The Water Quality Association (WQA) is offering an amnesty program to formerly certified professionals still active in the field who would like to reinstate certification. Those who lost their certification more than three years ago and meet certain criteria can retake one of the basic certification exams to reinstate.
To be eligible for the program, a professional must:
- Provide proof of past WQA certification if the certification lapsed earlier than 2014
- Provide proof of continuous active engagement in work relevant to the certification being pursued
- Not have reinstated through testing more than once in the last eight years
Formerly certified professionals can retake one of the basic exams: Certified Water Specialist (CWS), Certified Installer (CI), or Certified Water-Treatment Representative (CWR, formerly known as CSR), depending on their past certification title. Those who held the Master Water Specialist (or advanced certifications once known as CWS-V or -VI) are able to reinstate at the CWS level and then pursue a MWS under current requirements.
More information is available from the amnesty program web page or by contacting WQA’s Professional Certification and Education program at education@wqa.org or (630) 929-2508.