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APSCA conducted our 6th Annual General
Meeting (AGM) over two virtual sessions on November 10th
and 11th, 2021. These sessions were the second time a
Meeting of Members had been conducted virtually. Registration and
attendance levels were the highest ever with over 1000
registrants. The two sessions were attended by over 540 unique
attendees from 56 different countries representing a strong mix
of Members and Stakeholders. Presentations during the
sessions included Governance, Ethics, Continuous Professional
Development, Exams and a unique panel discussion (one per
session) around Emerging Issues- Legislation & Liability.
APSCA would like to thank our panellists for participating, Matthias Thorns,
Rachelle
Jackson, Collen
Theron, Laura
Rubbo and David
Rutherford -with a special thanks to Jon Drimmer
for mediating both panels.
Attendees remained engaged, with more than 75%
remaining connected for the full three-hours, responding to polls
during the panel sessions and providing more than 160 questions
and statements to APSCA. APSCA staff is consolidating these
questions which will be circulated to registrants, attendees and
posted on our website. Recordings of the sessions will be posted
on the APSCA website. APSCA looks forward to a potential in
person / hybrid AGM for 2022.
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APSCA is happy to welcome Kathy Vestering to
our US based team. Based in Kansas, Kathy is responsible for
general administrative support including, managing the director
inbox and responding to general queries. Kathy’s background in
office management and bookkeeping supports her work with our Exam
team, managing emails and Part I and II exam bookings. Kathy also
works with our Data Team to contribute to ongoing enhancements,
supports our continued work with our translators to ensure timely
updates to documentation and provides assistance on special
projects as requested to support APSCA in achieving our strategic
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Continous Professional Development
(CPD) UPDATE
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Digital Membership Cards – Now in BETA testing –
Feedback Welcome
APSCA is pleased to announce the Beta testing phase of Digital
Membership Cards.
The new cards replace current CSCA cards by creating digital
identification for Member Auditors of all levels and statuses.
Updated daily, this easy-to-use solution will make
it easier for facilities to verify auditors and for Member
Auditors to monitor their level and status.
Membership numbers are issued to an auditor when they initially
join APSCA. As soon as a membership number is issued to an
auditor, the digital card will automatically generate.
The Digital Membership Cards eliminate the manual labor involved
in production and avoid shipping delays experienced with the CSCA
card. Anti-fraud measures are in place to prevent the fraudulent
production of cards.
The new APSCA Digital Membership Cards offer a clear visual
indicator of an auditor’s level and also include a QR code
linking to a portal for additional information and, if needed,
further verification. APSCA is requesting our Member
Auditors assistance in testing this new development and would
appreciate all APSCA Member Auditors to check out your beta
test cards in your Auditor’s APSCA online account (My Account)
under the My Profile tab at www.theapsca.org.
Questions and Feedback are welcome – data.administrator@theapsca.org.
Full rollout is planned for early 2022. APSCA appreciates your
engagement and continued support.
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Building
upon the success of the over 1,150 Certified Social Compliance
Auditors, the next phase in the journey towards achieving APSCA’s
vision and mission is the phasing out of the interim
qualification, Registered level Auditor (RA).
Originally, APSCA created the RA Level as a
temporary designation to recognize the experience of existing
auditors. As the exam program enters its fourth year, APSCA has
codified the method of recognizing experience and evaluating
proficiency, making the RA level redundant.
During the August Member calls, Executive Board
representatives discussed the potential phasing out of the RA
level before meeting last week to discuss the transition.
Effective January 1, 2022, there will be no new RA
level Auditors.
The last day to submit an audit log to obtain RA
level is December 31st, 2021.
All newly enrolled auditors will go through pathway
4 to obtain certification.
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APSCA Number Guide, Auditor Handbook and
more,
now
available in more languages!
For all CSCA Exams (Parts I – III) Auditors must
consult with their Member Firm to confirm eligibility to sit each
exam. Please ensure you follow the guidance in the Auditor
Handbook and notify APSCA prior to enrolling for any exam.
Should
you have any questions or need clarification on the exam
eligibility process, please contact us at Director@theapsca.org
CSCA Exams & Languages:
Part I & II are available in
ten languages (English, Spanish, Simplified & Traditional
Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish, Bangla, Thai, and
Vietnamese). With the assistance of technology, APSCA will soon
expand our exams to cover all languages. More information to come
shortly.
Part III
is available in English, Spanish, Mandarin and
Cantonese.
Please see our website, Resource
Library for more information
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REMINDERS – EXAMS
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Auditor
Enrollments
Total Number of Auditors: 4,627 (as of 30
November 2021)
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To better serve our Membership and interested
parties, we established a Resource Library on APSCA’s
website. The library provides a comprehensive directory of member
documents, key dates, exam guides, webinars for exam
preparation and more!
To further enhance this page, we have added:
‘Announcements’
Key messages will be posted to the new ‘announcements’ section for
both general and exam related topics and they will be updated on an
ongoing basis.
Policies
APSCA’s latest policies and Guidance Documents are available.
Visit our website to access the
resources.
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Our
monthly newsletter now reaches over 4,000 subscribers each
month! We encourage our Member Firms to
have their auditors subscribe to APSCA’s newsletter to stay up
to date with APSCA Happenings by clicking here.
Further, if you have a friend or colleague that may be interested
in APSCA please share this newsletter with them via the link below.
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