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Microcredentials recognize the mastery of specific skills in a learning program. They are valuable to learners as a way to demonstrate competency, and they are increasingly recognized and valued as an alternative pathway to STEM careers, particularly those that may not require a degree.
An IEEE skills-based microcredential is a formal recognition of learning that validates the acquisition of specific knowledge areas, skills, abilities, or, when “stacked,” broader competencies. The IEEE microcredential is unique in that it is a compentency-based credential. Learners who earn this credential have proven they meet specific requirements and have attained certain levels of learning.
Benefits of Offering IEEE Microcredentials
Recognizes learners’ commitment to continuing professional development
Provides a credential that employers can understand and trust
Provides learners with a way to share credentials across social media platforms and on CVs/resumes
Learners can easily display accomplishments as they build essential skills
What is a Microcredential?
Microcredentials certify that learners have demonstrated mastery of specific skills through a learning program. They can be stackable, illustrating a growing skillset in an area. Additionally, these credentials are verifiable and sharable, showing employers the skills that learners have acquired through various learning programs.
USC Cleanroom Technician Microcredentials
IEEE partnered with the University of Southern California, leader of the CA DREAMS collaboration funded by the US Department of Defense, to create stackable, skills-based microcredentials for their semiconductor cleanroom training program. IEEE worked with USC to create standardized skills assessments and the associated microcredentials so that industry hiring managers can recognize the newly developed skills. These microcredentials help people with or without 4-year degrees to join the semiconductor industry, as cleanroom technicians or as engineers with cleanroom experience.
IEEE Microcredentials
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