Fast Track course - Knowledge and experience prerequisites

If you haven’t attended an SES Standard Technical Training Course in the past ten years, but have significant experience in grounding and EMI studies because you have been regularly involved in such studies for a significant portion of your working time, it is necessary for SES to assess your knowledge level before you attempt the Level 1 Certification Exam.

Although SES recognizes that there are a significant number of qualified SES users who have not attended a Standard Training Course, SES cannot make a subjective assumption concerning the qualifications of these practitioners. The user may be qualified in many technical areas involving EMI and grounding, but may lack the appropriate expertise in one or more key technical areas. Therefore, an appropriate course is still required to ensure that all certified professionals have a satisfactory knowledge of the key topics taught by SES during its Standard Training Course. However, the workshops that would otherwise take place during such courses are not necessary for users with adequate experience using SES’s software. Therefore, a compressed course can be considered for such users wishing to pass the Level 1 Certification Exam. In order to schedule such a course and ensure that you meet the prerequisites to succeed, SES must first have sufficient evidence confirming that you are an experienced SES software user. This can be demonstrated by providing SES with evidence of your familiarity with the software, by one or more of the following means:

• SES records showing continuous and active high-level interaction with SES’s technical support team.
• Regular attendance at CDEGS Users’ Conference events.
• Technical publications on EMI and grounding in peer-reviewed journals or in CDEGS Users’ Conference Proceedings.
• A list of several engineering or research reports, of which you are the main author. SES must be authorized to review at least two of these reports and will agree to an appropriate confidentiality clause.
• An official letter from your management confirming that approximately 50% or more of your time has been applied towards work on EMI and grounding studies for a duration of at least one year, or approximately 25% or more of your time for a duration of least two years.