Can education or CEUs count?
Table 2 and Table 3 name specific education and operating-experience substitutions. The amount and purpose change by group.
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Washington allows limited, group-specific credit. This page explains the rule but does not calculate eligibility or an earliest exam date.
Credits must be relevant, within the applicable cap, and supported by documentation.
A written duty description is required for other experience. Military experience is not named as automatic credit in the reviewed source.
One year of relevant experience may replace each missing year of education through twelfth grade.
One year of relevant experience may replace each missing year of education through twelfth grade.
Up to four years of excess operating experience may replace the 90-credit requirement: one year for the first 45 credits and three years for the last 45.
Up to eight years of excess operating experience may replace the 180-credit requirement under the table's two-stage exchange rates.
CEUFlow does not calculate eligibility from these rules. Ecology reviews the submitted records and makes the final decision.
This summary includes a CEUFlow plain-language interpretation. Confirm individual circumstances with Ecology.
Controls full Group I–IV education and operating-experience requirements, including group-specific caps and conditions for education and relevant-experience substitutions.
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View official sourceCreates optional OIT I–IV pathways, limits which OIT level an applicant may seek, and specifies the experience needed to upgrade to full certification.
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