Maintaining Your CEUs
A CCA continues to develop their skills and knowledge throughout their careers for the betterment of their growers and the agricultural industry as a whole. The Continuing Education Unit requirement helps to facilitate continued growth and ensures that growers are receiving the most accurate and technologically current recommendations. It is important to ensure you have met your requirements before you pay your renewal fee. If you have questions, please send us a message.
Check Your CEUs
Your CEU statement contains all of the CEUs you have signed into, scanned the QR code for, or self-reported. As a CCA, you are required to get 40 total credits within a 2-year cycle, and CEUs do not carryover from one cycle to the next.
Out of those 40 credits, 20 must be Board Approved CEUs, and you must satisfy the four categories to receive a green thumbs up on your statement. The four categories are Nutrient Management, Soil & Water Management, Integrated Pest Management, and Crop Management. The green check marks indicate that you have met the minimum requirement for that category, whereas the red cross indicates you have not met the requirement.
If you hold any specialty certifications, your category credit and overall credit minimums increase.
Even if you have more than 40 total credits, you must meet the Board Approved category and each of the management categories in order to meet your CEU requirement.
Self Report CEUs to Your Account
If you attended an activity that did not apply for CEUs, then you can report this activity to receive credit. Eligible activities are short courses, workshops, clinics, conferences, symposia, field days, college courses, or meetings that relate to any of the four CEU categories listed above. When reporting, you will need the meeting title, location, speaker information (if applicable), sponsoring organization, date, description, and what CEU category the activity fulfills. It is recommended to attach any agendas or certificates to the form as well.
Determine how many credits you receive for an activity:
30 to 45 minutes = 0.5 CEUs
46 to 75 minutes = 1.0 CEUs
76 to 105 minutes = 1.5 CEUs
106 to 135 minutes = 2.0 CEUs
Self-reported CEUs count towards your overall credit minimum and can apply to a category, but you still need to obtain 20 Board Approved credits.
Report Missing CEUs
This form is for Board Approved CEUs that occurred more than 30 days ago and are missing from your CEU statement. To report missing CEUs, you will need to know your certification number, the meeting title, date, and location. If you have the meeting number, that streamlines the process, but it is not necessary when reporting. You can report up to three missing meetings at a time. After reporting, allow the certification team 14 days to add these meetings to your account before you follow up.
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