Initial Requirements for Certification
as a Ground Water Professional

Applicants must have at least seven years of progressively more responsible professional experience, following receipt of a baccalaureate degree, during which full competence has been demonstrated in the application of scientific or engineering principles and methods to the execution of work involving:
(1) the understanding of the occurrence, movement, and composition of ground water,
(2) the development, management, or regulation of ground water, or
(3) the teaching and research of ground water subjects at the university level.

In fulfillment of this experience requirement, two years of experience credit shall be allowed for work performed during the completion of a master's degree or three years of credit shall be allowed for work performed during the completion of a doctorate degree providing that the graduate training was primarily in some aspect of ground water. In no case shall the total experience credit for academic work above the baccalaureate degree exceed a total of three years.

Applicant must furnish specific and explicit descriptions of the qualifying work experience. Qualifying work experience specifically does not include such routine activities as lithologic and water quality sampling, water level data acquisition, routine laboratory work, etc., where the elements of initiative, scientific or engineering judgment, and decision-making are lacking, nor does it include activities that do not use scientific or engineering methods to process and interpret water data. Where pertinent, the description should include a bibliography Listing published or unpublished reports of substantive original investigations.

Certification is granted, denied, and revoked without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, age, or ancestry of the applicant.

Applicant will need to make copies of the Sponsor Recommendation Form for each sponsor and copies of the Transcript Form for each School/Univerisity.


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