Career Certifications Tree by Industry
Delivered January 18, 2021. Contributor: Dorcas K.
Goals
To provide a list of certifications for all disciplines in all industries or a library of certifications issued for all professions. Ideally, the findings should provide a source whereby one can buy or download an existing certification ontology. If this is not available, a list of sources to help with building the list can be provided.
Early Findings
Sources that Can be Used to Compound the List of Professional Certifications for all Industries
- The following source provides certifications, broken down by career fields.
- This source contains a list of professional designations and certifications and includes most of the globally-recognized industry certifications.
- This source is called Careeronestop and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. It contains a Certification Finder which can be used to conduct searches by certification name, organization, industry, or occupation.
- Tests.com also provides valuable information on careers and certification that can be used to compound the list.
Summary of Early Findings
- We spent the first hour of research
- We were not provided with a geographic focus for this project, so we assumed a narrow approach and looked specifically at the United States. If a more broad approach is desired, for example, a global view, this would have to be clearly communicated to us in any reply. However, the sources highlighted that some of the certifications are "top globally-recognized industry credentials."
- We could not find a source to buy or download existing certification details.
- Therefore, we provided four sources that we found during the first hour of research and we determined that these can be used to compound the list.
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