Bay-Friendly Landscape Maintenance Training & Qualification Program

Contra Costa County Class of 2009 Requalification Requirements

Those who do not fulfill the requirements listed below will be placed on inactive status for a period of nine months. During this time of inactive status your contact information will NOT appear on any promotional materials, websites, or databases. You may be reinstated if you re-qualify within nine months of your qualified expiration. After that time, your status will be suspended and you must retake the training in order to be re-qualified. 

If you do not apply for re-qualification:

- Your Bay-Friendly Qualified professional status will first change to inactive and then become suspended.

- Your contact information will be removed from the BFL Qualified Professional listings.

 

REQUIREMENT #1: 

You take and pass the 2010 final exam before June 18, 2011

We are offering you many opportunities to take the exam:

You can schedule one of the following two-hour windows of time during which we will email you the final exam for you to complete and email back to us by the end of the time slot you have selected. Evening and weekend time slots are in bold.

If you have not taken the exam by June 18th, you will have an opportunity to take a late exam for an additional $25 administrative fee during the last week of June. Late exams are available Saturday, June 25, 10am-noon, and Tuesday, June 28, 6pm-8pm only.

Please let us know ASAP when you’d like to take the exam. You can email Lori at:lori@bayfriendlycoaltion.org.

REQUIREMENT #2:

You let us know, by June 30, 2011, how it is going by either:

• Completing a short on-line survey about the Bay-Friendly practices that you have been using on the job.
  
   - OR -

• Filling out the survey in hard copy form and sending it back to us.

The information you provide us in the survey will be kept confidential.  It is our way of learning what Bay-Friendly practices you are implementing, how you are benefiting from the training and what we can do better.  It also helps us make the case to potential funding sources that the training is worth their investment!

Please let us know if you would like to complete this survey in hard copy lori@bayfriendlycoalition.org and she will send you the survey.

REQUIREMENT #3: 

Provide evidence, by June 30, 2011 that you have received 4 hours of education or training on any topic within sustainable or Bay-Friendly Landscaping. 

a. Irrigation auditing classes/workshops

b. Workshops on building healthy soil

c. Attendance at annual trade shows or conference (ex. Bioneers, West Coast Green, etc)

d. Others that you have attended – send a copy of the agenda and evidence of your participation to lori@bayfriendlycoalition.org.

You are responsible for keeping track of earned CEUs and must provide verification of attendance from the instructor or educational institution.

REQUIREMENT #4: 

Submit requalification payment of $75 ($65 for members) by June 18, 2011.

This re-qualification application fee covers ongoing administrative costs.

Send a check, made out to “Bay-Friendly Coalition”
and mail to:

Bay-Friendly Landscape Training Requalification

Attention: Lori Caldwell

2140 Shattuck Ave, #2100
Berkeley, CA 94704

 

Those who do not fulfill the requirements listed above will be placed on inactive status for a period of nine months.

**Please note that the requalification process and requirements are subject to change.

Contact Information:

For submittal of continuing education credits, exam test times, or questions regarding the requalification process please contact:

Lori Caldwell

Email:  lori@bayfriendlycoalition.org

Mailing address:

Bay-Friendly Landscape Training Requalification

Attention: Lori Caldwell

2140 Shattuck Ave, #2100
Berkeley, CA 94704