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Report Your Results
Upon completion of the credential exam, you must provide the results to:
- Credentials Program Office (pass or failure) (within 30 calendar days of taking exam).Please include score when possible. Email (pass or fail) results to: navycool@navy.mil.
- Your supervisor (pass or fail)
- Your local Approving Official (pass or fail)
- Enlisted– please visit your local PSD for pg-4 entry (pass only) and your local Navy College office for SMART/ETJ entry (pass only)
- Officer– please ensure entry into OSR/ODC (pass only)
- DON Civilians– please ensure copy of certification is provided to your local Human Resources/N1 (pass only)
In most cases, the member must schedule and take the credential exams within 60 calendar days from receipt of your voucher (date the exam was funded). If the member's certification exam process takes longer than 60 days he/she must call or email the Navy's Credentials Program Office (navycool@navy.mil) [(850) 452-6683/6664] in order to request a time waiver for going beyond the 60 calendar day limit. Vouchers not used in the approved timeframe will be recalled and the member will no longer be authorized to use the voucher.
The exam voucher/funding is non-transferable and may only be used by the individual specifically issued, towards the specific exam in which it was funded for. The member may be subject to administrative and/or disciplinary action if he/she attempts unauthorized use of the voucher.
Apply for the Credential and Take the Exam
It is important to note that Navy COOL is not a credentialing organization– you do not sign up for or take exams from Navy COOL. Once you have an approved exam voucher, you are responsible for contacting a credential exam test center (i.e. Pearson VUE, ProMetric, New Horizons, LaserGrade, etc…) to schedule the exam. You must schedule and take your exam within 60 days of issue of the Navy-funded voucher or the voucher expires (unless specifically coordinated with the Navy's Credentials Program Office). The following is a list of test vendors. Navy COOL does not endorse any of the following vendors, but lists them here for your convenience.
Test Vendors
- CATS
- Certiport
- Comira
- KRYTERION
- LaserGrade
- Pearson Vue (off-base testing)
- Pearson Vue (military on-base testing)
- Pearson Vue (map of on-base testing locations)
- Prometric
See the Credential Exams Frequently Asked Questions for anwers to many questions related to credential exams.
Once you have taken the exam and received your results, see step 4 above, "Report Results to Navy COOL" for information about reporting your results.
Voucher
Navy-Funded Exam Voucher Requests
After you have chosen a credential, you will need to request an exam voucher. The Navy's Credentials Program Office has a limited amount of certification/license exam voucher funds each year. These vouchers will be issued on a "first-come, first-served" basis.
To receive a certification or license exam voucher:
- Review the Frequently Asked Questions.
- Make sure you are familiar with the detailed Navy-funded Exam Voucher Program information.
- Apply for a voucher, using the Voucher Eligibility tool below.
- Read the items, and check each box to confirm that you meet each criteria.
- Click Get Form to download the Voucher Request Form Word document.
- Open the form in Microsoft Word, fill it out, and save your changes.
- Request that your Commanding Officer or designated E7 or above Command Representative email the completed form to the Credentials Program Office (navycool@navy.mil), or fax it to the Credentials Program Office - (850) 452-6897.
For further explanation of eligibility rules and the Navy-funded Exam Voucher Program, see the Costs and Resources page.
Once you have an approved exam voucher, go to step 3 above, "Apply for Credential and Take Exam" for instructions on applying to take the exam with the credentialing agency or testing service.
Pre-Approved Reimbursement Requests
For information on obtaining reimbursements for exam fees, see Exam Reimbursement Program information, or refer to the Costs and Resources page.
Navy COOL Voucher Eligibility Tool
You must receive approval for a voucher from the Navy Credentials Program Office BEFORE registering for, scheduling or taking an exam, or taking any other action that requires payment. Failure to receive voucher approval in advance may mean that you have to pay for an exam yourself, without reimbursement from the Navy.
Check off each item below to affirm you are eligible to request a voucher, then click Get Form.
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Authority for Funded Credentialing Exams
The Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy authorize use of appropriated funds to pay for license and certification exams for Navy and Naval Reserve service members pursuing occupational credentials. This action further strengthens the Navy Credentialing Program that benefits service members, providing them another significant opportunity to accelerate their professional development.
- Dept. of Defense (DOD) revised authorization (16-Jul-09)
- Dept. of Defense (DOD) original authorization (13-Nov-08)
- Dept. of Navy (DON) authorization
- OPNAV Instruction
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QR codes, or Quick Reference codes, are those strangely-patterned boxes you're starting to see more and more of on advertisements and printed materials. If you scan a QR code with a smart phone, you can read the encoded information. (Free QR code readers are available on all major smart phone operating systems.) QR codes can contain information such as a URL, so the user doesn't have to try to type it all in on the phone keypad.
