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THE INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL TESTING ASSOCIATION

BECOMING A

UNDERSTANDING THE NETA ACCREDITATION PROCESS

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WHY BECOME A NETA ACCREDITED COMPANY?

SAFETY AS A STANDARD A NETA Accredited Company upholds the highest standards in the

UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TECHNICIANS NETA Certified Technicians have earned a Level 2, Level 3 or 4 NETA Certification in electrical power systems testing. A NETA Technician’s work experience, education, and training keeps them current with new technologies and provides them the knowledge to perform testing across a wide variety of power systems. WORK AS ONE OF THE BEST NETA Accredited Companies earn their accreditation through a rigorous application process conducted by the NETA Association. This ensures that every NETA Accredited Company provides testing services at the highest standards of safety and reliability.

industry and recognizes its safety program is paramount to ensuring all other operational goals are met. THIRD-PARTY, INDEPENDENT TESTING As third-party auditors, NETA Accredited Companies provide unbiased electrical testing results while ensuring accurate testing and reporting; they are never influenced by conflicting factors involved with budgeting, installation, or product manufacturing. TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICE NETA Accredited Companies employ a team of NETA Certified Technicians and support personnel experienced in all facets of electrical power system testing and maintenance, doing so in accordance with ANSI/NETA Standards.

NETA Accredited Companies best support the interest of the owner, as the objectivity and competency of the testing firm is as important as the competency of the individual technician. NETA Companies are a critical part of an independent, third-party electrical testing association dedicated to setting world standards in electrical maintenance and acceptance testing.

BENEFITS OF BEING A NETA ACCREDITED COMPANY

Discounts to PowerTest, NETA’s annual technical conference

Opportunity to serve on technical committees and panels that impact the industry

Significantly reduced rates on NETA Publications

Industry job leads from inquiries received by the NETA office

Discounts on NETA Training and SPTS Courses

Complimentary copies of the NETA World technical journal

Invitation to attend Member Meetings

VALUABLE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR NETA

• Exposure in press releases issued by the NETA office to thousands of power systems professionals • Recognition in numerous industry publications through articles written by members • Use of the industry-respected NETA logo on marketing materials and bid documents • Complimentary company listings on both netaworld.org and netaworldjournal.org, as well as in each issue of NETA World • Customizable, full-color brochure highlighting NETA Accreditation

ACCREDITED COMPANIES

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

NETA Accredited Company membership is tailored for third-party, independent firms involved in full-service testing, analysis, and maintenance of electrical power systems. This includes low-voltage, medium-voltage, and high-voltage distribution, substation, and generation equipment.

1. The company must be a full-service electrical testing and maintenance company performing 70% of the related services listed in the Contents section of the most recent NETA Acceptance and Maintenance Testing Specifications. 2. A minimum of 75% of the company’s revenue must come from electrical testing, maintenance, and repair of electrical materials, devices, appliance, installations, and systems. 3. The company is a legal entity with its own financial statements and its own separate Taxpayer ID number. 4. The company performs the day-to-day operational management functions of a stand-alone business, having its own employees and sharing no operational management with any affiliated company. 5. An affiliated company shall not exert influences that could create a conflict of interest for independent/ unbiased testing. 6. The company has been engaged in business for a minimum of two years. 7. T he company must operate from a commercial location with public signage.

8. The company has a minimum of one Registered Professional Engineer with a discipline in electrical engineering, either on staff or under contract, to review engineering reports and studies. 9. The company must provide unbiased testing services. This is accomplished by limiting testing services for acceptance, commissioning, and start-up on systems or equipment designed, manufactured, or installed by an affiliated company. This limitation shall not exceed five percent of gross revenues. 10. The company shall maintain the requisite number of certified technicians /field testing personnel at a NETA Level 3 or 4. 11. The company must market itself separately from any affiliated company. At a minimum, this is accomplished by preventing the company from sharing advertising and promotional materials with an affiliated company. This includes but is not limited to websites, brochures, stationary, business cards, test sheets and reports, billboards, vehicles, and/or any other method of disseminating information about the company to the public.

COMPREHENSIVE ACCREDITATION NETA maintains a comprehensive accreditation process that certifies the company and its individual technicians to assure consumers of both the qualifications of the company as well as the individual technician. The qualifications of each NETA Accredited Company and its technicians are reviewed on a regular basis.

SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION

APPLICATION & REVIEW • Application submitted to NETA office • Full review of application by staff, 3 committee volunteers and Membership Chair • Site visit performed at company headquarters • Application recommendation presented to Board of Directors by Membership Committee Chair based on site visit APPROVED WITH EXCEPTIONS • Applicant is approved with noted exceptions and will be required to submit evidence of compliance in the identified areas within a specific time frame • If all requirements are met prior to Phase Two, the company advances directly to Phase Three in which the company begins to certify the requisite number of technicians TECHNICIAN EXAM CERTIFICATION • Board has approved company to begin testing technicians for NETA Certification • NETA exams are administered by third-party testing administrator • The applicant company is considered accredited when the requisite number of technicians are certified at a NETA Level 3 or 4 and all other NETA Bylaws have been met

P H A S E O N E

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P H A S E T H R E E

Please contact the NETA office by email at accreditation@netaworld.org or phone at 888.300.6382 for additional membership application information.

SETTING THE STANDARD

MISSION

VISION

Lead the electrical power acceptance testing, commissioning, and maintenance testing industry through: education; standards development; accreditation of independent, third-party testing organizations; and certification of test technicians.

NETA is the worldwide expert in electrical power systems and equipment assessment.

CORE VALUES

SERVANT LEADERSHIP Prioritize serving the needs of the membership and electrical testing industry. INTEGRITY Execute the mission with honesty and strong moral principles. SAFETY Embrace a culture of safety in the NETA standards, accredited companies, and the electrical testing industry.

QUALITY A commitment to excellence in the electrical testing industry through NETA standards and service. RELIABILITY Ensuring electrical power system dependability through independent third-party electrical testing services and consensus standards.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Consistently advancing our

knowledge and core values for betterment of the electrical power services industry.

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