{"id":7383,"date":"2022-11-28T17:39:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T17:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/uncategorized\/iecs-2022-fall-golf-tournament-hits-hole-in-one-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T20:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T20:00:06","slug":"certificacion-frente-a-licencia-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/es\/blog\/certification-vs-licensing-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfConoce la diferencia entre certificaci\u00f3n el\u00e9ctrica y licencia el\u00e9ctrica?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-7383\" data-postid=\"7383\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-7383 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_8jjz756 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_anxp756 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_h5xi756  repeat\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/LicensevsCertified-e1669658572993.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7387 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/iecatlantaga.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/LicensevsCertified-e1669658572993-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\"><\/a>\u00bfConoce la diferencia entre certificaci\u00f3n el\u00e9ctrica y licencia el\u00e9ctrica?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Por: Niel Dawson, Director Ejecutivo, IEC Atlanta, GA Chapters<br><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Certificaci\u00f3n y licencia son dos t\u00e9rminos que se malinterpretan y se utilizan indistintamente por error.  Para aumentar la confusi\u00f3n, existen diferentes tipos de certificaciones y licencias, y var\u00edan seg\u00fan el estado.  Incluso dentro de las juntas estatales de concesi\u00f3n de licencias, hay incoherencias de un oficio a otro.<\/p>\n<p>En primer lugar, una certificaci\u00f3n suele concederse a alguien que cumple una serie de criterios establecidos por una organizaci\u00f3n de acreditaci\u00f3n o un sector.  Puede tratarse tanto de organizaciones con o sin \u00e1nimo de lucro como de organismos p\u00fablicos.  Una licencia suele ser expedida por una entidad gubernamental, como un estado o una jurisdicci\u00f3n. El carn\u00e9 de conducir es un buen ejemplo de licencia expedida por una entidad p\u00fablica.  Si tiene licencia en un estado y se traslada a otro, es posible que tenga que obtener la licencia en otro estado.<\/p>\n<p>Muchas veces, una certificaci\u00f3n conduce a la obtenci\u00f3n de una licencia, como en el sector el\u00e9ctrico.  La IEC ofrece un programa de aprendizaje de electricidad que conduce a la certificaci\u00f3n como oficial por el Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU..  Un graduado del programa puede entonces obtener esta certificaci\u00f3n y solicitar la licencia de electricista en cualquiera de los 50 estados.  Sin embargo, no todos los estados exigen licencia para ser electricista; de hecho, s\u00f3lo alrededor del 50% de los estados exigen licencia a los electricistas: \u00a1m\u00e1s confusi\u00f3n!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>En Georgia, por ejemplo, no existe la licencia de electricista, sino la de contratista el\u00e9ctrico. Y no existe una licencia de maestro electricista en Georgia, aunque mucha gente hace referencia a ella.  En los oficios de fontaner\u00eda, hay un maestro fontanero, junto con un fontanero con licencia y un contratista de fontaner\u00eda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>El mejor consejo para cualquiera que quiera dedicarse a un oficio es que busque una asociaci\u00f3n profesional, como la CEI, del oficio que quiera ejercer.  Tambi\u00e9n puedes buscar la junta de licencias profesionales de tu estado.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do You Know The Difference Between Electrical Certification and Electrical Licensing? 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