Definition of professional certification
According to the ATS International Certification Agreement of the Asia-Pacific Annual Meeting of International Professional Management, the professional certification bodies are defined as follows:
Broadly speaking, it refers to a certain professional technology or field, which is divided into several grades according to technical difficulty or professional degree through certain standard verification or testing, and is recognized and issued by a government unit or professional institution with credibility to commend personal qualifications or professional qualifications.
Narrow sense-the so-called vocational certification is divided into license or vocational certificate. "License" is the qualification that a specific regulated industry or enterprise should possess. Generally, there are qualifications or certifications required by legislation or industry groups, and the certification documents issued are used to regulate or require the qualifications to exercise business or behavior.
"Professional certificate" refers to a certificate that a professional technology or field has passed certain standards or verification tests and is issued to individuals to demonstrate or recognize the technical ability.
Generally speaking, a license is a proof that a certain business or behavior is allowed to be exercised, but the required standards may be different according to the different places or industries, so a license is called territorialism. Professional certificate is the recognition of an individual in a certain professional skill or ability, and it is the recognition of an individual's qualification or honor in a certain professional skill and ability, so professional certificate is individualistic.
Functions and benefits of professional certification
1, which can guide college entrance examination students and parents to choose certified professional points;
2. Certification can improve the competitiveness of domestic counterparts and recruit more outstanding students;
3. It can help colleges and universities to establish and improve an efficient teaching management system and realize the training goal of students;
4. Carrying out professional certification is helpful to promote the reform of engineering education in China, strengthen engineering practice education and further improve the quality of engineering education;
5. Attract the extensive participation of the business community, further strengthen the connection between engineering education and industry, and improve the adaptability of engineering education personnel training to industry. More importantly, it can promote China's engineering education to participate in international exchanges and realize international mutual recognition of undergraduate engineering education degrees. In the future, students who have passed the professional certification of engineering education can obtain the qualification of engineers in relevant countries or regions according to the requirements of professional engineers, thus providing engineering students with a "passport" with internationally recognized quality standards.