A critique on certification of EMC professionals

Because of rapid technological growth of electrotechnical industry and a high degree of obsolescence, human resource requirements are also becoming more specific and fast changing in this field. Technical inputs to these requirements, come from various disciplines like electrical engineering, electronics and telecommunication, physics etc. and manpower inputs from academic on the job experience and competence etc. Many times depending on the maturity of technology, a gap exists between the output of academic institutes and the input requirements of industry and society certified for this skill, competency and knowledge by a credible independent third party. Application and implementation of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) concepts is a highly skilled and knowledge based activity. Since the effectiveness of any application of EMC techniques and tool depends upon the capabilities of the persons who performs a procedure needs to be developed to provide a means for evaluating and documenting the competence of personnel whose duties require the appropriate theoretical and practical knowledge of the EMC. In this paper the author has focused the need for skilled and specialized certified electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) professionals.