Promising Credentials
Browse through credentials that lead to in-demand careers
Identifying the right credentials to offer students matters now more than ever. Our state must make sure we are preparing students for jobs that are forecasted to increase in demand, pay a family sustaining wage, and have a promising career ladder. Through intensive labor market analysis and outreach to local Hawai‘i businesses, here is a list of Promising Credentials that are associated with in-demand, living wage occupations throughout the state.
Ensuring that Hawai‘i residents are prepared for promising occupations requires a combination of academic and technical preparation. To assist learners and educators in understanding both the academic and technical training needed for these occupations, the Promising Credentials list groups credentials into four broad categories associated with the typical entry level education that is most commonly requested alongside these technical credentials.
Foundational Credentials
Prepare learners with essential knowledge and skills for a range of priority occupations, including workplace safety. They are requested across a range of occupations and are often coupled with other credentials.
- Advanced Life Support (pdf)
- Alcohol Certification (pdf)
- Certified First Responder (pdf)
- Food Safety Certification (pdf)
- HAZWOPER (pdf)
- Professional Rescuer CPR (pdf)
Springboard Credentials
Signal proficiency in industry-specific skills for priority occupations that often do not require a postsecondary certificate or degree.
- Airline Transport Pilot License (pdf)
- ASE A Level Certifications (pdf)
- ASE Parts Specialist (pdf)
- ASNT Non-Destructive Tester (pdf)
- Certified Arborist (pdf)
- Certified Flight Instructor (pdf)
- Certified Forklift Operator (pdf)
- Certified Fraud Examiner (pdf)
- Certified Payroll Professional (pdf)
- Certified Pharmacy Technician (pdf)
- Certified Phlebotomy Technician (pdf)
- Certified Professional Coder (pdf)
- Certified Registered Central Service Technician (pdf)
- Certified Welding Inspector (pdf)
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL) (pdf)
- Commercial Pilot License (pdf)
- CompTIA Network+ (pdf)
- Cosmetology License (pdf)
- EPA Type II Certification (pdf)
- EPA Universal Certification (pdf)
- Flagger Certification (pdf)
- Food Handler's Card (pdf)
- Food Protection Manager Certification (pdf)
- Food Safety Manager Certification (pdf)
- HVAC Certification (pdf)
- Journeyman Electrician (pdf)
- Journeyman Lineman (pdf)
- Licensed Massage Therapist (pdf)
- National Apprenticeship Certificate (pdf)
- NCCER Certifications (pdf)
- North American Technician Excellence (pdf)
- Occupational Hygiene and Safety Technologist (pdf)
- Peace Officer Certification (pdf)
- Pesticide Applicator License (pdf)
- Physical Security Professional (pdf)
- Registered Health Information Technician (pdf)
- ServSafe Certification (pdf)
- System Operator Certification (pdf)
- Traffic Control Supervisor (pdf)
- Transportation Worker Identification Credential (pdf)
- Wastewater Operator Certification (pdf)
- Water Safety Instructor Certification (pdf)
Door Opener Credentials
Signal proficiency in industry-specific skills for priority occupations that require some post-secondary education, including certificates and associate degrees.
- ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician - Grade I (pdf)
- Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (pdf)
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (pdf)
- Certified Hemodialysis Technician (pdf)
- Certified Medical Assistant (pdf)
- Certified Medication Technician (pdf)
- Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (pdf)
- Certified Surgical Technologist (pdf)
- Certified Veterinary Technician (pdf)
- CompTIA A+ (pdf)
- DoD Information Assurance Certification (pdf)
- Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (pdf)
- IV (Intravenous) Certification (pdf)
- Medical Technologist (pdf)
- National Council Licensure Examination, Registered Nurse (pdf)
- National Registry Emergency Medical Technician (pdf)
- Patient Care Technician (pdf)
- Radiologic Technologist (pdf)
- Radiology Certification (pdf)
- Registered Dental Assistant (pdf)
- Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (pdf)
- Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (pdf)
- Registered Polysomnographic Technologist (pdf)
- Registered Respiratory Therapist (pdf)
- Registered Vascular Technologist (pdf)
Advanced Credentials
Signal proficiency in industry-specific skills for priority occupations that may also require a Bachelor’s degree. Within these broad organizational categories, we acknowledge that educational training may be more nuanced for specific occupations.
- APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (pdf)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (pdf)
- Certified Case Manager (pdf)
- Certified Coding Specialist (pdf)
- Certified Diabetes Educator (pdf)
- Certified in Production and Inventory Management (pdf)
- Certified Information Security Manager (pdf)
- Certified Information System Auditor (pdf)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (pdf)
- Certified Internal Auditor (pdf)
- Certified Nursing Assistant (pdf)
- Certified Plant Engineer (pdf)
- Certified Power Quality Professional (pdf)
- Certified Quality Auditor (pdf)
- Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (pdf)
- Certified Safety Professional (pdf)
- Certified Scrum Master (pdf)
- Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) (pdf)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (pdf)
- Cisco Certified Network Professional (pdf)
- CompTIA Security+ (pdf)
- DoD IAT Level II Certification (pdf)
- GIAC Security Essentials Certification (pdf)
- Immunization Certification (pdf)
- ITIL Foundation Certification (pdf)
- LEED Accredited Professional (pdf)
- National Council Licensure Examination, Practical Nurse (pdf)
- Personal Trainer Certification (pdf)
- Program Management Professional (pdf)
- Project Management Professional Certification (pdf)
- Registered Health Information Administrator (pdf)
- Salesforce Certified Administrator (pdf)
- Six Sigma Black Belt Certification (pdf)
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (pdf)
- Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (pdf)
- Society for Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (pdf)
- Systems Security Certified Practitioner (pdf)
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language (pdf)
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP) (pdf)
If there is a new or existing credential that you believe meets the wage and demand thresholds but does not appear on the Promising Credentials list, complete this form. The Promising Credentials team will evaluate submissions against the criteria and update the list periodically.