As the IT industry becomes more competitive, the ability for management to distinguish professional and skilled individuals in the field becomes mandatory. CASQ Certification demonstrates a foundation-level understanding of quality assurance principles and practices.
Acquiring the designation of Certified Associate in Software Quality (CASQ) indicates a professional level of competence in the principles and practices of quality assurance in the IT profession. CASQs become members of an acclaimed professional group, receiving recognition of their competence by business and professional associates, and are afforded potentially more rapid career advancement.
Checking Prerequisites
To qualify for candidacy, each applicant must meet one of three prerequisites:
- A 3 year degree or 4 year degree from an accredited college-level institution
- A 2 year degree from an accredited college-level institution and 1 years experience in the information services field
- Three years experience in the information services field
Depending upon a compliance sample selected according to program criteria, the applicant may be required to provide detailed education and/or employment documentation supporting the prerequisite option selected on the application. If selected for verification, the applicant must supply the documentation to the program. Applicants who fail to provide the requested documentation will not be allowed to sit for the exam or, if the exam has been taken and passed, may be subject to de-certification.
Active certificants may choose to recertify by submitting a Recertification Journal which contains at least 120 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits. Report your CPE credits using the online Customer Service Portal Recertification Journal. The old paper based journals are no longer allowed.
Login to the portal and click on My Certifications to see a list of your current certifications and their expiration dates. Click on the Recertification Journal link to review and record your CPE credits. You can continue returning to the portal and recording CPE for the entire 3 year period that your current certification is active. However, once your current certification expires, you will no longer be able to enter CPE or submit the journal and your certification will be officially expired. So make sure you submit the journal BEFORE the expiration date listed in the portal.
You must submit the completed list of journal entries and pay the $100 processing fee BEFORE the expiration deadline in order to initiate the recertification process. You can submit the journal as early as you like to be certified for 3 more years. You don’t get reset or lose time by submitting early (e.g. You submit a journal 8/1/2008 for the 1/1/2009 CSTE expiration. Your CSTE will be extended 3 more years to 1/1/2012).
Earning the required 120 CPE credits every three years, or an average of 40 CPE credits per year, is typically not difficult for professionals working in the field. Although CPE credits can be earned and reported in any combination, most Journal Items concentrate on traditional educational and professional activities.
What is Recertification?
Knowledge within a profession doesn’t stand still. Having passed the certification examination, a certificant has demonstrated knowledge of the designation’s Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK) at the point in time of the examination. In order to stay current in the field as knowledge and techniques mature, the certificant must be actively engaged in professional practice, and seek opportunities to stay aware of and learn emerging practices. Certified professionals are generally expected to:
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Attend professional conferences to stay aware of activities and trends in the profession,
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Take education and training courses to continually update skills and competencies,
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Develop and offer training to share knowledge and skills with other professionals and the public,
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Publish information in order to disseminate personal, project, and research experiences, and
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Participate in the profession through active committee memberships and formal special interest groups.
Software Certifications describes the policies and procedures that you need to understand and use in order to seek certification within the information technology quality assurance field.
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