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most important improvement in the
industry in his lifetime, the virtual
elimination of sulfur in heating oil.
Santa is confident that NORA’s
work will lead to future revolutionary
changes. He encourages heating oil
marketers to visit the lab, see what is
going on and provide even more ideas
for innovation.
Online Training
& Certification
NORA now has an online training
website (Learning.NORAweb.org)
where technicians of any certification,
or no certification, can access online
training videos and manage their
certifications.
As CEUs are necessary to maintain
certifications and getting to live
classes is not always possible, NORA
has assembled a library of 22 online
video courses with accompanying
quizzes each offering continuing
education credits.
Many of the videos were created by
NORA and others have been produced
by manufacturers of heating equipment
and approved by NORA.
Managing a certification is simple as
each user’s account shows all certifications
and CUEs earned along with
certification expiration dates.
Online Bronze
& Silver Exams
Included in NORA’s online education
website, Learning.NORAweb.org, is
online certification testing available to
technical schools and other educational
institutions. Previously, all
certification exams needed to be
completed with a paper test. The test
results often took weeks to be
processed. Online tests provide each
student/school with an instant pass/
fail result.
When getting to a testing site is
not possible, NORA offers an entirely
online testing procedure that includes
remote proctoring. This widely
expands the accessibility of NORA
certification testing.
NORA certification and ongoing
education offers benefits to the
technician, the company he or she
works for and most importantly the
homeowner who is assured quality
service through highly trained technicians.