Certificates of Completion - Instructions

How to access your Continuing Education certificate

1. Wait 30-60 days after a program, then visit www.awwa.org
2. Click My Account in upper right corner to login (reset pw if forgotten)
3. In your account, select 'My Transcripts' from left-hand menu
4. Click 'AWWA Certificates of Completion & Activity Transcripts'
5. Click 'Download' next to each program

AWWA provides Certificates of Completion for many trainings. We also work with several state Operator licensing agencies and attempt to obtain Operator CE approvals for select trainings.

To receive a Certificate of Completion, attendees must review the program's specific requirements, and we recommend you contact your licensing agency in advance. Instructions to access your self-service certificate are above. 

In-person conferences will provide an attendance-tracking method onsite. You will track which sessions you attend each day. Please inquire onsite for specifics. 

AWWA Virtual Conferences: Only some of AWWA's virtual conferences include elements for tracking attendance - be sure to ask first! Acceptance of virtual programming varies widely per state. For Operator CEUs, live attendance with interaction (Q&A, surveys, polling, chatting or quizzes) is often required. Contact your state agency in advance. Live attendees at select AWWA events will have access to certificates of completion for session attended in-full, however, this may not imply operator CEUs. 

Online eLearning Courses Many states will approve eLearning courses, please contact your licensing agency for details before purchasing online training. After successfully completing a course you will have access to a certificate within your AWWA account.

Webinars Attendees who view the entire live webinar will receive an AWWA Certificate of Completion. This certificate may, or may not, be valid for continuing education in your state, as every state and license is different. Please check with your agency to determine if this AWWA Certificate will be applicable to your unique situation, as AWWA does not apply for webinars. Please see above for instructions to access your certificate of completion.

Seminars are filed for Operator CEUs in states based on attendee Operator enrollment and Operator request. See above for instructions to access your certificate of completion.

Disclaimer

All approvals are at the discretion of your licensing agency.  Please note that a Certificate of Completion does not guarantee that your agency will award you credit. It is the individual's responsibility, before registering for any education program, to contact his/her licensing agency: 1. To confirm that the education program is acceptable for continuing education credit towards your particular license; and 2. To confirm what you need to submit for credit approval. You must contact your specific licensing agency for details. AWWA recommends that you:

• Contact the agency 30 days prior to attending training
• Ask your agency about its relevancy criteria
• Ask your agency if the training format is approved (in-person vs online or other)
• Find out what credit the agency approves
• Find out what you need to do in order to receive credit
• Find out whether you must submit an application prior to attending or submit handouts, etc., after training

Calculate Hours

CE Credits

0.1 CEU = 1 Contact Hours

1 Contact Hour = 60 minutes of instruction (not including breaks)

How to convert CEUs:

• Convert CHs to CEUs by dividing CHs by 10 (e.g., 3.5 CHs = 0.35 CEUs)
• If value is past tenth place, round up or down (0.35 becomes 0.4 CEUs; 0.72 becomes 0.7 CEUs).
• Use Credit Label Conversion Chart for converting AWWA CE Credits into other labels.

Professional Development Hours (PDHS)

1 PDH = 60 min

• AWWA does not record PDHs, maintain records or provide certificates because agencies allow manual documentation
• AWWA does provide a form for students to manually track their PDHs
• Agencies can convert CE Credits into PDHs: 1.0 CEUs = 10 PDHs

Transcripts

FREE CE Credits Transcript Reporting Tool

Store your CE Credits all in one place with the CE Credit reporting tool. You can print your AWWA certificates, sorting by program or date range (goes back SEVEN years). You can even use the transcript as an official document!

To Access Your Transcript

• Access your AWWA account by clicking here
• To login, enter your User Name and Password
• Click on your name from the top right of the screen
• Select My Transcripts
• Click “My Transcript Information” (record maintained for seven years)

Transcript is capable of consolidating two types of records:

CE Credits entered by AWWA

• Entered for trainings (conferences, webinars, seminars, eLearning).
• Yes or no in AWWA verified column on transcript indicates credit entered by AWWA
• AWWA can only verify credits entered by AWWA headquarters.

Customer-entered CE Credits

• Add CE Credits, PDHs and other credit activity awarded by non-AWWA headquarter training.

Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE)

Thanks to all who joined us in San Antonio for ACE22, and we look forward to seeing many of you for ACE23!  For attendees that used the ACE22 AWWA Mobile app to track your in-person session attendance, please read below for information on accessing your Certificates of Completion. 

For in-person ACE attendees & operators: AWWA applied to many U.S. states' operator licensing agencies - be sure to check with your specific agency to determine if ACE will apply to your license. You neeeded the 'AWWA Events' mobile app to scan in & out of each session you attended in-person and may access your certificates after following the five steps below. 

For ACE Virtual Attendees: Certificates are not provided for watching a recorded session. While the ACE Virtual program is not developed for Operator CEUs (i.e. attentiveness monitoring, quizzes, and polling did not occur), AWWA will however provide Certificates of Completion for ACE Virtual sessions attended real-time and in-full during live streaming.Virtual programming approval varies greatly per state and license. Again, certificates are not provided for watching a recording.

Questions?

For credits information or questions, please email Education Services or complete the Credit Inquiry form above.