Recertification is a mandatory process that provides assurance that a certificant is actively maintaining his or her knowledge and skills. This process must be completed before the end of every 2-year certification cycle. The first recertification cycle begins on the date of initial certification and expires two years after that initial date of the certification. Your WPI Voluntary Certification must be renewed every two years. Please log in to your Certemy account to complete the renewal steps. Each renewal must be submitted with 24 hours of continuing education, a signed attestation, and a renewal fee of $110. If your certification has been expired for more than 6 months, a late fee of $35 is added to the renewal fee. If your certification has expired for over two years, you will not be able to renew, and may have to retest.
Contact Hour Equivalencies
Post-secondary and continuing education can be converted to contact hours. We understand that many units of post-secondary or continuing education exist and will do everything possible to fairly equate units when reviewing applications and submitted documents.
ONE CONTACT HOUR
- 1 CEH – Continuing Education Hour
- 1 CPE – Continuing Professional Education
- 1 PDH – Professional Development Hour
- 1 RTC – Renewal Training Credit
- 1 TCH – Training Contact Hour
- 1 TC – Training Credit
- 1 TH – Training Hour
TEN CONTACT HOUR
- 1 TU – Training Unit
- 1 CEU – Continuing Education Unit (IACET)
- 1 CEC – Continuing Education Credit
- 1 Quarter Course Credit from an accredited college
FIFTEEN CONTACT HOUR
- 1 Semester Course Credit from an accredited college
Approved topics for recertification
All continuing education submitted for recertification credit must be on approved topics. Recertification credit will not be given for presentations, writing/publishing articles, or teaching courses. Annual meetings, conferences, and workshops that meet approved topic guidelines may be accepted for continuing education credit if a certificate of attendance with contact hours is provided.
Related Course Subjects
All post-secondary education submitted for eligibility credit must be related. Credit will not be given for presentations, writing/publishing articles, or teaching courses.
Annual meetings, conferences, or workshops covering relevant subjects may be accepted for post-secondary education credit if a certificate of attendance with contact hours or CEUs is provided along with an agenda of the event.
Subjects for Water Treatment
- Applied Electronics
- Industrial Technology
- Public Administration
- Biology
- Maintenance
- Public Health
- Chemistry
- Management
- Public Relations
- Computer Science
- Math
- Safety
- Electrical Studies
- Microbiology
- Technical Communication
- Engineering
- Oral Communications
- Wastewater
- Environmental Science
- Physics
- Water
Subjects for Water Distribution
- Applied Computer Science
- Maintenance
- Public Affairs
- Applied Electronics
- Management
- Public Health
- Biology
- Math
- Public Relations
- Chemistry
- Microbiology
- Safety
- Emergency Response
- Oral Communications
- Technical Communication
- Engineering
- Physics
- Wastewater
- Environmental Science
- Public Administration
- Water
- Industrial Technology
Subjects for Wastewater Collection
- Applied Electronics
- Maintenance
- Public Affairs
- Biology
- Management
- Public Health
- Chemistry
- Math
- Public Relations
- Computer Science
- Microbiology
- Safety
- Engineering
- Oral Communication
- Technical Communications
- Environmental Science
- Physics
- Wastewater
- Industrial Technology
- Public Administration
- Water
Subjects for Wastewater Treatment
- Applied Electronics
- Industrial Technology
- Public Administration
- Biology
- Maintenance
- Public Health
- Chemistry
- Management
- Public Relations
- Computer Science
- Math
- Safety
- Electrical Studies
- Microbiology
- Technical Communication
- Engineering
- Oral Communication
- Wastewater
- Environmental Science
- Physics
- Water
