1. A. Certificate programs typically consist of one or more technical courses, usually completed in one to twenty-six weeks, with a single skill objective and at least twenty and no more than six hundred clock hours, thirty-six quarter credit hours or twenty-four semester credit hours. Generally, at least ninety percent of the program shall be in technical courses prescribed by the program’s objectives.

2. B. Certificate program instructors must:

   1. (1) have appropriate academic preparation or
   2. (2) have a high school diploma or GED, and
   3. (3) have completed a training or degree program in the applicable occupational area, and
   4. (4) have a minimum of two years of practical experience in the occupation or subject or the equivalent, and
   5. (5) have training to teach, and
   6. (6) demonstrate up-to-date knowledge and continuing study of the particular subject field.

3. C. Notwithstanding section B above, modeling instructors must have:

   1. (1) appropriate academic preparation or
   2. (2) six months of acceptable experience in modeling or related specialized occupations and completion of a modeling or specialized program in the occupational area to be taught, or
   3. (3) one year of acceptable experience in the occupational area of the training offered.

4. D. Notwithstanding sections B and C above, tax preparation instructors must have:

   1. (1) appropriate academic preparation or
   2. (2) six months of tax preparation experience within the last five years of which two hundred hours are within the last twenty-four months or a suitable update course within the past twelve months.
5. E. Notwithstanding sections B, C and D above, the curricula and instructor requirements set by the Federal Aviation Administration for flight training will be the minimum standards.

HISTORY: Former Regulation 62-9 added by State Register Volume 2, effective April 10, 1978. Amended by State Register Volume 17, Issue No. 7, eff July 23, 1993.