ERGONOMICS CERTIFICATION EXAM SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 1994

Contact: Dieter Jahns
BCPE Executive Director
206/671-7601

Bellingham, WA—The Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE) has scheduled the first written examination to be administered in partial fulfillment of its certification criteria for designation as a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE) or Certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP). The examination will be given Saturday, October 29, 1994 at the Stouffer-Nashville Hotel in Nashville, TN, after the conclusion of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (24-28 October, contact HFES at 310/394-1811 for meeting information only).

Potential candidates for certification are invited to request application materials by sending a $10.00 check to: BCPE, PO Box 2811, Bellingham, WA, 98227. The application processing fee (including testing) is $190.00 payable prior to 2 September 1994. Applications received after this date may be rejected for the first test administration due to limited space availability. (Regardless of this, a $50.00 surcharge will be required for "special handling" after 2 September 1994 for the October 29 sitting).

Practitioners having a MA/MS (or equivalent educational background in the life sciences, engineering sciences and behavioral sciences to comprise a professional level of ergonomics education), four (4) years of full-time professional practice as an ergonomist/human factors specialist with emphasis on ergonomic design involvement, and the submission of a work product demonstrating the application of ergonomics to a product, process, or work environment will be qualified to take the examination. A passing score will then complete the requirements to be issued a certificate.

The BCPE has awarded the CPE and CHFP designations since 1992. The Board consists of nine (9) Directors who have been instrumental in shaping the profession over the past 40 years. In 1990, they established the BCPE as a non-profit corporation for the purposes of enhancing the education, skills, and practices of practitioners in the profession as a distinct discipline. Although functioning as an independent organization, the BCPE maintains close coordination with those scientific societies and trade associations that have similar interests (e.g. HFES and the International Ergonomics Association).