Overview
The Canadian Vocational Association is committed to enhancing the quality of educational and training practices. This international certification programs are part of this commitment and ensures a standardization and quality control in our certified CVA facilitators.
Programs Objectives
The objectives of the program are:
- to establish and maintain a international standard of all occupational / competency analyses facilitators using the DACUM model.
- to enhance the DACUM process of Job, Occupational and Field Analysis.
- to assist DACUM Facilitators through active association advocacy for performance-based education and training.
Programs Rules
- Anyone successfully completing a CVA DACUM Facilitator Workshop*, or an equivalent, is eligible to register in this certification program.
- Upon completion of the CVA DACUM Facilitator Workshop*, the applicant will be issued an interim certificate. This interim certificate is valid for a maximum of three (3) years or until three complete and different DACUM charts have been submitted for CVA evaluation, whichever comes first.
- A CVA associate member in good standing who has recent DACUM Facilitator experience (3 – 5 years) may also be admitted in this certification program upon assessment by the CVA DACUM Evaluation Committee of his / her background, experience and training.
- Upon successful CVA evaluation of three complete and different DACUM charts, the applicant will be issued a permanent dated certificate.
- A CVA DACUM Evaluation Committee will make all decisions regarding certification. All decisions will be final.
- A one-time registration fee of 550$ (CDN) plus GST will be paid for this certification process. A package format for either module combined with its related certification program is also available at $1900 plus GST
- CVA members who wish to maintain a permanent DACUM Facilitator certification and remain on the international register must submit a minimum of one new chart every three years.
- Candidates not meeting the standards for certification will receive a prescriptive assessment based on the charts submitted to the board of evaluators and, therefore, will have a clear knowledge of what to improve, to achieve or to provide in order to meet the CVA requirements for certification.
- All applicants must be CVA members in good standing to maintain interim and permanent dated certification status.
* CVA DACUM Analysis Facilitator International Certification Program: Successful completion of DACUM I is a prerequisite for admission
* CVA CBT Program Development Facilitator International Certification Program: Successful completion of DACUM II is a prerequisite for admission
Certification Standards
Each submitted DACUM chart will have to meet the following standards :
- For each submitted chart, there will be a short accounting report specifying :
- the topic of the chart;
- the scope of the analysis;
- the purpose(s) and / or intended use of the chart;
- people involved in the development of the chart;
- the location.
- All General Areas of Competencies (GACs) will be clearly identified and stated with an action verb.
- There should be no less than 7 and no more than 14 General Areas of Competencies (GACs)
- At least one (1) GAC will deal with Personal Competencies.
- Tasks / skills stated on the chart will be measurable and will start with an action verb.
- No GAC and no task / skill statement will start with the verbs to know, to understand, to appreciate or synonyms
N.B.: Although not required, it is desirable that a competency-based evaluation scale appear on the chart, as indicated in the example charts.
To Register and for more information
please contact Mr. Pierre Morin, CVA DACUM Training Program Coordinator
Email: pmforminc@gmail.com
Telephone : (+1) 450 812-7510
Mobile : (1) 438 491-6001
Canadian Vocational Association
CP 155 Pointe-Claire/Dorval
Pointe-Claire, Québec H9R 4N9
Email: info@cva-acfp.org