Certifications and education

A license is a document, plate, or tag issued as proof of legal permission to work in a profession or own something. Many professional fields, such as engineering, medicine, and education, require that individuals obtain a specific level of education to become licensed practitioners of the trade. In addition, a number of these occupations require that licensed professionals pursue regular continuing education to maintain their certification. Acceptable scores on certification level exams are for demonstrate competence usage.

For example, to perform work, an electrician needs an electrical license, a refrigerator repair man might need a mechanical license, a pharmacist must have a license to dispense medications with an additional requirement of continuing education to keep the license current, a business owner must have an operating license, and everyone who drives needs a drivers license.

Citizen Access provides agencies with the ability to track the education, continuing education, and examination requirements for professional or occupational licensing, streamlining the credentialing process. Public users can schedule or reschedule an exam session. A scheduled exam session can be canceled. The agency can track education requirements for licensed professionals, display upcoming license renewal reminders, and examination providers can securely update the exam scores by uploading exam score file to the agency through Citizen Access.