Certification: Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialist (CVE)

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Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialists provide comprehensive vocational assessment services to consumers with a range of disabilities, education levels, and work experience. The assessment results support job planning and placement. Certified Vocational Evaluation Specialists must demonstrate an understanding of a variety of physical and mental disabilities. They are responsible for administering, scoring, and interpreting an extensive variety of vocational interest, achievement, and psychological tests; conducting community-based assessments of vocational skills and abilities; analyzing medical, psychological, socioeconomic, vocational, and educational information; developing a formal evaluation plan for each client; and creating written reports, which are used make recommendations in relation to employment or other activities. A key purpose of vocational assessment is to enable consumers to make an informed choice. As a result of vocational assessment, individuals should have enhanced self-awareness and vocational decision-making abilities; they have gained knowledge of their own strengths, limitations, and interests, as well as how their abilities and interests correspond to opportunities in the labor market. Identifying barriers and how to address and overcome them are also part of the vocational assessment process.

The certification has an education level of an Associates of Arts or Associates of Sciences degree or higher and has a work experience requirement of more than 2 years, or requires obtaining a ‘core’ level certification from the same organization.