Exam Postponement:

To postpone your application you must submit a signed written request (a letter stating you wish to postpone) with a check to cover the $35 administrative fee. Your written request and payment must be received at the CWEA office no later than six (6) days after the scheduled test date. Please note that starting in January 2009, computer-based testing will be implemented and the postponement policy will be changed.

Exam Cancellation Instructions

To cancel your exam application, you must submit a signed written request (a letter stating you wish to cancel your application) to CWEA. Your written request must be received at the CWEA office no later than six (6) days after the scheduled test date. Full refunds, less a $35 administrative fee, will be made within four weeks after the scheduled test date. There are no exceptions to this policy.

Test Site Admission:

Testing candidates are required to show at least one valid form of government issued photo identification (State driver’s license, ID, or passport). Only after the proctor at the test site has made positive identification may a candidate receive their test booklet. Candidates are not required to show their testing eligibility letters to enter the test site.

Item Appeals:  

Candidates who wish to appeal a specific test item (or items) must do so during the test by completing an Item Appeal Form available from the test proctor. Item appeals will be evaluated, and any required adjustments to passing scores (pass points) will be made during the scoring process.

Exam Result Notification:
Exam results are mailed to certificate candidates no later than 6 weeks after the examination date. No results are given over the phone, via fax or email. All results are confidential and are only released to the certificate candidate.

Issue of Certificate:

Certificates will be issued to all candidates who pass the examination. Certificates are mailed about two to three weeks after result notifications have been mailed.

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Test Security:
All tests are closed-book. No reference material, programmable calculators, computers, cell phones, palm pilots, PDAs, or cameras are allowed in the test site. Candidates should only bring a scientific calculator and a few #2, or softer, pencils. All writing and notes must be in the test booklet. Candidates are not allowed to take any notes from the test site. Candidates who violate test site rules may be asked to leave the site and may be disqualified from completing that test. All violations of test security will be investigated by CWEA, and appropriate action will be taken.

Certification Renewal Policies:

All certificates must be renewed annually.  The first renewal is due one year from the last day of the month in which the certification exam was held. Certificate renewals more than one year past due are subject to the renewal fee plus a late fee.  The late fee is a flat fee that graduates the longer the certificate holder waits to renew.  Retesting is required to reinstate certificates more than two years past due. 

Renewal notices are mailed to certificate holders two months before the due date and it is the responsibility of the certificate holder to ensure that his or her certificate(s) remains valid.

Re-Certification and Contact Hours Requirements:
Every two years CWEA certificate holders are required to provide evidence of completion of 12 contact hours of training/continuing education for certificate renewal.  For more information on contact hour requirements, visit CWEA’s website: www.cwea.org/cert_certholders_recertrenew.shtml

Americans with Disabilities Act:

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations will be provided for those individuals who provide CWEA with a physician’s certificate, or its equivalent, documenting a physical or psychological disability that may affect the individual’s ability to successfully complete the certification examination. Written requests for reasonable accommodations must be received by the CWEA office no later than 3 weeks before the examination date.  

All policies are subject to change.

Last Updated April 24, 2008