Student Obligations 
When Taking Courses for Credit

WE MAY NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO USE IN REPORTING TO THE STATE/ORGANIZATION

In the case of courses for credit, we must often require additional information in order to ensure that credits are awarded to students that take our courses.  In most cases, operators will be required to provide:

See your specific State or Organizations accreditation summary at www.environmental-training.com/accreditation/accreditation.htm to determine which information is required.  If additional information is required by your State or organization, you will have an opportunity to e-mail us this information once you are enrolled in a course.

BE AWARE OF THE OBLIGATIONS WHEN TAKING COURSES FOR CREDIT!

Courses for credit come with certain obligations. In some cases, the approval of our courses through States have been contingent upon the specifications set out by that State. A summary of these specifications can be found at www.environmental-training.com/accreditation/accreditation.htm for each State.

Further, students should be aware that our online system tracks student time and course file access. If students are simply browsing and flipping through the course at a rapid pace rather than completing the assignments, we are aware of such. In order to ensure that States and Organizations continue to have confidence in our distance learning approach as effective training tools, WE MUST NOTIFY THE APPROPRIATE STATE OR ORGANIZATION OF ABUSES OF THE SYSTEM.

We therefore are informing you in advance that failure to complete the assignments as intended and failure to dedicate the appropriate time toward completion of the course can result in forfeiture of CEUs and training hours. Please complete the assignments to the best of your ability to ensure that your State honors your training hours/CEUs.


A SUMMARY OF OUR POLICY

It is our policy that students taking courses for credit for a specific State, regardless of which organization or State that they plan to apply to for credit, must comply with certain requirements including:

  1. Students must complete the entire course, meaning that they must read every word of every assignment
  2. Students must submit responses for those assignments which must be submitted, and satisfactory responses must be provided.  
  3. Students must pass the test, and meet the State's passing score or 60% correct, whichever is higher
  4. Students must complete the evaluation form.
  5. Students must meet all contingencies for approval specified by States, including the submittal of additional information where so specified by the State.

It is our policy that we will provide oversight to review students compliance with student requirements.  This includes, at a minimum, the following:

  1. Evaluating logs, checking completion times for assignments, and evaluating course accesses for specific URLs
  2. Evaluating submitted responses to determine the adequacy and providing feedback to students
  3. Evaluating tests responses to determine the percentage correct, and comparing this with the passing score specified by our policy or by the State contingencies to determine the students performance
  4. Issuing a certificate of completion only if our review of the above criteria is satisfactory, meets our policies for students, and meets State specifications that are contingent to the course approval.  

It is our policy that where our evaluations find failures by students to meet our policies, specific responses will result. 

REMEMBER TO COMPLETE THE COURSE, AND SUBMIT THE APPLICABLE ASSIGNMENTS, TEST, AND COURSE EVALUATION.

It is our company policy that you must complete the course in order to receive a certificate of completion.  This means that you must complete all the reading, answers all the questions in writing, submit assignments with appropriate answers where specified, pass the test, and complete the evaluation.

We want to particularly call your attention to three items which must be submitted: certain assignments, the test, and the evaluation form.  First, there are assignments integrated throughout the course which require you to fill in the answers and submit the answers to us for review and evaluation. You can accomplish these while online: simply fill in all of the blanks, and submit the answers by pushing the appropriate "Submit" button.

If specified in the accreditation information, the course test must be completed when specified by the State and, generally, a passing score must be achieved in order to pass the course and receive credit for the course. In the absence of State specifications, our company policy is that 60% must be correct to pass.  The test is also taken online and the instructions are very explicit.  Follow them closely and understand them prior attempting the test.

Finally, you must complete and submit the course evaluation when you have completed the course.  Please do not submit the course evaluation until you have completed all assignments and the test (if applicable).  Once we receive your course evaluation form signifying that you have completed the course, we will begin procedures to prepare your course certificate.  Allow 17 working days to receive the certificate.


WHAT HAPPENS IF PROBLEMS ARISE?

The convenience of distance learning does require oversight to this extent to ensure that your learning experience and the future learning experiences of others are not compromised.

Should problems arise, we will always notify you and discuss such with you. Together, we should be able to satisfactorily resolve any problems. Only if problems remain unresolved would we be forced to escalate the matter and bring it to the attention of the State/Organization for guidance. We have never yet had to bring such a matter to the attention of a State or Organization and hope that our ability to satisfactorily resolve problems and clarify obligations will continue.

There are always extenuating circumstances that must be considered. However, by making you aware of our commitments to the States and Organizations that rely on our courses to teach certain principles and achieve certain goals, we believe that you will be more understanding of the requirements to fully complete the course in which you are enrolled.


WE HOPE YOUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE WILL BE AN ENJOYABLE ONE

Online environmental courses through www.environmental-training.com provide you with a convenient learning environment to help you fully explore the information in our courses. If there are concerns about the obligations of taking courses for credit, please contact us at comments@environmental-training.com