MOLD REMEDIATION SPECIALIST (MRS)

The Mold Remediation Specialist Certification validates competency to:

• Perform mold remediation for structures and contents
• Design and maintain containments
• Control pressure differentials
• Safely work in mold-contaminated environments
• Understand common remediation work practices
• Review protocols
• Design and implement remediation processes
• Understand and follow industry standards and legal requirements
• Recognize conditions conducive for causing mold growth
• Prevent amplification and containment for a variety of building types
• Implement proper use of Personal Protective Equipment
• Maintain appropriate documentation of removal/remediation processes

Requirements: 

• Applicants must meet a minimum of one (1) year of verifiable mold remediation field experience.
• Pay a $150 non-refundable/non-transferable application fee
• Applications are automatically denied if a year of field experience cannot be verified.
• Applicants must pay a non-refundable/non-transferable examination fee of $300.
• There are no study guides for this exam. This is an experience-based certification that requires prior knowledge and real-world experience for the applicant to be approved for the examination.
• The exam is a proctored, closed book, two hours, and consists of 100 questions
• If an applicant fails the exam, she or he can pay an additional $200 non-refundable reexamination fee.
• If the applicant fails a second time, the applicant must wait a year to reapply and start the process over.