Industry-recognized credentials ensure that Alabama students graduate from high school globally competitive for work and post-secondary education with validated 21st century skills.

Credentials:

• Validate knowledge of skill attainment
• Increase student confidence
• Often result in higher earning potential
• Open the door for networking in a career field
• Set students apart from the competition
• Demonstrate commitment to continuous learning

Credentials provide students with the documented skills they need to compete in today’s economic environment. Many Alabama Career and Technical Education students pursue college where their credentials may increase their opportunities for articulated college credits. Credentialing programs produce globally-competitive students. Credentialing opportunities are available in mostl CTE program areas.

I-CAR has developed the industry's most effective, rigorous and role-specific training with its Platinum™ and Gold Class™ recognition, Welding Training & Certification™ and Career & Technical School Programs.

Collision Repair Technology offiers I-CAR's base collision repair curriculum package equivalent to the I-CAR ProLevel 1® learning path for refinishing and non-structural technicians.

Through the RISE Up Customer Service and Sales training, students master fundamental employability and workplace skills, including

• Understanding the customer life cycle
• Developing effective strategies to engage customers
• Assessing customer needs and closing sales
• Reading customer body language
• Increasing customer satisfaction and retention
• Problem-solving and working in teams

Earning a certification validates their knowledge and skills to employers and builds workplace-readiness.

Programs offering the NRF Customer Service certification include:

• Cosmetology
• Family and Consumer Science

Knowledge of multimeters is one of the most-requested skills in the industry today. This certification includes training on the problem-solving capabilities of Snap-on® digital multimeters — the same technology used by professionals in the workplace. Training ranges from basic applications to advanced troubleshooting.

Students receive training in the use of Snap-on® advanced electrical monitoring equipment. The knowledge and experience they gain applies to critical industries such as automotive repair, transportation, wind power, manufacturing, HVAC, and robotics.

The Snap-on Multimeter Certification connects directly to the following academic subject areas:

• Auto Collision Repair and Refinishing

• Industrial Maintenance

• Automotive Maintenance Technology

• Electromechanical

• Agribusiness and Science Technology

• Nuclear Technology

• Wind Energy Technology

Programs offering the Snap On Multimeter Certification include:

• Automotive Service Technology