CEUs for Landscape Contractors
A question keeps coming up regarding classes to get the 7 hours of Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or hours to keep your NC Landscape Contractor's License. I have been in contact with the Executive Director of the NCLCLB to address this issue and here's the answer:
" The continuing education committee is diligently working on the process to approve courses that will qualify for credits toward the Landscape Contractors’ License. While that process is still being finalized, I do expect we will have something, hopefully by the end of this month."
What is the time frame for credits to be received:
"To be eligible to renew, licensed landscape contractors will need to have obtained seven (7) credit hours from August 1, 2015 through July 31, 2016. ....... the renewal period relative to continuing education is an Anniversary date relative to the license valid date."
So anyone acquiring a new license now that the grandfathering period is over (and it was entirely over on August 1st 2015, 11 days ago) will have a year until their Anniversary date to obtain the 7 hours.
While we are still unsure about the process of getting classes qualified for credits, it does not appear that it will be long before that has been resolved and I don't personally expect there to be a problem with most of our existing classes qualifying for CEUs so don't panic you will have several opportunities between now and next July 31st to get your credits.
One opportunity that did not get proper publicity as the credits were granted literally at the last minute will be the Summer Green Road Show starting tomorrow in Hickory. I'm not clear on the actual number of hours granted for each event but it appears that attendance on both days could get you most of the required hours. Got to the bottom of this page and click on Brochure to get more information. https://ncnla.memberclicks.net/summer-green-road-show-attendee-information
For more information contact your local Cooperative Extension Center and ask for the Commercial Horticulture Agent.
