LCA Professional Certification

The criteria list for LCA Professional Certification has been finalized. The development of the certification criteria and the management system are described here. The first examinations will be offered at the Life Cycle Assessment VIII conference this fall:

Examination for LCA Certified Professional

To be held at the Seattle Center Northwest Rooms
29 September 2008 at 8:30 to noon

The exam will be a closed-book multiple choice exam in English.

For those with a disability that needs accommodation, please contact certification@lcacenter.org.

 

Prerequisites- may be met by any one of the following:

1. A degree in LCA at the undergraduate or graduate level (submit copy of diploma)
2. A degree in environmental science or environmental engineering (submit copy of diploma), plus submitting proof of a internship (at least 3 months, shown by a letter from employer) or participation in doing an LCA (LCA study submitted)
3. LCA skills gained through experience: submit an LCA that is either critically reviewed or published in a peer reviewed journal (study submitted: applicant must be one of the listed authors)
4. College-level class work, in which one has taken the following coursework or classes containing the essential skills of the class work
   
   • General Chemistry
   • Statistics
   • Economics
   • Systems analysis or systems dynamics
   • Environmental Toxicology
   
   Plus proof of an internship (at least 3 months, shown by a letter from employer) or participation in doing an LCA (LCA study submitted).

Submission of all materials verifying the prerequisites must be complete no later than 29 August 2008, and may be either emailed to certification @lcacenter.org, or sent via hard copy to:

Certification
IERE
PO Box 2449
Vashon, WA 98070

Fees:

There are two fees: one for application (for which prerequisites will be verified), and one to sit the exam. The fees depend on whether one is willing to participate in a focus group aimed at making improvements in the examination process.

	Focus group participant	Regular
Application fee	$100	$200
Examination fee	$150	$295

Applicants should pay the application fee at our web store. If you have not done so already, you will need to create an account. If you already have an account, you need to enter through the account interface in order to make your application for testing.

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