Why are so many MOS Qualified soldiers not given any sort of civilian certification?

'The Army isn't here to pad your resume'&nbsp; That was the saying we always got when it came to this kind of thing.&nbsp; Fortunately, as SFC Hester pointed out, the 12P community didn't accept that and kept pushing.&nbsp; But it's a lot easier for us as we're a very small community and all pretty much located in one battalion.&nbsp; It still didn't happen over night. <br><br>Best thing I could say is IF this is something you want to fix in your BN your going to need to develop a course of action to fix it and not just say you don't have a cert.&nbsp; Be prepared to explain why it's important for 12N to have their OSHA certs from a safety perspective, and what it will take to get them.<br>

If you Google Credentialing Opportunities Online...you can look up your MOS and in most cases it will tell you what you need to do in order to get the civilian certification that matches up with the MOS. I know if you're an 88M to get a  CDL you just need your license and a letter certifying the number hours you have driven. It can be done sometimes you just need to do a bit of research.

The State of Ohio has taken up that very battle.  Last year Governor John Kasich signed into law to take into consideration military training and skills for certain state licensees.   While this law doesn't give direct certification for all state licenses (it may for some in the future), it does go a long way towards that goal and is a major first step.  The fields directly effected by this law range from commercial drivers licenses to medical licenses and college credits and the state board of regents are doing continual updates.  Hopefully other states will start similar programs.