FCD – Government
Facilitating Career Development Training (FCD) and Certificate Program – Government Agencies
The fourth edition of the Facilitating Career Development (FCD) (formerly “Career Development Facilitator” – CDF) program is the official 120-hour professional development program developed by the National Career Development Association (NCDA). It was designed to give individuals, in a variety of workplace settings, an overview of the knowledge and skills needed to effectively support other people to find career satisfaction. The core curriculum addresses the areas of competency required for the new Certified Career Services Provider credential series.
Core Curriculum and Competencies:
Helping Skills: Be proficient in the basic career facilitating process while including productive interpersonal relationships.
Labor Market Information and Resources: Understand labor market and occupational information and trends. Be able to use current resources.
Assessment: Comprehend and use (under supervision) both formal and informal career development assessments with emphasis on relating appropriate ones to the population served.
Diverse Populations: Recognize special needs of various groups and adapt services to meet their needs.
Ethical and Legal Issues: Follow the NCDA Code of Ethics and know current legislative regulations.
Career Development Models: Understand career development theories, models, and techniques as they apply to lifelong development, gender, age, and ethnic background.
Employability Skills: Know job search strategies and placement techniques, especially in working with specific groups.
Training Clients and Peers: Prepare and develop materials for training programs and presentations.
Program Management/Implementation: Understand career development programs and their implementation, and work as a liaison in collaborative relationships.
Promotion and Public Relations: Market and promote career development programs with staff and supervisors.
Technology: Comprehend and use career development computer applications.
Consultation: Accept suggestions for performance improvement from consultants or supervisors.
Optional Additional Curriculum to Meet Individual’s Learning Goals:
The current edition (4th) includes optional chapters for participants who work with the following:
Business Services and Employer Relations
Clients with Disabilities
Clients who are justice involved
K-12 Students
Workforce and Career Development History
Additional Options From Instructor:
Higher Education
Working with the unemployed, college-educated, and/or experienced professionals
Faith-based settings and individuals
Instructor will work with participants to develop unique, optional modules to address participant’s individual learning goals.
This program provides an overview of what an individual would learn in a three-year career counseling master’s degree program. It is suitable to individuals who want to become competent at assisting others with career issues, but do not want to invest the time, money and energy in pursuing the full three-year career counselor degree program.
Please note: While this program does cover the ethical use of assessments, it does not qualify participants to purchase and use career assessments. Individuals who wish to pursue assessment certification should contact the assessment publisher directly for information on how to meet certification requirements for each assessment tool to be used.
Individuals can sign up for a pre-scheduled class. Open-access classes are generally offered as hybrid – online to suit adults’ needs for flexible schedules. However, the program requires mandatory 24 hours of face-to-face instruction.
Institutions can request that a class be tailored to their unique needs. Class can be offered primarily online or in-person, based on needs and preference.
