Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Sample List of Existing Credentials
(Includes licenses, education and industry certificates, and postsecondary degree options)
Updated: March 7, 2016
NCTEF/NASDCTEc does not endorse any of the listed licenses, certificates or degrees.
Education and Industry Licenses
Title/Type/Descriptor of Licensing Program
Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineer
Agricultural Engineer
Civil and Structural Engineer
Control Systems Engineer
Electrical and control systems Engineer
Environmental Engineer
Fire Protection Engineer
Industrial Engineer
Metallurgical Engineer
Mining and Mineral Engineer
Nuclear Engineer
Petroleum Engineer
Intern Engineer
Professional Engineer
Engineer In-Training
Stationary Engineer
Environmental Professional
Asbestos Consultant
Designer of Engineering Systems
Physical Science Teachers
Animal Scientist
Environmental Laboratory Director
Soil Scientist
Specialist in Chemistry
Specialist in Microbiology
General Engineering Contractor
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Licensing Organization
(Varies from State to State)
Source for Contact Information
http://www.careerinfonet.org/
Click Career Tools and search under Career
Tools: Licensing Occupations by specific Science,
Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
occupations, by state, or by agency
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Certified Scientist
Radiographer
Geologist
Bio-analytical Laboratory Director
Nuclear Medicine Technologist
Professional Geologist
Mathematical
Hydrologist
Education and Industry Certificates
Title/Type/Descriptor of Certification
Program
Diplomate, American Board of Medical
Microbiology
Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology
with Added Qualification in Cytopathology
Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology
with Special Qualifications in Diplomate of the
American Board of Pathology with Special
Qualification in Chemical Pathology
Diplomate of the American Board of Pathology
with Special Qualification in Dermapathology
etc.Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Added Qualifications in Neuroradiology of the
American Boad of Radilogy
Added Qualifications in Pediatric Radiology of
the American Board of Radiology
Certificate of Added Qualifications in Vascular
and Interventional Radiology
Diplomate in Diagnostic Radilogy of the
American Board of Radiology
Diplomate in Diagnostic Radiology with
Special Competence in Nuclear Radiology of
the American Board of Radiology
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Issuing Organization
Source for Contact Information
American Board of Medical
Microbiology (ASM)
American Board of Pathology (ABP)
http://www.microbiologycert.org/abmm.asp
American Board of Radiology (ABR)
http://www.theabr.org/
http://www.abpath.org/
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Diplomate of the American Board of
Toxicology
Diplomate of the American College of
Laboratory Animal Medicine
Diplomate of the American College of
Veterinary Microbiologists
Diplomate in Veterinary Pathology of the
American College of Veterinary Pathologists
Diplomate of the American College of
Zoological Medicine
Certified Hydrographer
Certified Drafter (CD)
Associate Fisheries Scientist (AFS); Certified
Fisheries Scientist (CFS)
Certified Gemologist (CG)
American Board of Toxicology (ABT)
http://www.abtox.org
American College of Laboratory
Animal Medicine (ACLAM)
American College of Veterinary
Microbiologists (ACVM)
American College of Veterinary
Pathologists (ACVP)
American College of Zoological
Medicine (ACZM)
American Congress on Surveying and
Mapping (ACSM)
American Design Drafting Association
(ADDA)
American Fisheries Society (AFS)
http://www.aclam.org/
American Gem Society (AGS)
http://www.ags.org/
http://www.americangemsociety.org/requirededucati
on.htm
American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
http://www.aihydrology.org/join.htm
American Institute of Professional
Geologists (AIPG), also State
Certification
American Meteorological Society
(AMS)
American Oil Chemists' Society
(AOCS)
http://www.aipg.org
Registered Jeweler
Gemologist Appraiser
Professional Hydrogeologist (PHG) Professional
Hydrologist (PH) Professional HydrologistGround Water (PH-GW)
Professional Hydrologist-Water Qaulity (PHWQ), Surface Water
Certified Professional Geologist (CPG)
Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM)
Approved Chemist
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http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu
http://www.acvp.org
http://www.aczm.org
http://www.acsm.net/hydrocert.html
http://www.adda.org/
http://www.fisheries.org/afs/certification.html
http://www.ametsoc.org/amscert/index.html
http://www.aocs.org/
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Board Eligible, American Osteopathic Board of
Nuclear Medicine
Diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board
of Nuclear Medicine
Diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board
of Nuclear Medicine w/Added Qualifications
Diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board
of Nuclear Medicine w/Added Qaulifications in
Nucelar Cardiology
Diplomate of the American Osteopathic Board
of Nuclear Medicine w/Added Qaulifications in
Nuclear Imaging and Therapy in In Vivo and In
Vitro Nuclear Medicine
Board Eligible, American Osteopathic Board of
Pathology
Diplomate in Anatomic Pathology of the
American Osteopathic Board of Pathology
Diplomate in Forensic Pathology of the
American Osteopathic Board of Pathology
Diplomate in Laboratory Medicine of the
American Osteopathic Board of Pathology
natomic Patholgoy and Laboratory Medicine of
American Osteopathic Board of Pathology
Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector
Certification; Piping Inspector Certification;
Pressure Vessel Inspector Certification;
Refractory Personnel Certification; Tank Entry
Supervisor Certification; Supplemental
Inspection Certification; UT Shear Wave
(Detection, Sizing) Qualification
Registered Microbiologist (RM); Specialist
Microbiologist SM)
Nondestructive Testing Level I, II, III RRSP
Certified Mapping Scientist -GIS/LIS; Certified
Mapping Scientist-Remote Sensing; Certified
Photogrammetrist
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American Osteopathic Board of Nuclear
Medicine
http://www.aoa-net.org/Certification/nuclear.htm
American Osteopathic Board of
Pathology
http://www.osteopathic.org
American Petroleum Institute (API)
http://api.org/certifications/icp/programs/index.cfm
American Society for Microbiology
(ASM)
American Society for Nondestructive
Testing (ASNT)
American Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
http://www.microbiologycert.org
http://www.asnt.org/
http://www.asprs.org/
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Mechanical Inspector
Quality Auditor
Quality Engineer
Quality Manager
Quality Technician
Software Quality Engineer
Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) Certified
Software Quality Engineer (CSQE)
Pharmaceutical GMP Professional
Biomedical Auditor
HACCP Auditor
Calibration Technician
Quality Improvement Associate
Quality Process Analyst
Six Sigma Black/Green Belt
Petroleum Operations Engineer (POE)
Certified in Plumbing Design (CPD)
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American Society for Quality / ASQ
http://www.asq.org/
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME)
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
http://www.asme.org/
American Society of Plumbing
Engineers (ASPE)
http://www.aspe.org/
www.spe.org
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Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
Certified Energy Procurer (CEP)
Certified Power Quality Professional (CPQ)
Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional
(CLEP)
Certified Sustainable Development Professional
(CSDP)
Certified Energy Auditor (CEA)
Certified Business Energy Professional (BEP)
Distributed Generation Certified Professional
(DGCP)
Certified GeoExchange Designer (CGD)
Energy Manager in Training (EMIT)
Certified Carbon Reduction Manager (CRM)
Certified Building Commission Professional
(CBCP)
Certified Measurement and Verification
Professional (CMUP)
Certified Green Building Engineer (GBE)
Certified Ground Water Professional (CGWP)
Certified Pump Installer
Certified Well Driller
Registered Polysomnographic Technologist
(RPSGT)
Certified Polysomnographic Technician
(CPSGT)
Registered Biological Photographer (RBP)
Associate Ergonomics Professional (AEP)
Associate Human Factors Professional (AHEP)
Certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP)
Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE)
Certified User Experience Professional (CUXP)
Associate User Experience Professional
(AUXP)
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Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
http://www.aeecenter.org/
Association of Ground Water Scientists
and Engineers (AGWSE)
http://www.ngwa.org/cert/index.aspx
American Association of Sleep
Technologists (APT)
Board of Registered Polysomnographic
Technologists
BioCommunications Association
(BCA)
Board of Certification in Professional
Ergonomics (BCPE)
http://www.aastweb.org/RPSGTCredential.aspx
www.brpt.org
http://www.bca.org/certification/index.html
http://www.bcpe.org/
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Diplomate in Diagnostic Radiology
Diplomate in Radiation Oncology
Diplomate in Radiology Physics
Diplomate in Hazard Control (BCHCM)
Certified Product Safety Manager, Associate
Level (CPSM), Executive, Senior Level
Certified Products Safety Manager, Executive
Level (CPSM)
Certified Product Safety Manager, Senior Level
(CPSM)
Certified Healthcare Emergency Professional
(CHEP)
Certified Patient Safety Officer (CPSO)
Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
Certified Hazard Control Manager (CHCM)
Certified Occupational Health and Safety
Technologist (OHST)
Certified Loss Control Specialist, Certified
Safety Professional, Construction Health and
Safety Technician (CHST)
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American Board of Radiology (ABR)
http://www.theabr.org
Board of Certified Safety Management
www.chcm-chsp.org
Board of Certified Safety Professionals
/ BCSP
http://www.bcsp.org/
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Registered Kinesiologist
Anesthesiologist Associate
Cardiovascular Technician
Cytotechnologist
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer
Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist
Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic
Exercise Physiologist
Exercise Scientist
Kinesiotherapist
Medical Associate
Medical Illustrator
Orthotic and Prosthetic Practitioner
Perfusionist
PFT
Polysomnographic Technologist
Respiratory Therapist
Specialist in Blood Bank Technology
Surgical Associate
Surgical Technician
Certified Customer Service Specialist (CSS)
Certified Electronics Technician, Associate
Level
Certified Electronics Technician, Journeyman
Level (21 diff. exams)
Certified Electronics Technician, Master Level
Certified Electronics Technician, Senior Level
Certified Satellite Installer (CSI)
Stand Alone Exams (25)
Board Certified Entomologist (BCE)
Associate Board Certified Entomologist
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CAAHEP
http://www.caahep.org/content.aspx?ID=19
Electronics Technician Association,
International (ETA-I)
http://www.eta-sda.com/
http://www.eta-i.org
Entomological Society of America
(ESA)
http://www.entsoc.org/
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Fluid Power Engineer
Fluid Power Mechanic
Fluid Power Specialist
Fluid Power Technician
Hydraulic Specialist
Hydarulic Technician
Industrial Hydraulic Mechanic
Mobile Hydraulic Mechanic/Technician
Pneumatic Mechanic
Pneumatic Technician
Pneumatic Specialist
Master Technician/Mechanic
Electronic Controls Specialist
Accredited Training Program
Accredited Continuing Ed Provider
Certified Affiliated Master Trainer
Certified Independent Master Trainer
Certified Instructor
Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP)
Environmental Professional Intern
Certified Knowledge Engineer (CKE)
Fluid Power Society / FPS
http://www.ifps.org/
Institute for Sustainable Power (ISP)
http://www.ispq-central.com
Institute of Professional Environmental
Practice / IPEP
International Association of Knowledge
Engineers (IAKE)
http://www.ipep.org/
Certified Biomedical Equipment Technician
(CBET)
Certified Laboratory Equipment Specialist
(CLES)
Certified Radiology Equipment Specialist
(CRES)
NETA Certified Test Technician, Levels 1-4
Association for the Advancement of
Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
General Supervisor (Gsup)
Physician Office Laboratory Technician (POLT)
Registered Medical Technician (MLT) AAB
Registered Medical Technologist (MT) AAB
Phlebotomy Technician PBT (AAB)
Environmental Microbiology Analysts (EMA)
AAB
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International Electrical Testing
Association (NETA)
American Association of Bioanalysts
(AAB)
9112 Paytley Bridge Ln
Potomac MD, 20854
301-765-7678
http://www.aami.org/
http://www.netaworld.org/
http://www.aab.org/
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Certified Control Systems Technician, Level I,
II, III (CCST)
Certified Automation Professional
Certified Industrial Maintenance Mechanics
Certified Associate in Materials Handling
(CAMH)
Professional Certified in Materials Handling
(PCMH)
Certified Electron Microscopy Technologist
Certification in Ergonomics
Certification in MTM-1
Certification in MTM-1(120)
Certification in MTM-UAS-A
Certification in MTM-UAB-B
Chemical Treatments Specialist Corrosion
Specialist,
Corrosion Technician
Corrosion Technologist
Senior Corrosion Technologist
Protective Coatings Specialist
Materials Selection/Design Specialist
NATE Certified Senior Technician
Certified Manufacturing Specialist
Certified Senior Manufacturing Specialist
Certified Technology Managers
Certified Senior Technology Managers
Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineer
Electromagnetic Compatibility Technicans
Electrostatic Discharge Control Engineer
Electrostatic Discharge Technician
Product Safety
Unlicensed Wireless Systems Installation
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ISA / International Society for
Measurement and Control
http://www.isa.org/
Materials Handling and Management
Society (MHMS)
http://www.mhia.org/about/societies/mhms/certificat
ion
Microscopy Society of America (MSA)
MTM Association for Standards and
Research (MTM)
http://www.microscopy.org/education/programs.cfm
http://www.mtm.org/
NACE International
http://www.nace.org/
NATE / North American Technician
Excellence, Inc.
