Maintain Your QWEL Training
QWEL is a U.S. EPA WaterSense recognized Irrigation Auditor Training course. In order to keep your training current, QWEL graduates need to submit two (2) hours of continuing education units (CEU) each calendar year.
What qualifies as a CEU?
1. Attend irrigation or green industry short courses or seminars. Each hour of training equals one (1) CEU. An hour of training must have a minimum of fifty (50) minutes of training time. Refreshment and meal breaks are not eligible as training time.
2. Attend irrigation or green industry trade shows, field days or meetings. One (1) CEU per event.
3. Teach or attend an in-house irrigation training course. These courses will normally be conducted by irrigation or green industry manufacturers, distributors, dealer or QWEL trained inhouse company staff. One (1) CEU per hour will be accepted for each hour of instruction.
4. Attending Business or Industry-related Courses or Seminars such as Integrated Pest Management; Pesticide Application; Bay-Friendly Landscape & Gardening; Tree Pruning; Storm Water Management; etc. One (1) CEU per hour will be accepted for each hour of instruction.
5. Conduct irrigation audit. One (1) audit for one (1) CEU per year.
