Talk:List of professional designations in the United States

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"EMT" a post-nominal in the US, or anywhere else?

As of this writing it is listed in the article, but I am dubious. While it is no proof, I have never seen it used, anywhere as a post-nominal - as a title: yes; as a post-nominal: no. Unless it can be cited to Wiki standards, I suggest it be removed. Shoreranger (talk) 17:53, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nationally Registered EMTs can use "NREMT-B" "NREMT-I85" "NREMT-I99" and "NREMT-P" dependent on which level of EMT they are. http://www.nremt.org/downloads/Newsletter_2008.pdf (on the third page). SSaint04 (talk) 05:19, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It is quite common to see EMT-(B, I or P) used as a post-nominal in the bylines for professional journals and newsletters (I can't seem to find an online reference just off hand, however I see it fairly frequently in print.). It is also commonly used to list the license level of a person in a position which is not directly related to patient care (Member of a board or educator. etc) See: http://maine.gov/dps/ems/boards/ems_board/index.html and http://www.emsupdate.com/faculty.html

As noted above, NREMT can also be used, but in my experience is much less frequent, as NREMT tends to be something that doesn't really matter to EMTs, beyond getting or maintaining their state licenses. I do have an issue with listing EMT solely as a post-nominal, as it's quite rare to see EMT rather than EMT-B, EMT-I or EMT-P, however I'm concerned that splitting it out would be a little clunky. UnkieReamus (talk) 04:45, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Law Postnominals Source

There's no mention of notaries public or of justices of the peace in either the case that ends or the case that begins on page 931 of West's Southern Reporter, vol. 69. 69.201.180.212 (talk) 07:21, 20 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rad techs?

Radiologic Technologists in the USA use the postnomial "RT" (and in California, "CRT"--"certified radiologic technologist") if they pass the registry exam for the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). In addition, passing advanced practice registry exams gives more postnomial designations; "CT" "MR" etc). The really advanced practitioner is the registered radiologist's assistant or radiologist's practitioner assistant (RRA or RPA, respectively), equivalent to the physician's assistant (PA), but with a specialization towards diagnostic imaging in their training. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.50.130.216 (talk) 10:52, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Certified Veterinary Technician

I'm not in the veterinary field myself, strictly speaking, but I work with many people who are. I may be wrong, but I believe that Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) is a separate title from Certified Veterinary Assistant (CVA).

Best if someone from the field confirms this before any changes are made to the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.7.228.29 (talk) 18:33, 17 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CVT and CVA are indeed separate. CVT is also one of four different titles vet techs can hold depending on which state they are licensed in. Updated yesterday to reflect all four titles. BoneFinder97 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 14:37, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

V.M.D. Degree

This is a veterinarian's degree awarded exclusively from the University of Pennsylvania. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Difference_between_a_DVM_and_a_VMD_degree_in_veterinarians

It is also missing from the list here: http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/VMD

2601:B:8D80:33:E0A3:D8E3:ADA9:D7F0 (talk) 16:59, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Updated to reflect this yesterday. VMD just stands for the latin phrasing whereas all other veterinary medical colleges used the modern DVM for Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. BoneFinder97 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 14:38, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

CPhT

CPhT for certified pharmacy techs. As granted by the PTCB (Pharmacy technician certification board). I'm not going to add it because I don't want to mess with the layout. But if someone could that would be cool 76.26.226.246 (talk) 00:29, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

CMT

CMT for Chartered Market Technician should be added to this table since it is a FINRA recognized designation with 1500 worldwide designees and a professional association (the Market Technicians Association; MTA) of approximately 4,000 members associated with the designation. There are preexisting pages in wikipedia for the CMT designation ( Chartered Market Technician ) and the ( Market Technicians Association ) MTA. When I tried to add the CMT to this table I received this response:

"Your recent edit to List of professional designations in the United States appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person or organization added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. Drm310 (talk)"

but I believe Drm310 to be in error because both the designation and the association behind it are notable entities. To wit: both of these have passed the wikipedia guidelines for notability on their respective pages, and both the designation and the association are recognized by FINRA. So I am adding it back in with links to the pages. MTA-marketing (talk) 16:27, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I admit that I was too hasty to revert, and didn't look to see if there were existing articles for those entries. My mistake. --Drm310 (talk) 18:42, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Missing Post Nominals Doctor of Science (DSc) offered by several universities, but specifically I know Baylor offers it. Also Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) offered by UNMC.

The above are two post nominals that need to be added to the article. They are easily verifyable by looking up the respective University web sites.

Cheers!

Rob G. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tigreman11111 (talk • contribs) 23:50, 23 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Surveying is reported in two different sections

Surveying is currently reported in the Engineering, geology, soil science, and surveying section, and in a second section titled "Surveying". ColbyDigsSoil (talk) 04:56, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

One suggestion is to combine the surveying section with the geospatial section, since both are relatively small and the topics of those disciplines are related. It could be called "Surveying and geospatial". ColbyDigsSoil (talk) 05:12, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Creating new "Geology, soil science, hydrology, and related sciences" section/table

Currently the Engineering, geology, soil science, and surveying table is pretty sizeable. It may make sense to split out geology, soil science, hydrology, and other "earth science" related professional designations into another section. A point for discussion, some state lincensure boards have engineering, geology, soil science, and even hydrology licensing combined under the purview of a single licensing board, while other states have each group separate. For example, see this list of soil science licensing boards and read the names of the overseeing boards. ColbyDigsSoil (talk) 05:06, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Order of the British Empire post nominals?

If an American has received an honorary Order of the British Empire. Can they use the post nominals KBE CBE OBE ? In the case of Bob Iger, he was made an honorary KBE in 2022 but doesn't have the post nominals on his Wikipedia entry? Smithr32 (talk) 11:47, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]