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Department of Health Services -- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch
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If you wish to become
certified to do lead-related construction in California, you must
take training from one of the Department of Health Service's (DHS)
accredited training providers. To find out where you can take the this
training, see the List of Approved Lead-related
Construction Courses and the training providers who offer them.
If you take courses from a training provider that has not been accredited
by DHS, you will not be eligible for certification. To obtain a schedule of courses or to sign up for a course, contact the training provider directly at the phone numbers given
on the list.
Getting
a New Certificate?
The type of training
you should take depends on which lead certificate you want to apply for.
Before you spend money on a course:
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Make sure you know which
certificate is right for the kind of work you want to do.
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Make sure you are eligible
for the type of certificate you want to get.
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Look at the table below
to see which training is required for the certificate you want to get.
| Type
of Certificate |
Required Training |
| Lead Inspector/Assessor |
Inspection/Assessment
(40 hours); or
CIHs may take the 24
hour Certified Industrial Hygienist Course |
| Lead Project Monitor |
Supervision &
Project Monitoring (40 hours); or
Work (24 hours) +
Supplemental Supervision
& Project Monitoring (16 hours); or
CIHs may take the 24
hour Certified Industrial Hygienist Course |
| Lead Project Designer |
Supervision &
Project Monitoring (40 hours) +
Project Design (16
hours); or
Work (24 hours) +
Supplemental Supervision
& Project Monitoring (16 hours) +
Project Design (16
hours); or
Certified Lead Supervisors
and Project Monitors may take only the 16 hour Project Design course. |
| Lead Supervisor |
Supervision &
Project Monitoring (40 hours); or
Work (24 hours) +
Supplemental Supervision
& Project Monitoring (16 hours) |
| Lead Worker |
Work (24
hours) |
Refreshing
old Training?
If you are applying
for a new certificate and it has been more than 1 year since you completed
your DHS-approved training, you must "refresh" that training by taking
DHS-approved Continuing Education before applying for certification. The
type of continuing education you should take depends on which lead certificate(s)
you want to get. Look at the chart below to see which continuing
education is required for the certificate you want to get.
Starting August 23,
1998, if it has been more than 3 years since you completed your DHS-approved
training, you must retake that training from a DHS-approved training provider
before applying for certification.
| Type
of Certificate |
Required "Refresher"
Continuing Education |
Lead Inspector/Assessor
Lead Project Monitor
Lead Project Designer |
General Continuing
Education (7 hours) |
| Lead Supervisor |
General Continuing
Education (7 hours); or
Worker Continuing
Education (7 hours) |
| Lead Worker |
Worker Continuing
Education (7 hours) |
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If you want to get a Worker certificate
and an Inspector/Assessor, Project Monitor or Project Designer certificate,
you must complete BOTH a General and Worker continuing education (14 hours).
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If you want to get a Worker certificate
and a Supervisor certificate, you should take a Worker continuing education
course (7 hours) to satisfy the continuing education requirement for those
certificates.
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If you want to get a Supervisor certificate
and an Inspector/Assessor, Project Monitor or Project Designer certificate,
you should take a General continuing education course (7 hours) to satisfy
the continuing education requirement for those certificates.
Renewing
an Existing Certificate?
If you are renewing
your certificate(s), you must take continuing education. The type
of continuing education you should take depends on which lead certificate(s)
you have. Look at the chart below to see which continuing education
is required for the certificate you want to get.
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If you have a certificate
that expired less than 3 years ago, you can renew it by simply taking 7
hours of continuing education and applying for renewal. (If your
certificate expired more than 3 years ago, you must retake the full training
in order to renew.)
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If you are applying for
a new certificate and it has been more than 1 year since you completed
your lead-related construction training you must take 7 hours of continuing
education to "refresh" that training before applying to DHS.
| Type
of Certificate |
Required Continuing
Education |
Lead Inspector/Assessor
Lead Project Monitor
Lead Project Designer |
General Continuing
Education (7 hours) |
| Lead Supervisor |
General Continuing
Education (7 hours); or
Worker Continuing
Education (7 hours) |
| Lead Worker |
Worker Continuing
Education (7 hours) |
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If you have a Worker certificate and
you also have an Inspector/Assessor, Project Monitor or Project Designer
certificate, you must complete BOTH a General and Worker continuing education
(14 hours).
-
If you have a Worker certificate and
you also have a Supervisor certificate, you should take a Worker continuing
education course (7 hours) to satisfy the continuing education requirement
for those certificates.
-
If you have a Supervisor certificate
and you also have an Inspector/Assessor, Project Monitor or Project Designer
certificate, you should take a General continuing education course (7 hours)
to satisfy the continuing education requirement for those certificates.
Training
Costs:
DHS does not keep
information on prices. Prices vary depending upon the type of course
and training provider. Contact training providers directly for prices and
to compare costs.
Recommendations:
DHS does not recommend
one training provider over another. The Training Providers listed
here meet DHS’s minimum requirements for accreditation. To ensure
that a training provider will be able to meet your needs, you may wish
to contact several training providers and ask each for three references
who are in a field of work similar to yours.
For example, if you
are a painting contractor, ask for the names of three other painting contractors
who have taken training from those training provider. Contact the
references and ask if they were satisfied with the training provider and
the course.
Applying
for Certification:
After you finish your
course, you must apply to DHS separately for certification. You do
not become automatically certified when you complete a DHS-approved
course. The course “certificate” that your training provider may
give you is not the same as a DHS certificate. If you have not done
so already, get the Application Forms and Instructions
to apply for or renew your certificate.
Your
Comments:
DHS is always interested
in hearing what you thought of your lead-related construction training
and continuing education. If you have comments about a DHS-accredited
training provider or a DHS-approved course, call the Lead-Related Construction
Information Line at 1-800-597-LEAD, or write to:
Department of Health
Services
Childhood Lead Poisoning
Prevention Branch
Lead-Related Construction
Unit
1515 Clay St. Suite 1801
Oakland, CA 94709
Attention: Training
Comments