N.J. Admin. Code § Tit. 5, ch. 62, app APPENDIX
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024
| New Jersey Certified Landscape Irrigation Contractor Activities that Qualify for Continuing Education Credits (CECs) | |
| Irrigation Association Certifications | |
| CAP | No cap (maximum) on the number of CECs per period in this |
| category. | |
| QUALIFYING | 20 CECs earned for obtaining first Irrigation Association |
| Certified Irrigation Designer (CID) specialty. | |
| ACTIVITY | 10 CECs earned for each additional Irrigation Association |
| CID specialty. | |
| 10 CECs earned for obtaining each of the following | |
| Irrigation Association Certifications: | |
| Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA), | |
| Certified Golf Irrigation Auditor (CGIA), | |
| Certified Agricultural Irrigation Specialist (CAIS), | |
| Certified Landscape Water Manager (CLWM). | |
| Irrigation Educational Content Developer | |
| CAP | No cap (maximum) on the number of CECs per period in this |
| category. | |
| CECs in this category are earned at the rate of two CECs per | |
| article/book chapter/session. | |
| QUALIFYING | Writing reference material or irrigation books. |
| ACTIVITY | Presenting irrigation related technical papers. |
| Writing articles for an irrigation publication. | |
| Irrigation Training - TIER 1 | |
| CAP | No cap (maximum) on the number of CECs per period in this |
| category. | |
| CECs in this category are earned at the rate of one CEC per | |
| hour of instruction. | |
| QUALIFYING | Attending irrigation education courses or seminars. |
| ACTIVITY | Teaching irrigation education courses or seminars or |
| conducting demonstration projects. | |
| TRAINING | Irrigation educational courses and seminars sponsored by |
| DEFINITION | trade associations, trade schools, educational institutions, |
| professional instructors, or manufacturers. If the course or | |
| seminar is sponsored by a distributor or manufacturer, the | |
| course shall be taught by an Irrigation Association Licensed | |
| Provider, college or university staff, or other approved | |
| professional instructor. The subject matter shall be related to | |
| irrigation and can be product specific. | |
| Irrigation Training - TIER 2 | |
| CAP | No cap (maximum) on the number of CECs per period in this |
| category. | |
| CECs in this category are earned at the rate of .5 CECs per | |
| hour of instruction. | |
| Attending irrigation education courses or seminars. | |
| Teaching irrigation education courses or seminars. | |
| QUALIFYING | Attending an irrigation demonstration project. |
| ACTIVITY | Irrigation educational courses and seminars sponsored by a |
| distributor or manufacturer and taught by someone other than an | |
| Irrigation Association Licensed Provider, college or university | |
| staff, or approved professional instructor. The subject matter | |
| shall be directly related to irrigation and may or may not be | |
| product specific. | |
| TRAINING | Irrigation educational courses and seminars that do not fall |
| DEFINITION | under the TIER 1 training definition. The subject can be |
| product specific. | |
| Irrigation Training - TIER 3 | |
| CAP | A maximum of five CECs per period can be earned in this |
| category. | |
| CECs in this category are earned at the rate of .25 CECs per | |
| hour of attendance. | |
| QUALIFYING | Attending irrigation or green industry trade shows. |
| ACTIVITY | Attending or teaching green industry courses or seminars |
| that are not irrigation specific. | |
| Attending or teaching business related courses or seminars. | |
| TRAINING | Irrigation or green industry trade show attendance is |
| DEFINITION | considered for walking the trade show floor and attending on |
| floor education sessions. | |
| Green industry courses or seminars relating to subjects that | |
| are indirectly related to irrigation and can be product | |
| specific. | |
| Business courses and seminars relating to subject matter | |
| directly related to the business of landscape irrigation | |
| contracting. | |
| Water Conservation (WC) Designation | |
| CAP | No cap (maximum) on the number of CECs per period in this |
| category. | |
| TRAINING | Irrigation courses, seminars, or training in a subject |
| DEFINITION | related to water conservation (WC) shall be given a WC |
| designation. All CECs earned for obtaining Irrigation | |
| Association Certifications shall carry a WC designation. WC | |
| credits may be from any tier. | |
N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 5, ch. 62, app APPENDIX
See: 45 N.J.R. 2296(a), 46 N.J.R. 533(a).
Administrative correction. See: 46 N.J.R. 623(c).
Amended by R.2020 d.131, effective December 7, 2020.
See: 52 N.J.R. 1317(a), 52 N.J.R. 2100(b). In Irrigation Training - TIER 1, TRAINING DEFINITION, substituted "can" for "cannot".