1. A. The training program must employ a training manager who is responsible for ensuring that the training program complies at all times with the requirements of this chapter and who is responsible for maintaining:

   1. 1. The validity and integrity of the hands-on skills assessment or proficiency test to ensure that the assessment or test accurately evaluates the trainee's performance of the work practices and procedures associated with the course topics.
   2. 2. The validity and integrity of the course test to ensure that the test accurately evaluates the trainee's knowledge and retention of the course topics.
2. B. The training manager must, for each course offered, designate a principal instructor. Principal instructors are responsible for the organization of the course and oversight of the teaching of all course material.
3. C. Guest instructors may be designated by the training manager as needed to provide instruction specific to the lecture, hands-on activities, or work practice components of a course.
4. D. Any training manager who intends to also serve as a principal instructor must meet the requirements of subsection B of 18VAC15-30-340.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 2, eff. November 13, 1996; amended, Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 24, eff. October 1, 2003; Volume 42, Issue 8, eff. January 2, 2026.