Continuing Education
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335-10-1-10 Continuing Education
(1) All certified operators must demonstrate continuing education activities and file these activities along with the renewal application and nonrefundable fee for certification renewal. Training activities must be attended within the three year period prior to the expiration date except for carry over credit.
(2) Operators with one water certificate must demonstrate 24 continuing education hours (CEH) of actual training in the water field. Wastewater operators with one certificate must demonstrate 24 CEH training in the wastewater field. Training activities can only be counted once. Operators with more than one certificate must obtain 15 CEH of training in the proper field for each certificate for the renewal period. An operator can only hold one water and one wastewater certificate.
(3) A maximum of 10 CEH of training per certificate may be carried over into the next three year renewal period.
(4) Continuing education training shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) Association and/or Department sponsored short-courses, and seminars;
(b) Successfully completing or auditing college sponsored courses, and seminars;
(c) Approved correspondence and online courses;
(d) Management and supervision courses;
(e) In-house or regional courses taught by experienced certified operators or experienced instructors;
(f) Teaching or instructing as described in (a) through (e)above.
(g) All such activities as described in (a) through (f) above must be relevant to water and wastewater treatment, distribution and collection systems and may include safety and/or managerial content. Documentation of class attendance must be obtained from the instructor and retained until the next renewal period.
Go to the Continuing Education section of our web site for more information on continuing education courses available through the ARWA.
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