National Blindness Professional Certification Board

NCLB Certification

Eligibility

There are no prerequisites for taking the National Literary Braille Competency Test. Interested individuals can make application to the NBPCB to sit for the test. It is presumed that applicants have received adequate preparation in learning to read and write literary - sometimes called contracted - Braille. This section contains the relevant information covered by the test and tips for test preparation. Please direct all further inquiries to the NBPCB office.

The test covers contracted Literary Braille. The official reference for the test is the most recent edition of EBAE, available for purchase from APH. Not all of EBAE is covered in the test. The following are helpful preparations:

Taking the sample test which is available upon request from the NBPCB
Studying a literary Braille instruction manual
Taking a college course in Braille
Taking the Library of Congress course in Braille transcribing through Lesson fifteen
Reading recently published literary Braille
Writing literary Braille using both a braillewriter and a slate & stylus

Code of Professional Ethics

At the time of application, candidates are expected to be familiar with the NBPCB Code of Professional Ethics. The candidate is expected to have read, understood, and be willing to abide by the Code of Professional Ethics. The applicant and a witness must sign the NBPCB Code of Professional Ethics Agreement form. Both the Code of Professional Ethics and Agreement form are also available from the NBPCB office.