Program
Requirements
- Candidate must be recommended
by a Professional Engineer who knows, and can attest to, at least six
months of acceptable experience performing CQA activities with
geosynthetic and/or compacted clay liner materials.
- The candidate must submit a
completed application and be approved by the Geosynthetic Certification
Institute to take the geosynthetic materials and/or compacted clay liner
materials exam.
- The candidate or his/her firm
must pay a one-time fee which covers a 5-year period upon completion of
the above items. If the candidate
desires to be certified in both geosynthetic materials and
compacted clay liners the combined fee is $500 for 5-years of
certification. If the candidate prefers to take only the geosynthetic
materials exam or the compacted clay liner exam, then the fee is
$400.
- The candidate must successfully
pass a written examination (70% is the passing grade) proctored by GCI or
GCI designated organization and graded by the Geosynthetic Certification Institute
to become a certified inspector.