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 300,
McLean, Virginia 22102
Telephone: (703) 610-9033
Fax: (703) 610-9005
Association of Technology,
Management and Applied Engineering
www.natex.org
National Association of Radio and
Telecommunications Engineers
(NARTE)
http://www.narte.org/
http://www.nait.org/main.html
http://www.atmae.org
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Certified Professional Chemical Engineer
(CPChE)
Certfied Professional Chemist (CPC)
Certified Echocardiograhic Technologist (CET)
Associate Engineering Technician (AET)
Associate Engineering Technologist (ACT)
Certified Engineering Technologist (CT)
Engineering Technician (ET)
Senior Engineering Technician (SET)
Technician Trainee (TT)
Clinical Chemist (CCT)
Clinical Chemistry Technologist (CCT)
Toxiological Chemist
Environmental Analytical Chemist/Technician
Clinical Hygiene Officer
Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist
(CNMT)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certified Research Administrator (CRA)
Certified Manufacturing Technologist
Certified Manufacturing Engineering
Certification
National Certification Commission in
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
(NCCCCE)
Board of Echocardiography
National Institute for Certification in
Engineering Technologies / NICET
http://www.theaic.org/cert.htm
National Registry in Clinical Chemistry
(NRCC)
http://www.nrccb.org
Nuclear Medicine Technology
Certification Board /NMTCB
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Research Administration Certification
Council (RACC)
Society of Manufacturing Engineers /
SME
http://www.nmtcb.org/
http://www.echoboards.org
http://www.nicet.org/
http://www.pmi.org/
http://www.cra-cert.org
http://www.sme.org/
Postsecondary Degree Options
Title/Type/Descriptor of Degree Program
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biology, General
Biophysics
Botany
Cell Biology
Ecology
Entomology
Human Marine/Aquatic Biology & Animal Physiology
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Degree Conferring Organization
Colleges and Universities
Source for Contact Information
http://www.careerinfonet.org/
Search under the topic Education
and Training Finder
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Microbiology/Bacteriology
Molecular Biology
Neuroscience
Toxicology
Virology
Zoology, General
Polymer/Plastics Engineering
Engineering, General
Aerospace, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering
Agricultural Engineering
Architectural Engineering
Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering
Ceramic Sciences & Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering
Engineering Mechanics
Engineering Physics
Engineering Science
Environmental /Environmental Health Engineering
Geological Engineering
Geophysical Engineering
Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering
Materials Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering
Mining & Mineral Engineering
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Systems Engineering
Textile Sciences & Engineering
Engineering Design
Engineering/Industrial Management
Engineering Materials Science
Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician
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Architectural Engineering Technology/Technician
Biomedical Engineering-Related Technology/Technician
Civil Engineering/Civil Technology/Technician
Construction/Building Technology
Electrical, Electronic & Comm Engineering Technology/Technician
Electromechanical Technology/Technician
Engineering Technology/Technician, General
Environmental & Pollution Control Technology/Technician
Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Technologies/Technician
Industrial/Manufacturing Technology/Technician
Instrumentation Technology/Technician
Laser & Optical Technology/Technician
Mining Occupational Safety & Health Technology/Technician &
Petroleum Technologies
Quality Control Technology/Technician
Robotics Technology/Technician
Solar Technology/Technician
Surveying
March 7, 2016
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