18VAC15-30-400: Certificates of completion

A. Accredited lead training programs will issue unique course completion certificates to each individual who successfully completes the course requirements. The course completion certificate must include:

1. A unique certificate number.

2. The name and address of the individual.

3. The name of the particular course that the individual completed.

4. Dates of course completion or test passage.

5. The certificate expiration date. Training certificates will expire three years from the date of course completion. If the accredited lead training program offers a proficiency test, those training certificates will expire five years from the date of course completion.

6. Name, address, and telephone number of the training provider.

7. Name and signature of the training manager and principal instructor.

B. The board will not accept training certificates of completion for initial training courses where the name of the course participant, training manager, and principal instructor are the same.

C. Course participants in a refresher training course who are both the training manager and principal instructor of a refresher training program must be monitored by another instructor if completing the program's examination for the purpose of license renewal. The monitoring individual must sign the certificate of completion as the participant's instructor. A course participant in a refresher training course who is either the training manager or the principal instructor of a training program must be monitored by the other if completing his own program's examination for the purpose of license renewal. The monitoring individual must sign the certificate of completion as the participant's instructor.