Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 600-8-1-.05 - Trainer/Instructor Guidelines
(1) Eligibility
Requirements
(a) Level 1 (Fundamentals,
Advanced Fundamentals, and Awareness Seminars) Trainers and instructors shall
meet at least the following minimum requirements:
i. Education: A four-year college degree or
five years experience in the field of erosion and sediment control.
ii. Experience: Five years of experience in
the field of erosion and sediment control. Where years of experience are used
in lieu of the education requirement, a total of 10 years field experience is
required.
iii. Approval by the
Conservation Commission and the Stakeholder Advisory Board; and
iv. Successful completion of "Level 1 Trainer
and Instructor Seminar."
(b) Level 2 (Introduction to Design Seminar)
Trainers and instructors shall meet at least the following minimum
requirements:
i. Education: A four-year
college degree in engineering or natural sciences, or five years of
professional licensure in the field of engineering, architecture, landscape
architecture, forestry, geology, or land surveying or as a CPESC.
ii. Experience: Five years of experience in
the field of erosion and sediment control. Where years of professional
licensure or CPESC serves in lieu of a four-year college degree, ten years of
experience in the field of erosion and sediment control shall be
required.
iii. Approval by the
Conservation Commission and the Stakeholder Advisory Board; and
iv. Successful completion of the "Level 2
Trainer and Instructor Seminar."
(2) Application for Trainer/Instructor.
(a) Any person seeking the Conservation
Commission's approval as a Trainer/Instructor to present the education courses
should submit the appropriate completed application form to the Conservation
Commission at least 60 days prior to the scheduled Trainer/Instructor course
date. The application form developed by the Executive Director and approved by
the Conservation Commission, must contain a verification of the appropriate
combination of education and work experience and a signed certification
statement confirming that all statements in the application are true.
(b) Incomplete applications will be returned
to the applicant. All applications must be received by the Conservation
Commission, postmarked at least 60 days prior to the scheduled course
date.
(c) All applications will be
reviewed by the Conservation Commission to determine eligibility for course
attendance and as a prerequisite for approval as a qualified
trainer/instructor. All applicants will be notified of the result of the review
within 30 days of the receipt of the application. Any applicant may appeal the
review in writing to the Conservation Commission Board within 10 days of the
Conservation Commission's determination. No applicant will be approved to
attend the course unless all the requirements are satisfied.
(d) Applicants, who have been found
ineligible to attend the course, may request further consideration by
submitting a letter to the Conservation Commission Board with the necessary
evidence of additional considerations.
(3) Trainer/Instructor Course Attendance and
Examination.
(a) Any qualified individual,
who meets the "Eligibility Requirements" in Section
600-8-1-.05(1),
may attend the Trainer/Instructor course and take the examination for approved
trainer/instructor.
(b) An
individual, who is unable to attend the course and take the examination at the
time scheduled, shall notify the Conservation Commission at least 48 hours
prior to the date of the course if possible. Such individual shall be
rescheduled for the next course and examination.
(c) An applicant who attends the course but
fails the examination will be allowed to retake the appropriate exam within one
year. After the one-year period has elapsed, an applicant will be required to
submit a new application in order to take the examination. An application for
course attendance must be received by the Conservation Commission at least 60
days prior to the scheduled course date to be eligible to attend the course and
take the examination.
(d) A minimum
passing score of 85% will be required on the examination.
(e) All applicants will be notified in
writing within 60 days of the results of the examinations.
(4) Course Procedures.
(a) All approved trainers/instructors must
provide schedules with corresponding agendas and materials to the Conservation
Commission at least 30 days prior to the date of the courses and the course
agendas and materials must be followed in strict adherence to the one adopted
by the Conservation Commission. Instructors must provide the maximum number of
attendees to the Conservation Commission 30 days prior to the date of the
course.
(b) The Conservation
Commission will conduct random audits to ensure approved trainers/instructors
are following approved course curriculum and approved proctors are present and
conducting examinations as instructed.
(5) Revocation of Trainer/Instructor Status.
(a) The Conservation Commission may revoke
its certification of the trainer/instructor upon a finding by a majority of the
Conservation Commission that any of the following grounds exist:
i. The certification was obtained through
fraud, misrepresentation, or making a false statement; or
ii. The certified person has violated or
cooperated with others in violating a provision of these regulations;
or
iii. The certified person has
not demonstrated reasonable care, judgment, or application of his/her knowledge
and ability in the performance of his/her duties; or
iv. The certified person has made any
misleading, deceptive, untrue or fraudulent representation in the course of the
practice of a business or profession involving any certification under this
Chapter; or
v. The certified person
has not obtained the requisite number of continuing education credits required
to maintain certification; or
vi.
The certified person has engaged in any unprofessional, immoral, unethical,
deceptive or deleterious conduct or practice harmful to the public, which
conduct or practice materially affects the fitness of the certified person to
practice a business or profession involving the certification under this
Chapter; or
vii. The certified
person knowingly performs any act which in any way aids, assists, procures,
advises or encourages any uncertified person under this Chapter to practice a
business or profession involving certification under this Chapter; or
viii. The certified person has been adjudged
mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction within or without
this state; or
ix. The certified
person has displayed an inability to practice a business or profession
involving certification under this Chapter with reasonable skill and safety to
the public or has been unable to perform such business or profession with
reasonable skill and safety to the public by reason of illness, use of alcohol,
drugs, narcotics, chemicals, or any other type of substance.
(b) If the Conservation Commission
determines that revocation of a person's certification is to be considered, the
Conservation Commission shall notify such person of the date and time that the
Conservation Commission will consider the revocation and the reason(s) for the
determination.
(c) Upon receiving
notification that a certification is to be considered for revocation, a person
shall be entitled to appear before the Conservation Commission in a duly called
meeting to explain the circumstances surrounding such proposed revocation and
the Conservation Commission in its sole discretion, may determine whether a
certification is to be revoked upon the affirmative vote of a majority the
members of the Conservation Commission.
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