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State Registration/Certification/Licensing Program Approvals

Our open-enrollment and on-site courses are carefully designed to meet the continuing education credit requirements of many state registration, certification and licensing programs.  Current state program approvals (as of November 1, 2010) include:
  • Massachusetts Licensed Site Professionals (LSP) Program (Administered by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup Professionals - visit their web site at www.state.ma.us/LSP)
  • Connecticut Licensed Environmental Professionals (LEP) Program (Administered by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection - visit their web site at www.dep.state.ct.us/wtr)
  • Texas Corrective Action Project Managers (CAPM) Program (Administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - visit their web site at www.tceq.state.tx.us)
  • Pennsylvania Professional Geologists, Land Surveyors and Engineers (Administered by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists - visit their web site at www.dos.state.pa.us/eng)
  • Oklahoma Remediation Consultants Program (Administered by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Petroleum Storage Tank Division - visit their web site at www.occ.state.ok.us)
  • Ohio Voluntary Action Program (VAP) for Certified Professionals (Administered by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency - visit their web site at www.epa.state.oh.us)
  • California Registered Environmental Assessor Program (Administered by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control - visit their web site at: www.dtsc.ca.gov/rea)
  • West Virginia Licensed Remediation Specialist Program (Administered by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Office of Environmental Remediation - visit their web site at www.wvdep.org)
  • Iowa Landfill Operators and Water Well Drilling Contractors Programs (Administered by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, License Bureau)
  • Nebraska Monitoring Supervisors and Water Well Drilling Contractors Programs (Administered by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation and Licensure Division)
  • Florida Landfill Operators Program (Administered by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection)

If you require credit for a state program not listed above, contact us -- our list of state program approvals is always growing.  If you need additional information on accreditation of Nielsen Environmental Field School’s open-enrollment or on-site courses, please contact us.  The table below provides the details on our state program approvals.

Course Title
Approved For

Credit Hours
Course #
The Complete Ground-Water Monitoring Field Course

 

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

IA Landfill Operators

IA Drilling Contractors

NE Monitoring Supervisors

NE Drilling Contractors

FL Landfill Operators

OH VAP Certified Professionals

PA Professional Geologists

CA Registered Environmental Assessors

WV DEP Licensed Remediation Specialists

36

38

32

36

30.25

30.25

33.5

33.5

36

38

40

40

40

1035

066

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--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--
The Environmental Sampling Field Course

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

IA Landfill Operators

IA Drilling Contractors

OH VAP Certified Professionals

PA Professional Geologists

CA Registered Environmental Assessors

WV DEP Licensed Remediation Specialists

32

32

32

32

23.5

23.5

33

32

32

32

1034

067

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The Complete Ground-Water Sampling Field Course

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

IA Landfill Operators

IA Drilling Contractors

NE Monitoring Supervisors

NE Drilling Contractors

FL Landfill Operators

OH VAP Certified Professionals

PA Professional Geologists

CA Registered Environmental Assessors

WV DEP Licensed Remediation Specialists

24

24

16

24

22.5

22.5

24

24

24

24

24

24

24

1039

227

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--

--

--

--

--

--

 
Ground-Water Monitoring Well Design, Construction and Development

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

IA Landfill Operators

IA Drilling Contractors

FL Landfill Operators

OH VAP Certified Professionals

WV DEP Licensed Remediation Specialists

16

17

16

16

15.75

15.75

16

16

 16

1038

068

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--

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40

--

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Advanced Environmental Site Characterization Field Methods

 

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

WV DEP Licensed Remediation Specialists

17

17

17

17

17

  
Micropurge Low-Flow Purging and Ground-Water Sampling

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

NE Monitoring Supervisors

NE Drilling Contractors

WV DEP Licensed Remediation Specialists

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

1084

065

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--

--

--

 
The No-Purge Sampling Field Course

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

IA Landfill Operators

IA Drilling Contractors

WV DEP Licensed Remediation Specialists

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

1320

224

--

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--

--

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Characterization of Hydrocarbon & MTBE-Impacted Sites for RBCA and Natural Attenuation

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

WV DEP Licensed Remediation Specialists

16

16

16

16

16

1082

054

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The Hydraulic Testing Field Course

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

IA Landfill Operators

IA Drilling Contractors

24

24

24

24

22.75

22.75

1037

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Fundamentals of Ground Water and Contaminant Movement

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

WV Licensed Remediation Specialists

8

8

8

8

8

1202

095

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The Complete Surface-Water and Sediment Sampling Field Course

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

IA Landfill Operators

IA Drilling Contractors

OH VAP Certified Professionals

PA Professional Geologists

CA Registered Environmental Assessors

WV DEP Licensed Remediation Specialists

16

15

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

1328

226

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--

--

--

--

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Soil Sampling for VOCs

MA LSPs

CT LEPs

TCEQ CAPMs

OK Remediation Consultants

WV Licensed Remediation Specialists

8

8

8

8

8

1201

094

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-- = Course # Not Applicable for this state program      

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