Figure 1: Two certification levels allow you to prove your knowledge in Compressed Air
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Are you a compressed air system know-it-all? Or do you want to become one? Now is your chance to build your body of knowledge about compressed air systems and have a way to prove you have the “right stuff.”
Recently, the Compressed Air and Gas Institute (CAGI) announced recognition programs for Certified Compressed Air System Specialists and Certified Compressed Air Assessors. Previously, there were only a handful of compressed air system courses those working in the industry could take to increase their knowledge, and no certification levels, other than the Certified AirMaster+ program.
Now, if a newbie in the industry wants to build their knowledge as they gain experience working in the field, they can attend some prescribed courses, study important compressed air reference materials and standards, then sit for an examination.
CAGI describes the Certified Compressed Air System Specialist as follows:
“Certified Compressed Air System Specialist (CCASS) CAGI’s personnel certification program for compressed air system specialists provides a means of verifying the capabilities of professionals in the compressed air systems industry. The program will allow customers, utilities, employers, and others to have confidence in the skills and abilities of the professionals in the industry who design, service, sell, and install compressed air systems and compressed air systems equipment. The program has been designed to comply with the ISO 17024 standard, Conformity Assessment — General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons.”
The description for the Certified Compressed Air System Assessor course:
“CAGI’s personnel certification program for compressed air system assessors (practitioners who perform assessments or “audits” of compressed air systems) provides a means of verifying an assessor’s understanding of and ability to apply the ANSI/ASME EA-4 and ISO 11011 standards. The program complies with the ISO 17024 standard, Conformity Assessment – General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons. The exam assesses an individual’s understanding of well accepted standards and concepts embodied in resource material.”
Resource material that a prospective candidate for the certifications need to be familiar with to pass the examination (from CAGI website):
Resource Material Body of Knowledge: Sources for CAGI Certified Compressed Air System Specialist (CCASS) Exam
CAGI Compressed Air and Gas Handbook
DOE Compressed Air Sourcebook
CAGI Website
Compressed Air Challenge Website
CAC Best Practices Manual
CAGI Air Compressor Selection and Application 1/4 hp through 30 hp EASA Electrical Engineering Pocket Handbook
The following materials are excellent resources for information about compressed air and compressed air systems.
CAGI E-learning Program
CAC Level 1 Training
CAC Level 2 Training
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSA) for CCASS
CCASS KSA Explanatory Document Body of Knowledge: Sources for CAGI Certified Compressed Air System Assessor (CCASA) Exam
ANSI/ASME EA-4, Energy Assessment for Compressed Air Systems
EA-4G, Guidance for ASME EA-4, Energy Assessment for Compressed Air Systems [ANSI Designation: ASME TR EA-4G]
The following materials are excellent resources of information about compressed air system assessments and related concepts.
ISO 11011, Compressed Air — Energy Efficiency — Assessment
CEE Compressed Air Systems Audit Specification
This is a welcome change to the industry and an opportunity those in the compressed air industry should not pass up. You have the knowledge, prove it to yourself and your customers!
For more information about these programs and for live links to the reference materials go to the CAGI website.
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This is a process and impact evaluation of the Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative (CAGI), which was implemented in 12 U.S. jurisdictions with the intent of reducing gun homicides, which the CAGI views as a gang-violence proxy.
The process portion of the evaluation found that the program components have been inconsistently implemented across cities and across program components. There was some evidence of a reduction in violent crime associated with increased levels of law enforcement; however, there was very little evidence of CAGI’s impact on gun violence. These findings call for changes in program design and improved evaluation strategies. In addition to improvements in data collection (reliable and valid gang-crime measures, measures of risk level, and measures of program dosage and intensity), future programs may benefit from designs that focus on high-risk communities, places, groups, and contexts. Future large-scale gang prevention and control programs should develop a propensity-based set of cities with the highest rate of gun and gang homicide and violence. Specific components would target high-risk places, gangs, groups, and individuals. The strategies that compose the CAGI include suppression, social intervention, organizational change, community mobilization, and social opportunities. Suppression strategies primarily involved law enforcement. Social intervention pertains to emergency measures, particularly in response to violence and personal crises. Organizational change seeks to create broad consensus about gang problems that will lead to an awareness of the gang problems in the community and mobilize efforts to address them. Community mobilization addresses the fundamental causes of gangs, and social opportunities focus on the expression of job prospects and educational placements. The evaluation documented the implementation and consistency of these CAGI components in relation to data on gun homicides. 6 tables, 13 notes, and 81 references