1.1 该实践为证书颁发者提供协议，用于为大麻和大麻行业内的利益相关者制定和管理证书计划，以确定行业内管理专业或程序证书计划的最佳实践。 1.2 该实践包括对证书颁发者的要求和对颁发证书的特定证书程序的要求。 1.3 该实践为认证机构在完成证书课程后向个人颁发证书提供了基础。 1.4 本规程针对寻求证书的实体的证书计划，包括个人、团体或组织，适用于基于培训的个人发展证书和符合现有标准或指南的组织相关证书。 1.5 本标准并非旨在解决与其使用相关的所有安全问题（如有）。本标准的用户有责任在使用前制定适当的安全、健康和环境实践，并确定监管限制的适用性。 1.6 本国际标准是根据世界贸易组织技术性贸易壁垒（TBT）委员会发布的《关于制定国际标准、指南和建议的原则的决定》中确立的国际公认标准化原则制定的。 ====意义和用途====== 4.1 大麻/大麻行业的证书课程由社区学院和大学、政府机构、雇主提供，独立于- 盈利培训机构、专业协会和行业协会。随着这些行业的发展，对证书的需求预计会增加。虽然对继续教育和培训提供者（例如ANSI/IACET 1-2019）以及提供人员认证计划的实体（例如ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024:2017）确实存在质量指南，但目前没有专门帮助大麻行业内提供证书计划的实体的指南。 该实践旨在规范和提高证书质量，并已发展为: 4.1.1 为质量计划的开发和管理提供证书计划开发人员和证书发行人指南； 4.1.2 形成认可或认证体系的基础，或两者兼而有之，使消费者、雇主、政府机构和其他依赖熟练劳动力的人能够区分合格和不合格工人；和 4.1.3 协助利益相关者区分证书项目和人员认证。 4.2 在证书课程中，个人参与一个学习活动或一系列活动，旨在帮助他或她在规定范围内实现特定的学习成果；只有在验证成功完成所有课程要求（包括但不限于对学习者达到预期学习成果的评估）后，个人才能收到证书。 4.3 相反，在证书计划中，学习事件和评估都是由证书颁发者开发和管理的。 它们之间有着重要的联系。学习活动旨在帮助参与者实现学习成果，评估旨在评估学习者对预期学习成果（实践）的实现情况 E2659 ). 4.4 认证对保持熟练程度和能力有持续要求，并且可能因不符合这些持续要求而被撤销。

1.1 This practice provides protocols to certificate issuers for developing and administering certificate programs for stakeholders within the cannabis and hemp industries for determining best practices for administering professional or procedural certificate programs within the industries. 1.2 This practice includes requirements for both the certificate issuer and requirements for the specific certificate programs issuing certificates. 1.3 This practice provides the foundation for recognizing or certificate issuers to issue certificates to individuals after completing a certificate program. 1.4 This practice addresses certificate programs for entities seeking certificates and inclusive of individuals, groups, or organizations and is applicable to training-based certificates for personal development and organizational-related certificates to existing standards or guidelines. 1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. 1.6 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee. ====== Significance And Use ====== 4.1 Certificate programs within the cannabis/hemp industries are offered by community colleges and universities, government agencies, employers, independent for-profit training organizations, and professional and trade associations. With the growth of these industries, an increased need for certificates is expected. While quality guidelines do exist for continuing education and training providers in general (for example, ANSI/IACET 1-2019), and for entities offering personnel certification programs (for example, ANSI/ISO/IEC 17024:2017), currently, no guidelines exist specifically to aid entities offering certificate programs within the cannabis industry. This practice aims to standardize and improve the quality of certificates and has been developed to: 4.1.1 Provide certificate program developers and certificate issuers guidelines for quality program development and administration; 4.1.2 Form the foundation for a recognition or certification system, or both, that enable consumers, employers, government agencies, and others who rely upon a skilled workforce to distinguish between qualified and unqualified workers; and 4.1.3 Assist stakeholders in differentiating between certificate programs from personnel certifications. 4.2 In a certificate program, an individual participates in a learning event or series of events designed to assist him or her in achieving specified learning outcomes within a defined scope; the individual receives a certificate only after verification of successful completion of all program requisites including but not limited to an assessment of learner attainment of intended learning outcomes. 4.3 In contrast, in a certificate program, the learning event(s) and the assessment(s) are both developed and administered by the certificate issuer. There is an essential link between them. The learning event(s) are designed to help participants achieve learning outcomes and the assessments are designed to evaluate the learners’ attainment of those intended learning outcomes (Practice E2659 ). 4.4 Certifications have ongoing requirements for maintaining proficiency and competency and may be revoked for not meeting these ongoing requirements.