{"id":"2ac096cd-f695-41ef-b801-27d17a1a599b","task":"Evaluate the PSA Certified Appliance Professional (CAP) credential for a service business","domain":"psaworld.org","steps":["Confirm PSA (Professional Service Association) membership status, since certification exams are administered to and through members","Review the two CAP tiers: Certified Technician and Master Technician, benchmarked against skill standards maintained with the National Coalition of Electronics Education (NCEE)","Plan to sit the written/hands-on exam at PSA's annual convention or another scheduled on-site testing event","After passing as Certified Technician, track field experience — PSA allows conversion to Master Technician after roughly two years of verified field work with employer recommendation","Use the credential alongside PSA's technical resources (service library, tech-support network) for ongoing case support"],"gotchas":["CAP is a PSA/industry-association credential, not a government license — check it does not replace any state appliance-repair registration your business also needs","Master Technician status generally requires documented field experience after initial certification, not just a harder exam — confirm current PSA requirements before promising a timeline to staff","Exam administration is tied to PSA events/membership, so scheduling may be far less flexible than online-anytime testing programs"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T17:28:16.688Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/2ac096cd-f695-41ef-b801-27d17a1a599b"}