We welcome a new Safety First columnist this week. Danny Maron, owner of and principal trainer with Ideal Forklift Training in Ottawa, Canada, joins a panel of expert trainers around the world who regularly share their insights in our newsletter. Danny's first contribution looks at the tricky subject of competency certification and raises the interesting observation that some of his clients think they are paying for a certificate rather than his professional testing ability. No doubt, this issue will continue to plague trainers and certifiers around the world until standardized testing is adopted everywhere.