Professional Training Standards Committee (PTSC)

Professional Training Standards Committee (PTSC)

Cathy McQuaid

PTSC Chair

Rossana Giacometto

PTSC Chair Elect

Mara Scoliere

PTSC Member

Christoph Seidenfus

COC Chair

Bev Gibbons

PTSC officer for exceptions and expansions

Alan Jones

ptsc member

Patrick Odendaal

ptsc member

Berit Fahlen

ptsc member

The Professional Training Standards Committee (PTSC) is installed for you to make sure that we as TA community maintain and improve the required educational and professional standards. To do so, we review the criteria and requirements for training. So if you want to become a CTA, PTSTA, CTA TS or TSTA, we support you by giving guidelines and requirements for your qualification. Of course we do this with the TA philosophy and ethical principles in mind including diversity, inclusivity, equity, accessibility and sustainability.

Our main product is the handbook with all kinds of processes to make sure that at the right moment you know exactly what to do and how. This supports a clear and confident journey towards your exam.

We work closely with the Commission of Certification (COC) which manages everything to do with the examination process. We also collaborate with the Professional Standards Committee (PSC) of the ITAA, with whom we have mutual recognition of standards. We want to make sure that your status as a CTA, PTSTA, CTA TS or TSTA is recognised worldwide.

Whenever you are in need of an exception or expansion, the officer for exceptions and expansions will guide you through this process.

If, due to exceptional circumstances, you need an exemption from one of the exam requirements please email the PTSC Chair with details of your request.

Our intention is to work in a transparent way so when bigger changes are necessary, we will work together with you to develop and change whatever needs a change.

When you see inconsistencies, mistakes and incongruent statements, sentences, rules and guidelines, or have any requests please notify us by mail to ptsc.chair@eatanews.org

PTSC NEWSLETTER

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PTSC Newsletter November 2023