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| QUESTION |
What are the benefits of a
certification through your organization? |
| ANSWER |
There
are numerous benefits to certification with ASASP, but just to name a few:
(1) ASASP
is an independent (disinterested) organization/agency that verifies
qualification (s) of the security practitioner to perform a specific job.
(2) ASASP
Individual Certification Program (ICP) is transferable nationwide to other
organization/agencies. Membership into a professional organization that is
committed to professionalizing the security practitioner—not just fee, but based
on acquired and verified training achievement.
(3) ASASP cost for ICP itself in a
benefit, because other similar certification will exceed $200.00.
(4)
Quarterly news letter for members.
(5)
Referral bonus (program) payment of $25.00 when four (4) individuals join ASASP
based on a member's referral.
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| QUESTION |
Do I have to be a member of AsAsP for certification? |
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No,
membership is free compared to other professional organizations that charge in
excess of a $100.00. |
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| QUESTION |
Is AsAsP certification (ICP) recognized by any
large corporation, or governmental agency, etc? |
| ANSWER |
No not
yet, ASASP,LLC is a new company—the first of its type to certify the security
practitioner based on acquired training and requires annual re-certification.
Although we have not received endorsement from a major corporation or the
government, it is expected to be forthcoming in the near future. |
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| QUESTION |
I am qualified for numerous
occupations/security disciplines, so how many certifications do I need? |
| ANSWER |
AsAsP Certification is designed to validate training
and qualification for a single security
discipline/occupation, for example AsAsP CERTIFIED
(Security Guard, Security Officer, Correctional Officer, etc.)
AsAsP CERTIFIED Security Specialist
(Personnel, Industrial, Information, SAP, etc.)
AsAsP CERTIFIED Security Officer
AsAsP CERTIFIED Physical Security
Specialist
AsAsP CERTIFIED Facility Security
Officer
AsAsP CERTIFIED Loss Prevention
Officer
*NOTE-Type of certification requested must
be specified and all supporting documentation provided and verified. A Security
Officer Certification can be granted if the candidate has training / qualification
for five or more security specialty skills (at least 24 hours in each
discipline). |
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| QUESTION |
Do ASASP provide any training or testing for candidate to qualify for a AsAsP Certification? |
| ANSWER |
No, ASASP do
not provide training or testing that support the certification process, however we investigate/verify all training
that the individual contend he or she has completed. AsAsP certification
cannot be purchased by passing a test that is offered by our company, instead
we allow the individual to utilize all available training to validate his/her
qualifications. *NOTE: Organizations and institutions prescribe course/class
standards as required by their governing educational body for their
organization/institution and they establishes pass/fail criteria for their
course/class which includes may include testing. |
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| QUESTION |
Is there a national criteria that
defines the amount of training for qualification as a security professionals? |
| ANSWER |
Currently, there is not an industry accepted criteria that defines the amount
of training for qualification. ASASP is leading the way with the
establishment of a baseline training standard for qualification. *NOTE: Generally speaking, each state, federal or certifying organization
prescribe their standards for training, however their training in most cases
is not transferable outside the organization as qualification standard. Nor
organization is performing third party (independent) oversight of the training
until now -- ASASP. |
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| QUESTION |
Is certification of an individual
determined by a company board? |
| ANSWER |
We do not have a members board that is dedicated to certify an individual,
however the certification process involves an assortment of internal/external
personnel and agencies to achieve verification. |
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| QUESTION |
How do you know if an individual is certified by ASASP, LLC? |
| ANSWER |
He/She will indicated their
certification by placing AsAsP at the end of their name. |
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| QUESTION |
Is ASAP, LLC affiliated with any
other well known security company or organization that performs certification
which are identified by letters at the end of a persons name? |
| ANSWER |
No, ASASP is an independent security oversight company. |
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