IMPACT PLUS Qualified Navigator Requirements

This qualification is designed for experienced corrosion management professionals wishing to bolster their skills and what they can offer their companies and/or customers with respect to asset protection through corrosion management. Navigators should possess the corrosion management expertise and consulting skills needed to advise organizations on their present and future asset protection/corrosion management strategies.

A successful Qualified Navigator candidate will ensure the complete and successful use of the IMPACT PLUS platform for their companies and or customers. Specifically, they will:

• Provide step-by-step consultation throughout the tool’s assessment process ensuring results yield high integrity data and will aid organizations in strategic decisions
• Evaluate and compare an organization’s current asset management strategies; coordinate personnel at various levels in the organization to facilitate alignment or identify gaps in corrosion management knowledge and/or approaches
• Interpret and analyze assessment and advise organizations where to make corrosion management plan investments
• Recommend best strategies for moving corrosion management to the next level

Prerequisites

A minimum of a BA/BS degree

NOTE:  Qualified Navigators are exclusively employed and/or sponsored by companies who are IMPACT PLUS licensees.  Candidates are not required to be member of NACE International or NACE International Institute.

Work Experience

Minimum of 5 years of business to business sales experience with large, international, or matrixed organizations and a proven track record of successfully building relations to develop business.  Industry experience required in at least one of the following: Utilities, Energy, Transportation, Marine or Infrastructure.

Please review the Program Guide

Course Requirement

Successful completion of the following course: IMPACT PLUS Navigator Training

Exam Requirement

Qualification Exam:  NACE-Navigator 001 upon completion of IMPACT PLUS Navigator Training

Please review the Exam Preparation Guide

Application Requirement

Approved IMPACT PLUS Navigator Application

NOTE: The requirements above must be completed within two (2) years of start date.  Start date is defined as the first day in which the first requirement is met.

Submit: IMPACT PLUS Navigator Application

Application/Pre-Assessment Video Submission

All candidates are required to complete an application.  A current resume/CV must be submitted with the application along with a 3-5-minute video presentation.

Successful candidates will be scheduled for an online interview with a review board to demonstrate their executive level presentation skills.

Please review the Program Guide

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Begin the qualification process

All candidates are required to complete an application.  A current resume/CV must be submitted with the application along with a 3-5-minute video presentation.

NOTE: Only Qualified Navigators employed and/or sponsored by companies who are IMPACT PLUS licensees will have the ability to exercise their qualifications and gain access to the IMPACT PLUS portal and tools.

Requalification requirements

To maintain active Navigator status:

• The Navigator must complete at least two (2) audits in a two-year period.
• A requalification application must be submitted every two (2) years.
• Bi-Annual Renewal Fee of $300.00