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Evaluation is voluntary. The Skill Standards may be selected for use without coercion, with equal treatment for all, and with the informed consent of participants in an open process. In order to receive Skill Points, records in the Registry, and/or Certificates, a candidate must be paid up and in good standing, have purchased enough assessment […]
WCA Credentials and Certificates are earned by individuals, also known as candidates, by earning skill points and accumulating experience hours in either an education or work setting. Joining the WCA as an Individual Member is a prerequisite to becoming a candidate eligible to pursue credentialing. Originally called the Passport Membership, each candidate receives an electronic ID card […]
Founded in 2007, with a grant from the US Forest service, the Woodwork Career Alliance (WCA) is the first neutral association to award Credentials to woodworkers. Unlike other professional Credentials, it was felt that due to the serious safety issues involved in operating woodworking equipment, candidates should be required to be observed operating the tools […]
Maintaining Status Activity reports are reviewed by the Evaluations Committee annually. Skill Evaluators who have not performed at least one operational evaluation on a minimum of four different candidates over the course of one calendar year may be placed on conditional leave. They are contacted by their Chief Evaluator via phone or in person to […]
Evaluators are not assigned to a specific market area/region. Candidates requesting evaluation via the WCA web site using ZIP code search will be directed to Evaluators in their area, but may choose to work with any Accredited Skill Evaluator in the WCA family. Evaluators may, on their own, canvass their market area for opportunities and […]
Evaluators may set any fee structure they feel is market-worthy and equitable, using guidelines from the Handbook and their training. Large, dense metropolitan areas may, for instance, have lower travel costs but higher evaluation rates, whereas larger geographic regions with lower density may experience high travel costs and lower evaluation rates due to standard of […]
A section of the WCA website will be set up to manage assessment requests and scheduling. An area of the website now permits Candidates to find Accredited Skill Evaluators (ASE) by entering their ZIP code. This ‘store search’ will return a list of Evaluators within a specified radius of that ZIP code. Clicking on the […]
SPECIAL NOTE: The WCA Registry is evolving. Some of the features mentioned in this training may not be available in the early stages. There are two ways to record results of an Evaluation: A – Using a clipboard with a one-page printed assessment form for each operation. These forms are available from the WCA Box […]
The validity of our program and its Passport and Certificates rests directly on the Evaluation team. Evaluations shall be equally and fairly given, and results accurately recorded on behalf of the Candidate, regardless of age, race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation or veteran status. A high level of consistency in the […]
Evaluators are to take the role of coach rather than the position of an enforcer. Our role should be to help our candidates succeed and achieve, not to set traps or watch them fail. (There may be instances, when evaluating advanced levels, in which a tool may be intentionally taken out of adjustment to permit […]