As a Registered Trainer, you can access valuable tools and resources designed to help advance your Trainer level. From your Registered Trainer dashboard on TECPDS, you can enroll in the Trainer Micro-credential program, view your Trainer progress level, and learn the steps to advance your level. One of these steps includes completing the Trainer Knowledge Exam. This How-to Guide was created to assist you in accessing and enrolling in the Trainer Micro-credential Knowledge Exam.
Instructions:
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From your Trainer dashboard on TECPDS, click on the “Find My Career Pathway” button.
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Navigate to the bottom of the page, click on the “Trainer Pathway” button. This will take you to your Trainer Level Review page. 
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Find the ‘Artifacts’ section at the bottom of the page and click on the Knowledge Exam link. This link will take you to the CLI Engage site. Log in with your CLI Engage credentials. Make sure you log into the Engage account linked to your TECPDS Trainer account. Otherwise, you will not have access to your Trainer Micro-Credential courses. 
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From the Online Courses page, click the “Continue” button. 
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Locate the “Training Micro-credential Service” section and click on the “Go to Course Series” button. 
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Find the “Training Micro-credentials Demographics Survey”, click the blue “Enroll” button to launch the survey. 
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Next, proceed to enroll in the “Introduction for CLI Micro-Credentialing Trainer Participants” 
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Finally, select “Enroll” to access the Trainer Exams. 
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Select the “Knowledge Exam” icon to launch the exam and complete it. This exam takes 30-45 minutes to complete. You will have three attempts to pass the exam. After completing the exam, it will be scored automatically in the system. You will receive the Micro-credentials the next day in your TECPDS account and achieve Level 2 Trainer status.
This document was last modified on: April 5, 2024