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Online Training Courses
These courses can be purchased at any time. Once purchased, you have a year to complete the course. If for some reason you do not get the course completed in the alloted time, you can renew (see MEP Renewal).
Find out which courses to take for each designation:
Certified Water Treatment Representative
The course is designed for:
- Inside sales representatives
- Office staff
- Junior sales representatives
- 6 months experience
Courses required:
- Assessing Water Quality – Basics
- Application and Sizing for Aesthetic Contaminants – Fundamentals
- CWQA Ethics Course
- Exam upon completion
Certified Service Technician
This course is designed for:
- Junior service technicians
- More than 6 months in position
Courses Required:
- Assessing Water Quality – Basics
- Application and Sizing for Aesthetic Contaminants – Fundamentals
- CWQA Ethics Course
- Certified Service Technician
- Exam upon completion
Certified Treatment Designer
This course is designed for those in business to business (B2B) in:
- Technical sales
- Technical support
- Engineers
- Public health professionals
- Those that support selection, troubleshooting, and maintenance of water treatment technologies and equipment.
- 1 year experience in the B2B water treatment industry
Courses required:
Certified Water Treatment Technician
This course is for:
- professionals selling and configuring water treatment equipment for residential problem water application directly to consumers (B2C)
- minimum of 6 months selling water treatment to B2C
Courses required:
- Assessing Water Quality – Basics
- Application and Sizing for Aesthetic Contaminants – Fundamentals
- CWQA Ethics Course
- Application and Sizing for Drinking Water Contaminants
- Exam upon completion
Certified Installation Technician
This course is for:
- professionals placing point of entry (POE) and point of use (POU) water treatment in residences. Focus is on safe installation, code compliance, and general water treatment knowledge
- minimum of 6 months experience with a trained installer
Courses required:
- 12 weeks instructor-led online course
- Coursework as instructed
- CWQA Ethics Course
- Exam upon completion
Master Water Technician
This course is for:
- broad experience in treatment design for health-related contaminants and problem water applications
- minimum of 5 years applying water treatment for problem water applications to B2C
Courses required:
- CWT certification in good standing
- Advanced Design Course
- Exam upon completion
Renew Your Certification
A professional certification title is valid for three years. To uphold the standards of the industry and to ensure that professionals keep up with current technology, certified people are required to earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits to recertify for another three-year cycle. Payment of a recertification fee is also required.
Failure to meet recertification requirements within the three-year cycle will result in loss of certification. Individuals who have lost their certification are forbidden from using the WQA certification designations or logos on any personal or company printed materials or advertising.
CPD Credit Requirements for Reaccreditation
CWT/MWT/CTD: 3.0 CPD credits within the 3-year certification cycle
CWR/CI/CST: 2.0 CPD credits within the 3-year certification cycle
Persons holding multiple certification designations are responsible for earning only the number of credits required for the highest designation they hold, not for a cumulative total of the credits needed for both certifications (For example, a person with CWS and CI titles would be required to earn 3.0 credits, the amount required for the CWS alone, not 5.0 credits, which would be a cumulative total).
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CWQA Course Outlines
Assessing Water Quality – Basics
The Assessing Water Quality course is intended for professionals involved in the selection and sizing of POU/POE water treatment equipment. The course focuses on identifying contaminants that cause aesthetic effects and introduces drinking water regulations.
Treatment of Aesthetic Contaminants – Fundamentals
Application of POU/POE Treatment for Drinking Water Contaminants – Design
Certified Installer
The Certified Installer Training course is intended for professionals involved in the installation of POU/POE water treatment equipment. The course focuses on safe, code-compliant installation with correctly sequenced and programmed equipment.
Certification requires completion of the homework and passing the certified installer exam.