Online-Certification-Application LEVEL II

To become certified, all applicants must complete an online certification application. The application confirms an applicant's education, work and experience qualifications. PEARL certification requires that all applicants must be currently employed by a full PEARL member company or a PEARL Service Organization. Applicants also must meet all the education, training, and work experience requirements as set forth in the PEARL Technician Profile.

All applicants are required to pay for the PEARL Technician Certification exam to offset the costs of application review, exam creation, and delivery. The PEARL Level II Certification Exam Fee is $325.00. If an applicant's application is denied by PEARL, PEARL will issue a full refund, less a $75 administrative fee, within 4 weeks following the application review date.

NOTES:

Fields with label in red are required.
After submitting, wait for the application to process as it takes a momement or two to complete processing.
If you failed to complete a required field, the screen will turn red and an error message will be displayed. Scroll up the page to find the error message "The following fields are incomplete".
You will know that the form has been processed when you are redirected to a "Thank You" page.
PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT THE FORM MORE THAN ONCE.

Application Date

Part 1 - APPLICANT INFORMATION

Title

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Suffix

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Country U.S. Canada

Personal Phone

Business Phone

Date of Birth

Gender

Part 2 - ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS LEVEL II

Each certification level has individual eligibility requirements. Eligibility requirements may include required education and training, work history requirements and ability to perform specific essential duties. The eligibility requirements and essential duties for Level II certification are described for Level II in the PEARL Certification Handbook.

Have you previously applied for PEARL Technician Certification? Yes No

Are you currently employed by a PEARL member organization? Yes No

Are you currently certified as a PEARL Level I technician? Yes No

What is your Level I PEARL Certification Number?

If you are not employed by a PEARL member organization, you must be sponsored by a PEARL member organization. Please provide the name of the PEARL sponsoring company and the name of the PEARL member representative.

Sponsoring PEARL Company

Sponsoring PEARL Representativey

EDUCATION AND TRAINING LEVEL II

Eligibility requirements for Level II PEARL Technician Certification require a minimum of 20 hours of safety training and 40 hours of technical training received within the past 3 years. Safety and technical training can be a combination of company hosted, online or classroom courses and must be documented by the employee’s supervisor and or manager.

Safety Training Organization/Institution or Supervisor/Designated Personnel (20 total hours required)

Date of Training

Number of Training Hours

Certificate Number

Safety Training Organization/Institution or Supervisor/Designated Personnel

Date of Training

Number of Training Hours

Certificate Number

Safety Training Organization/Institution or Supervisor/Designated Personnel

Date of Training

Number of Training Hours

Certificate Number

Safety Training Organization/Institution or Supervisor/Designated Personnel

Date of Training

Number of Training Hours

Certificate Number

Technical Training Organization/Institution or Supervisor/Designated Personnel (40 total hours required)

Date of Training

Number of Training Hours

Certificate Number

Technical Training Organization/Institution or Supervisor/Designated Personnel

Date of Training

Number of Training Hours

Certificate Number

Technical Training Organization/Institution or Supervisor/Designated Personnel

Date of Training

Number of Training Hours

Certificate Number

Technical Training Organization/Institution or Supervisor/Designated Personnel

Date of Training

Number of Training Hours

Certificate Number

Work Experience Requirement (2-Years Industry Related Work History)

Level II certification requires 2-years of industry work related experience. Industry experience is defined as working as a technician for a company that is activity engaged in the repair and service of electrical power system equipment. Examples of companies that qualify as industry experience are PEARL and NETA member companies and service organizations of industry OEM’s. The completion of two or more years of technical education in an electrical field shall be equivalent to a maximum of one year of work experience. Please provide 2-years of Work Experience/History information below starting with your current or most recent employment. Work experience must be with-in the essential duties described in the PEARL Certification Handbook for Level II.

EMPLOYER 1 (most recent or current employer)

Company Name

Start Date

End Date

Job Title

Supervisor's Name

Supervisor's Email

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Country U.S. Canada

Statement of Work Duties Performed/Number of Qualifying Employment Hours By Task. EXAMPLE: Warehouse Supervisor: 3,000 hours; Shop Breaker Technician: 2,000 hours.

EMPLOYER 2 (only if 2-year experience is not achieved in employer 1)

Company Name

Start Date

End Date

Job Title

Supervisor's Name

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Country U.S. Canada

Statement of Work Duties Performed/Number of Qualifying Employment Hours By Task. EXAMPLE: Warehouse Supervisor: 3,000 hours; Shop Breaker Technician: 2,000 hours.

EMPLOYER 3 (only if 2-year experience is not achieved in employer 1 and 2)

Company Name

Start Date

End Date

Job Title

Supervisor's Name

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Country U.S. Canada

Statement of Work Duties Performed/Number of Qualifying Employment Hours By Task. EXAMPLE: Warehouse Supervisor: 3,000 hours; Shop Breaker Technician: 2,000 hours.

PART 3 - APPLICANT ETHICS REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS

1. I have reviewed the current PEARL Technical Certification program Code of Ethics and program Conditions of Application for Technicians, and agree to act in accordance with the PEARL technical certification Code of Ethics and Application policies.
Yes No

CERTIFICATE NAME SPELLING: To ensure the correct spelling of your name properly on your certificate, please accurately type your name as you would like it to appear. Include full middle name & suffixes such as II or Jr., if desired. [NOTE: PEARL will not print any other professional designation on your PEARL certificate.]

Full Name as to be printed on certificate

PART 4 - EXAM SCHEDULING

Once an applicant has received an acceptance letter through email they may schedule their exam. All exams are scheduled and delivered online using a web browser and are proctored through an authorized managed test center. The exam-scheduling email will provide the applicant all the instructions needed to schedule and take their exam. At exam time all candidates are required to show at least one valid government issued photo identification (state driver’s license or ID, or passport) and a copy of their acceptance letter. Only after positive identification has been made by the exam proctor may a candidate begin the exam.

PART 5 - COST AND FEE DETAILS

Level II Certification Exam Fee: $295.00

Level II Certification Renewal Fee (good for 3 years): $ 75.00

Level II Certification Reactivation Fee (if within 1 year of due date): $ 125.00

Application Administration Fee (only applies if application is denied, canceled or withdrawn): $ 40.00

PART 6 - PAYMENT

IMPORTANT: Applications and Renewals will be processed only after payments have been received by PEARL.

After submitting your application you’ll be re-directed to a web page to make your online payment.

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Founded in 1997, the Professional Electrical Apparatus Reconditioning League (PEARL) is a national trade organization for companies that supply quality surplus and reconditioned/remanufactured electrical equipment and apparatus. PEARL is an ANSI accredited standards developer.

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