Section 325.99202. Training program requirements; facilities; course test; skills assessment; course certificate; audit by the department.

(1) A training program accredited under section 5462 of the act shall ensure the availability of, and provide adequate facilities for, the delivery of the lecture, course test, hands-on training and assessment activities including, but not limited to, providing training equipment that reflects current work practices and maintaining or updating the equipment and facilities of the training program, as needed.

(2)   For each course offered, except the core lead basics course, the training program shall conduct a course test at the completion of the course and, if applicable, a hands-on skills assessment. Each individual enrolled in the training program shall successfully complete the hands-on skills assessment, if conducted for that course, and receive a passing score on  the course test to pass a course.

(3)   The training manager shall maintain the validity and integrity of the hands-on skills assessment to ensure that  it  accurately  evaluates  the trainees' performance of the work practices and procedures associated with the course topics contained in these rules, and the course test to ensure that it accurately evaluates the trainees' knowledge and  retention  of  the course topics.

(4)   The training program's course test shall be developed in accordance with the test blueprint submitted with  the  training program  accreditation application.

(5)      The training program shall issue course completion certificates to each individual who passes the training course. The course completion   certificate  shall include all of the following:

(a)        The     name    and    address    of    the     individual,     along     with    a      unique identification number.

(b)   The name of the particular course that the individual passed.

(c)   ) Dates of course completion and test passage.

(d)  Expiration date of course certificate (3 years from course completion).

(e)   The name, address, and telephone number of the training program.

(f)   Expiration date of the individual's eligibility to take the third-party examination (6 months from course completion).

(6)   The training manager shall allow the department to audit  the  training program and  courses  to  verify the contents of the   application   for accreditation.

History: 2005 AACS.