PearsonVUE Test Center Rules -

[Rick Butler]

So, we have PV Test Centers within our schools. The rules at https://www.comptia.org/en-us/resources/test-policies/proctor-policies/ stipulate the six-month rule that prevents anyone who has taken an exam in the last six months must wait before he/she can be a PV Test Administrator, and six months after resigning as a TA before taking another CompTIA exam. Makes sense to me.

However:

The latest TA guide from Pearson, however stipulates this in Section 2.2:


...which means if you hold a CompTIA cert, you can't proctor an exam.

Now, the latest guidance from Pearson came out on March 20. It could be that CompTIA hasn't got around to updating their policy page, but this might be a good question to ask any organization here on CIN that might also have their own Test Center.

Anyone from CompTIA want to kick this up the chain?

/r

 

[BrianFord]

I managed a training and testing center years ago. I cross-trained our receptionists and admin staff to operate the testing center. It actually worked out really well. Staff worked 4 hours overlapping shifts 5 days a week, and we were often able to offer exams from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturdays. We started with 4 seats for testing and bumped that to 8 seats after 6 months. It didn't generate much revenue, but it helped us recruit new training students. The revenue we did take in let me boost the staff pay.

The person whom we trained to be the testing center manager went on to work for an AI company and opened a large, multi-room testing center in the basement of a building in a neighborhood full of office buildings surrounded by 2 colleges. They offer a much wider range of exams and draw teachers, real estate, and union workers in addition to the tech crowd. She tells me it's the same basic model: the testing center covers all its expenses but draws people into training programs and allows them to sell the colleges and some employers vouchers in quantity.

 

[Rick Butler]

Right...but...the question I was wondering had to do with the rules for who got to be a Pearson VUE TA. Pearson is saying no to anyone who holds a current CompTIA cert. CompTIA's information says there is a six month wait period before or after taking an exam. Pearson's change came about in March, which seems to suggest that it's going to be the former - and CompTIA hasn't updated their website.

 

[Shea Bennett]

I managed a training and testing center years ago. I cross-trained our receptionists and admin staff to operate the testing center. It actually worked out really well. Staff worked 4 hours overlapping shifts 5 days a week, and we were often able to offer exams from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturdays. We started with 4 seats for testing and bumped that to 8 seats after 6 months. It didn't generate much revenue, but it helped us recruit new training students. The revenue we did take in let me boost the staff pay.

The person whom we trained to be the testing center manager went on to work for an AI company and opened a large, multi-room testing center in the basement of a building in a neighborhood full of office buildings surrounded by 2 colleges. They offer a much wider range of exams and draw teachers, real estate, and union workers in addition to the tech crowd. She tells me it's the same basic model: the testing center covers all its expenses but draws people into training programs and allows them to sell the colleges and some employers vouchers in quantity.

That's actually a pretty good damn idea!