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COOL Fact Sheet
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Navy COOL is helping the Chief of Naval Operations achieve his goal of the Navy being a “Top 50 Employer” one award at a time. Navy COOL has so far received the following recognition:
2011 HCMDA award. In 2011, Navy COOL won first place during the fifth annual 2011 Human Capital Management Defense Awards ceremony in Arlington, Va., Feb. 16. The Navy swept through the HCMD Awards with a total of three first-place wins, including the first place finish for Navy COOL. The organization, Human Capital Management for Defense (HCMD), has brought stakeholders from the Defense and Intelligence communities together to discuss, develop and recognize best practices for managing human resources. As a result of its work the HCMD developed an annual awards program five years ago to honor, recognize and promote the organizations from DoD and the federal government, which have developed and executed those best practices.
2009 ASTD "Excellence in Practice" award. The Navy received international recognition in early February 2009 from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), winning one award and one citation for the Navy's Credentialing Program/Navy COOL in ASTD's annual "Excellence in Practice" awards competition. ASTD is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals. It presents a number of awards each year, including the "Excellence in Practice" awards that recognize results achieved through the use of practices and solutions from the entire scope of workplace learning and performance. The proven practices must meet a demonstrated need, have appropriate design values, be aligned with other performance improvement initiatives, and deliver clear and measurable results for their organizations.
For the ASTD award, more than 130 entries from nine countries were received. Seventeen programs received the prestigious "award" designation, with the Navy being part of an even more elite group of three organizations (CISCO and Farmers Insurance) that has over time received two awards and additional citations. It also was the only government agency to receive an award.
2009 OPTIMAS "General Excellence" award. In addition to the ASTD Award, in 2009 Navy COOL contributed to the Navy receiving the OPTIMAS Award for "General Excellence" from Workforce Management Magazine. An organization must demonstrate excellence in six of nine categories to be awarded for General Excellence and Navy COOL contributed significantly to the Navy winning this outstanding award. Navy COOL also contributed to the Navy being selected the 17th top training organization in the country in Training magazine's Top 125 Award.
As you can tell, Navy COOL is cool! Sailors are achieving their goals one certification at a time, and the Navy is meeting its workforce professionalization goals while preparing its Sailors for the 21st Century!
When you're COOL, people tend to want to write about you. Following are links to articles about COOL.
- Navy COOL – Credentialing program for Sailors from the Navy Life official blog, 3/21/12.
- Navy program aims to get its vets civilian jobs from the Associated Press, 8/6/11.
- Navy Funding Opportunities for Enlisted Credentialing Exams From the 293/07 NAVADMIN.
- Navy Footing Bill for Civilian Certifications from the 10/23/07 Navy Times.
- Navy Credentialing Opportunities On-Line Video Clip from the 11/1/07 Navy Daily News Update.
- Navy COOL Web Site Launches as Hub for Sailor Credentialing Information From the 7/7/2006 Navy Newsstand web site.
- Navy Credentialing Opportunities On-Line Web Site From the 193/06 NAVADMIN.
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Need the scoop on credentialing, but not sure where to start? Look no further! Check out COOL’s Credentialing Overview Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. It covers the basics:
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Pretty COOL, huh?
Use the presentation as-is, modify it, or incorporate the slides into your own presentation. It’s yours to use!
To download the presentation, right-click on the link above, and select “Save Target As...” Specify where you want to save it, then click “Save.”
Need to spread the COOL word? We have just the thing: the Navy Credentialing Executive Brief PowerPoint presentation and the accompanying Instructor Guide. Download these bad boys, read up, and you're good to go.
Executive BriefThis brief covers COOL program:
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Instructor GuideUsed in conjunction with the Executive Brief, the Instructor Guide details an outline of instruction and terminal objectives for the brief. It has all the details, information and guidance you'll need to provide an informative and professional COOL brief. |
The Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) are a consortium of more than 1,800 colleges and universities pledged to deal fairly with Sailors on issues that concern them such as credit for military training and experience, residency, credit transfer and testing. Military students can take courses in their off-duty hours at or near military installations in the United States, overseas, and on Navy ships.
SOCNAV is the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges degree program for the Navy. It consists of colleges that offer associate and bachelor's degree programs on or accessible to Navy installations worldwide. These colleges have joined together to form networks in which each college accepts credits from all the others. This guarantees that Navy students and their adult family members can continue toward completion of their degrees even though the Navy may transfer them several times.
For more information, go to the SOCNAV web site.