37 Tex. Admin. Code § 429.7 - Minimum Standards for Advanced Fire Inspector Certification
(a) Applicants for Advanced Fire Inspector
Certification must complete the following requirements:
(1) hold as a prerequisite an Intermediate
Fire Inspector Certification as defined in §
429.5 of this title (relating to
Minimum Standards for Intermediate Fire Inspector Certification); and
(2) acquire a minimum of eight years of fire
protection experience and complete the training listed in one of the following
options:
(A) Option 1--Successfully complete
six semester hours of fire science or fire technology from an approved Fire
Protection Degree Program and submit documentation as required by the
commission that the courses comply with subsections (b) and (c) of this
section; or
(B) Option
2--Completion of coursework from either the A-List or the B-List courses.
Acceptable combinations of courses are as follows: two A-List courses; or eight
B-List courses; or one A-List course and four B-List courses. (See the
exception outlined in subsection (c) of this section); or
(C) Option 3--Completion of coursework from
either the A-List or the B-List courses in combination with college courses in
fire science or fire protection. Acceptable combinations of courses are three
semester hours meeting the requirements of Option 1 with either one A-List
course or four B-List courses. (See the exception outlined in subsection (c) of
this section.)
(b) Non-traditional credit awarded at the
college level, such as credit for experience or credit by examination obtained
from attending any school in the commission's Certification Curriculum Manual
or for experience in the fire service, may not be counted toward this level of
certification.
(c) The training
required in this section must be in addition to any training used to qualify
for any lower level of fire inspector certification. Repeating a course or a
course of similar content cannot be used towards this level of
certification.
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