six Sigma is one of the few gold standard certifications available. Your employability will significantly rise with this on your resume
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MAJ Raúl Rovira
I am not sure if the Army is still running classes for Green Belt or Black Belt certifications. As I'm transitioning, I'm finding out that companies in Alaska love Lean Six Sigma certified folks.
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LT, as a Signal officer, I was able to get 15 credits towards my Master's in IT Management due to the technical training we get during SOBC & SOAC. This was better than the 12 credits I could've used from ILE. So, your branch does factor into the equation. Also, Signal officers can earn various Cisco & Microsoft certifications thru Guard programs.
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Could you name some of these programs that give you these certs from the guard. And are those credits from your training from your Army Transcript.
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International Society Of Logisticians (SOLE) for logistics, PMP, and Lean Sigma. You are the architect of your own success and hae it within yourself to reach your maximum potential. Best wishes.
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Certified Professional Logistician. The International Society of Logistics is the regulating agency for that particular credential and then US Army recognizes it.
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Lt, great endeavor. I hope you will post your results for both O's and E's. I currently work at a Community College in Delaware and we are trying feverishly to figure out how to award certifications and college credit for military training. It makes no sense in time and money to make service members take a class on something they were already proficient in due to military training. It wastes their time and resources. We are working closely with our friends at Dover AFB and National Guard stakeholders on this as well. Finally, there is an Army University Education Symposium next month in Ft Leavenworth to discuss certifications and college credit for military training. I'll be there and hope to learn from other colleges how they are tackling issue for transitioning service members. It'll be good to know what certifications we should target first. [login to see] is my email address if you get anything new!
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I will let you know. I read up on the Army University. It is something that seems great but it is going to take a lot of work to get their credentialing. It sounds like we are working on the same thing. I will let you know what I find.
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Most of what I was going to answer with has already been posted and elaborated on. Here are a couple that I didn't see. I'm' an EN Officer, so these are slanted towards that and construction.
Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence - http://asq.org/cert/manager-of-quality
Any LEED cert - http://www.usgbc.org/credentials
Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence - http://asq.org/cert/manager-of-quality
Any LEED cert - http://www.usgbc.org/credentials
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Syracuse University has a PMP certification program - not just for engineers. Veterans and their spouses.
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I am working on the officer side of the house. There is an NCO in the office that is working on this.
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