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I Eligible for Lead Certification?
California
Department of Health Services -- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch
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You must be eligible
for certification before you apply.
If are not eligible and apply anyway, DHS will deny you certification and
your application fee will not be refunded. The eligibility requirements
for each certificate are listed below. These are also given in the
application instructions. For more help determining your eligibility,
call the Lead-Related Construction Information Line at 1-800-597-LEAD (Outside
California, dial 510-869-3953.)
Lead
Inspector / Assessor Certificate Eligibility Requirements
Required Training:
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Lead-Related Construction
Inspection / Assessment course (40 hours); or
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CIHs may take a Lead-Related
Construction Certified Industrial Hygienist Course (24 hours).
Required Education
and Experience:
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A Bachelor's Degree or
higher in a biological, chemical, physical science or related field; and
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1 year of experience in
lead-related construction or a related field (such as asbestos or environmental
remediation); a) conducting environmental inspections and assessing environmental
health, occupational safety or environmental hazards; or b) designing projects
in environmental health, occupational safety or environmental hazard reduction;
or
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An Associate's Degree
or higher (or 20 semester / 30 quarter college units) in a biological,
chemical, physical science or related field; and
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2 years of experience
in lead-related construction or a related field (such as asbestos or environmental
remediation); a) conducting environmental inspections and assessing environmental
health, occupational safety or environmental hazards; or b) designing projects
in environmental health, occupational safety or environmental hazard reduction;
or
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A High School Diploma
or its equivalent and
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3 years of experience
in lead-related construction or a related field (such as asbestos or environmental
remediation); a) conducting environmental inspections and assessing environmental
health, occupational safety or environmental hazards; or b) designing projects
in environmental health, occupational safety or environmental hazard reduction.
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Lead
Project Designer Certificate Eligibility Requirements
Required Training:
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Lead-Related Construction
Supervision & Project Monitoring course (40 hour) + Lead-Related Construction
Project Design course (16 hours); or
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CIHs may take a Lead-Related
Construction Certified Industrial Hygienist Course (24 hours).
Required Education
and Experience:
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A Bachelor's Degree or
higher in engineering, architecture or a related profession; and
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1 year of experience in
building construction and design or a related field; or
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An Associate's Degree
or higher (or 20 semester / 30 quarter college units) building construction,
building design or related field; and
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2 years of experience
in building construction and design or a related field; or
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A High School Diploma
or its equivalent; and
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4 years of experience
in building construction design or a related field.
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Lead
Project Monitor Certificate Eligibility Requirements
Required Training:
-
Lead-Related Construction
Supervision & Project Monitoring course (40 hour); or
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Lead-Related Construction
Work course (24 or 32 hours) + Lead-Related Construction Supplemental Supervision
& Project Monitoring course (16 hours); or
-
CIHs may take a Lead-Related
Construction Certified Industrial Hygienist Course (24 hours).
Required Education
and Experience:
-
A Bachelor's Degree or
higher in a biological, chemical, physical science or related field; and
-
1 year of experience in
lead-related construction or a related field (such as asbestos or environmental
remediation) conducting, monitoring or designing projects in environmental
health, occupational safety or environmental hazard reduction; or
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An Associate's Degree
or higher (or 20 semester / 30 quarter college units) in a biological,
chemical, physical science or related field; and
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1 year of experience as
a certified lead supervisor; or
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2 years of experience
in lead-related construction or a related field (such as asbestos or environmental
remediation) conducting, monitoring or designing projects in environmental
health, occupational safety or environmental hazard reduction; or
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A High School Diploma
or its equivalent; and
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2 years of experience
as a certified lead supervisor; or
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3 years of experience
in lead-related construction or a related field (such as asbestos or environmental
remediation) conducting, monitoring or designing projects in environmental
health, occupational safety or environmental hazard reduction.
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Lead
Supervisor Certificate Eligibility
Requirements
Required Training:
-
Lead-Related Construction
Supervision & Project Monitoring course (40 hours); or
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Lead-Related Construction
Work course (24 or 32 hours) + Lead-Related Construction Supplemental Supervision
& Project Monitoring course (16 hours).
Required Experience
and Education:
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1 year of experience as
a certified lead worker; or
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2 years of experience
in lead-related construction or a related field (such as asbestos, the
building trades or environmental remediation) conducting health, occupational
safety or environmental hazard control.
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No education is
required.
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Lead
Worker Certificate Eligibility
Requirements
Required Training:
-
Lead-Related Construction
Work course (24 hours). (Note: 32 hour Work courses are also acceptable.)
Required Experience
and Education:
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No experience or education
is required.
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Important
Information about Old Training
If it has been more
than 1 year since you completed your DHS-approved training, you must
take 7 hours of DHS-approved Continuing Education before applying for certification.
To find out what kind of continuing education you must take, look at "Taking
Lead Training".
If it has been more
than 3 years since you completed your DHS-approved training, you must
take the full course over again before applying for certification.