Step By Step Certification Guide

Step 9: Maintain your Business and Practitioner Certifications

To maintain your business certification, you must

  1. Submit a certification renewal form every 3 years
  2. Pay renewal fees (Note: fees have not yet been established.)
  3. Schedule an office visit to review your EcoWise Certified IPM service records for the last 3 years and an interview with your EcoWise Certified IPM Practitioner
  4. If necessary, schedule a field inspection

In the renewal form, you will be asked to provide information about your EcoWise Certified IPM service such as

  • What has been done to improve your service
  • What has been done to improve customer education and communication with customers
  • What kind of staff training has taken place

To maintain your EcoWise Certified IPM Practitioner certification, you must

  1. Submit a certification renewal form every 3 years
  2. Pay renewal fees (Note: fees have not yet been established.)
  3. Submit documentation of 15 hours of approved continuing IPM education every 3 years

Step 1: Determine Eligibility
Step 2: Attend orientation session
Step 3: Fill out the Business Application
Step 4: Send in the Business Application for review
Step 5: Have at least 1 staff member become an EcoWise Certified IPM Practitioner
Step 6: Document at least 20 IPM service visits for 7 different customers following the Structural IPM Standards
Step 7: Schedule an office visit and field evaluation for your business
Step 8: Become fully certified
Step 9: Maintain your business and practitioner certifications