12 NCAC 10B .1604. INTERMEDIATE TELECOMMUNICATOR CERTIFICATE

(a)  In addition to the qualifications set forth in Rule .1602 of this Section, applicants for the Intermediate Telecommunicator Certificate shall possess or be eligible to possess the Basic Telecommunicator Certificate and shall have acquired the following combination of educational points or degrees, telecommunicator training points and years of telecommunicator training experience:

 

Educational Degrees	None	None	None	Associate	Bachelor
Years of Telecommunicator Experience	8	6	4	4	2
Minimum Telecommunicator Training Points	5	10	14	12	10
Minimum Total Education and Training Points	12	20	28	12	10

 

(b)  Educational points and degrees claimed shall have been earned at a technical institute, technical college, community college, junior college, college or university accredited as such by the Department of Education of the state in which the institution is located, a national or regional accrediting body, or the state university of the state in which the institution is located. No credit shall be given for any correspondence, on-line or vocational courses unless credited towards a degree by an accredited institution.

(c)  No more than 40 hours of training obtained by completing the commission-mandated telecommunicator certification course shall be credited toward training points.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 17E-4(b)(1); 17E-4(b)(12);

Eff. April 1, 2001;

Amended Eff. February 1, 2014; January 1, 2013; August 1, 2002.