Professional-Technical Faculty Certification

Skill Standards for Professional-Technical College Instructors

Skill standards are performance specifications that identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities an individual needs to succeed in the workplace. They provide measurable benchmarks of skill and performance achievement, answering the questions: What do workers need to know to succeed in today’s workplace? How do we know when workers are performing well?

Washington state was an early leader in the development and use of industry-defined skill standards, contributing to the development of a national model, and creating skill standards to align the needs of industry with the provision of workforce education and training. The state continues to lead with a commitment to embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles into the 2024 Skill Standards, through a focused effort on identifying DEI competencies and integrating them into the skill standards as appropriate.

These resources are designed to support administrators, faculty, and staff in navigating the certification process and ProCert professional development tool.

Contact

William Belden
Policy Associate, Workforce Education
wbelden@sbctc.edu
360-704-4359

  • First-Aid/CPR/Bloodborne Pathogens WAC 131-16-093
    • A current first-aid certificate, including CPR and bloodborne pathogens, must be earned by professional-technical instructors prior to the second quarter of employment in professional-technical programs where the instructional environment brings students into physical proximity with machinery, electrical circuits, biologicals, radioactive substances, chemicals, flammables, intense heat, gases under pressure, excavations, scaffolding, ladders, and/or other hazards. Responsibility for ensuring that appropriate staff has first-aid training will rest with the assigned chief professional-technical administrator. The specific type of first-aid program, including CPR, required of professional-technical instructors shall be achieved by passing a course of first-aid/CPR/bloodborne pathogen instruction and participation in practical application of subject matter determined and required by the department of labor and industries.
    • The training should be in-person, with hands-on, practical application.
    • Labor and Industries provides the following resources:
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