Renewing Your CSIA® Certified Chimney Specialist® Credential
The CSIA® Certified Chimney Specialist® credential needs to be renewed every three years. If you only need to remit your annual certification fee, you can do so online by logging into the site (CSIA® username/password) in the upper right hand corner of this page, and then by clicking "pay my bill" or by calling our office at (317) 837-5362.
Your CSIA® Certified Chimney Specialist® credential is subject to renewal every 3 years. The credential must be renewed with required CEUs: Submit a completed “Certification Renewal with CEUs” form along with proper documentation demonstrating a minimum of 48 CEUs earned during your expiring 3 year credential cycle and up to 30 day grace period. Participants that do not accumulate the required minimum of 48 CEUs during the three-year period will forfeit their Certified Chimney Specialist credential. In order to reinstate your credential, you must order and pass the CSIA® Certification Exam, and pay the $199 application fee..
If you lapse at any time, you will be given 1 time to renew with the above criteria. Any lapse after that you will forfeit the CSIA®Certified Chimney Specialist Certification until which time you are eligible to apply again.
Once a credential has been renewed, all CEU credits acquired during the three-year renewal cycle will be forfeited. There will be no carryover of accumulated CEU credits.
Re-certify with 48 CEUs and Re-certification fee. The participant is required to obtain a minimum of 48 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in a three-year period in order to renew their credential with this program. At which time 24 of the required 48 CEUs must be obtained from a CSIA® course (online or in person), the NFI online platform, HPBExpo, and the NCSG or CCP Conventions in ANY CATEGORY. CEUs will be offered for attendance / participation in seminars and programs approved by the CSIA® CEU Committee.
The material accepted into the program must fall into one or more of these five areas of focus:
Technical
Codes & Standards
Communication & Liability
Health & Safety
Business (Business CEUs are elective, not required.)
To ensure the program is well rounded, minimum category requirements are:
Technical. 12
Codes & Standards. 8
Communication & Liability 6
Health & Safety. 6
Additional in ANY category (including Business) 16 48 TOTAL CEUs
Once the minimum CEUs have been met in each of these categories, the “additional” category balance can be accumulated in any or all categories, including Business. Business CEUs may not be used to meet minimum category requirements in Technical, Codes & Standards, Communication & Liability and Health & Safety. This policy became effective 9/1/20. If you have obtained CEUs through the National Fireplace Institute or other educational provider, you MUST provide CSIA® with the documentation before re-certifying with CEUs. Just fill out the renewal by CEUs form, included payment information, and fax it to (317) 837-5365 or scan and send by email to certification@cisa.org. Be sure to check the box that you will continue to uphold the CSIA® Code of Ethics.
PLEASE NOTE:CEUs cannot be acquired after the certification has expired. To check how many CEUs you currently have, log in at theCSIA® Certified Chimney Sweep® and CSIA® CDET® tab. Contact CSIA® if you do not know your username and password.
To read CSIA's full policy on credential renewal, go here.