Professional Credentialing

This page provides more information for those interested in joining the PC Programme or looking for more information on how Professionally Credentialed individuals can support AWS implementation. If you would like to speak to someone about joining the PC Programme, please contact us.

What is the Professional Credentialing Programme?

AWS aims to ensure the availability of highly skilled professionals to support sites seeking to implement and achieve certification to the AWS Standard. As a result, it is important to develop an international cadre of water stewardship professionals across industry sectors who will ensure credibility in the dissemination and adoption of water stewardship knowledge and expertise. The primary approach to ensure this credibility is through the development of a global water stewardship Professional Credentialing Program.

The AWS Professional Credentialing Programme (PC Programme) provides a mechanism through which trained individuals can continue to develop and enhance their AWS skills and experience and make claims through marketing and communications. AWS Standard System Training is the only entryway to the AWS PC Programme. More information and registration on training is available at a4ws.org/training/aws-standard-system-training

What are the benefits of being part of the AWS PC Programme?

For individuals, being credentialed means you have taken the AWS Standard System Training to learn about water stewardship and the AWS Standard, you have committed to the Code of Conduct, and you are keeping your awareness and knowledge of water stewardship efforts up to date. Through use of the AWS Professional Credential branding to signal your involvement in the program, you can clearly demonstrate your contribution to the growth and evolution of water stewardship practices and awareness, making you a more valuable and sought-after professional. In addition, PC individuals can work for accredited service providers, thereby offering you increased employment and career opportunities.

For AWS implementers, the PC Programme makes it easier to identify trained individuals with the skillsets you might be looking for to support your AWS activities.

PC Programme Overview

Once you have completed the training course and passed the relevant open-book exam with a score above 80%, you are able to join the AWS Professional Credentialing Programme. Upon opting in, you will be invited to:

• Sign the AWS Professional Credentialing Code of Conduct for a three-year commitment
• Pay an annual fee
• Commit to Continuing Contribution Units which include:
  • webinars
  • volunteering
  • writing about the AWS System online or in print
• Create your account on the AWS PC Programme Portal

This will allow you to be registered on the AWS international website, access newly available information and learning on AWS Standard implementation and market your services using AWS PC Programme branding.

If you would like to know more about how the PC Programme works, please consult the PC Programme Handbook. If you can’t find the answer to your question in the Handbook, or would like to discuss the Programme, please contact the PC Programme Administrator.