(IBOC) responsible to the Director Professional Standards

International  Board of Certification Committee (IBOC)

The committee’s responsibility is to manage the entire ITAA exam process to ensure the ongoing high professional standards of the examination process and resulting in competent TA professionals.

The Board of Directors appoints the Chairpersons (co-chairs) on the recommendation of the Director of Professional Standards. The Co-chairs recommend a person to fulfil the role of IBOC administrator. The term of office is three (3) years with staggered appointments to provide continuity.

The co-chairs submit an annual report to the Director of Professional Standards for presentation to the Board of Directors.

Goals of the committee are to:

Ensure that all aspects of examination criteria, examination processes and certification are administered in accordance with the handbook.

  • With the Professional Standards committee, review and set standards for training and supervision for all levels of TA certification

  • Manage training contracts for all levels of professional certification (CTA, TSTA etc.)

  • Review and set standards for exceptions and expansions concerning ITAA contracts for training and supervision

  • Administer all ITAA written and oral exams for all levels of certification

  • Supervise CTA and TSTA oral exams and monitor the exam process

  • Certify successful candidates

  • Agree, monitor and organise all exam processes

  • Organises Training Endorsement workshop

  • Ensure the examination handbook is kept updated and remains current on the ITAA website

The chairperson submits an annual report to the Director of Development for presentation to the Board of Directors.

Strategies to achieve the committee goals include

  • The IBOC Administrator, in liaison with the Co-chairs, organises the venue, dates and method of examining (online or in person) for all exams

  • Notification is made to examiners of the exams so sufficient staffing is available

  • Examiners are provided with support to ensure they are able to fulfil their examination roles and responsibilities

  • The IBOC Administrator ensures all examination requirements of the candidates are met

The specific tasks of the IBOC are to:

  • Endorse and manage official documents

    • Endorse contracts
      • CTA (Certified Transactional Analyst)
      • TSTA (Training and Supervising Transactional Analyst)
    • Manage expansion requests
    • Manage extension requests
    • Manage exception requests
    • Manage change of principal supervisor requests

  • File all relevant IBOC emails and documents

  • Organise exams: (either online or in person)

    • Written CTA exams, through the Regional Exam Coordinators (REC’s)
      • Oral online or in-person CTA exams, twice a year
      • Online or in-person TSTA exams, twice a year
    • Theory, Organisation, Ethics (TOE) segment
    • Supervision segment
    • Teaching segment

  • Certify successful candidates in CTA and TSTA exams

  • Organise the online TEW workshop:

  • Twice a year; the actual work is done by a TEW coordinator in cooperation with the IBOC administrator

  • Managing appeals:

  • Responding to (assessing and processing) appeal requests concerning IBOC related matters, e.g. exam results

  • Managing various queries about IBOC matters