As announced at the BJCP Member’s Meeting at the NHC, the backlog of exams has been cleared and new exams are being processed with an average turnaround time of 3 months. Because of this improvement in exam processing and the current availability of exam graders, the Exam Directors have decided to raise the limit on the number of exam sites per month from 8 to 10, starting in October 2013. We will continue to monitor exam turnaround and consider raising the limits further in the future.
The Exam Directors will be contacting existing exam sites to determine if any existing exams wish to move forward in the schedule. Do not contact the Exam Directors. They will move through the schedule in an orderly manner. Once existing exams have been moved forward, any open slots will be shown on the Exam Calendar and likely noted in a web page announcement.
In preparation for handling the increased exam workload, new Exam Directors and Associate Exam Directors have been named. For the current roster of officers, please see our Officers. Steve Piatz has taken on the new role of Lead Exam Director, responsible for coordinating exam directorate policy and procedures, and handling scheduling of exams and graders. The remaining Exam Directors are responsible for overseeing and reviewing all exams.
The Exam Directors have also approved processes for requesting large tasting exam sites (20 to 48 examinees). These procedures are described in the Exam Scheduling Procedures page.
We can always use interested exam graders; to volunteer, send an email to the Exam Directors.