Stakeholders in the onsite wastewater industry receive emails and notices from time-to-time promising instant certification or registration as an Onsite Wastewater Practitioner through online training being offered in the email.

AOWMA strongly recommends that before spending valuable resources and time participating in any training program, potential students should contact the certifying authority in their province to ensure that the training program offered is recognized by the certifying authority and completion of the training will achieve the certification desired.

Those wishing to gain certification in provinces other than Alberta should contact the certifying body in that other jurisdiction to confirm what training is recognized in that province.