Continuing Education Providers for Landscape Irrigators

Here you can find trainers approved by the TCEQ to conduct continuing education for licensed Irrigators and the areas they serve. If you know the name of your preferred training provider, go to our alphabetical list.

Note: By selecting a provider's company name that is followed by this exit sign Exit TCEQit will take you off the TCEQ web site to that provider's web site. Select the name, not the exit sign.

Geographical list

StatewideAustinCollege StationDallas–Fort Worth

East TexasHoustonNorth TexasPanhandle

San AntonioTemple WacoWaxahachieWest Texas

Statewide

American Irrigation Training
Bac-Flo Unlimited
Wayne Burke
Cal Poly University-Pomona
ceuWOW
Continuing Education for Licensing
Drought Be Gone Irrigation Services
Environmental Training Systems
Fisher Irrigation Consultants
Flowtronex, PSI, Ltd.
H2O Stewardship Solutions
H2O Strategies
The Irrigation Association (IA)
Irrigation Services
Irrigation System Solutions
Garland Newman
Pro-Line Publications
Ray Schram
Sundance Irrigation Training
Technical Learning College(TLC)
Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Tx A&M System
Texas Water Audits
Water Educational Training Services
WaterWise Council of Texas

Austin

Austin Community College
Water Management Specialists
Jerry L. Weir

College Station

Mehrdad "Morey" Fazli

Dallas–Fort Worth

(See also North Texas)

Aquatech Irrigation, Inc.
Fisher Irrigation Consultants
Richland College
Telsco Industries (Dallas)
Turf Surgeons Irrigation Services

East Texas

Irrigation Educational Systems(Larry Agnew)

Houston

Jim Borneman
William R. Ellis
Larry Parr
Water Management Specialists

North Texas

(See also Dallas–Fort Worth)

Water Wise Educational Services
Irrigation Educational Systems(John Patterson)

San Antonio

Water Management Specialists

Panhandle

Amarillo College

Temple

Water Management Specialists

Waco

Water Management Specialists

Waxahachie

Water Management Specialists

West Texas

Viking II



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Amarillo College (provider code 0215)
Area served: Texas Panhandle
For more information call 806/371-2912
Fax 806/372-3919
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Irrigation Hydraulics 8 0083
Precipitation 8 0085

American Irrigation Training Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0528)
Area served: Statewide
For more information call Mark Ostertag, 214/206-5974
Fax 469/742-9572
E-mail mostertag33@aol.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Hydraulics 4 0039
Irrigation System Design 8 0097

Aquatech Irrigation, Inc. Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0603)
Area served: Dallas, Fort Worth
For more information call John Gallagher, 469/575-0349
Fax 972/291-9834
E-mail johnm4810@yahoo.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Computer-Aided Irrigation Estimating 8 0303
Computer-Aided Irrigation Design 16 1136
Introduction to Computer-Aided Irrigation Design 8 0174
Advanced Computer-Aided Irrigation Design 8 0175
These are hands-on courses using irrigation drafting and design software in a lab environment.

Austin Community College (provider code 0008)
Area served: Austin
For more information call Debra Jackson, 512/223-7735
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Comprehensive Irrigation Installation and Maintenance 8 0950
Business Strategies for Texas Irrigators 8 0951

Bac-Flo Unlimited Exit the TCEQ(provider code 0295)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Fred Baird, 210/698-0411 or 1-800-638-6232
Fax 210/698-0411
E-mail fbaird@worldnet.att.net
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Introduction to Cross-Connection Control and Backflow Prevention 8 0840

Jim Borneman (provider code 0186)
Area served: Houston
For more information call Clinton Elms, 713/937-3799 or 510/793-7208
Fax 510/357-9537
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Irrigation Valve Troubleshooting 4 0078
Irrigation Electrical Troubleshooting 4 0079
Water Management 8 0802
Selection & Installation of Irrigation Pumps 4 0944

Wayne Burke (provider code 0500)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Wayne Burke, 817/925-1770
Fax 817/453-8112
E-mail wrburke@prodigy.net
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Water Conservation Strategy in Landscape Irrigation 8 0767

Cal Poly University-Pomona (provider code 0626)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Ramesh Kumar, 909/869-2085 or Eudell Vis, 909/869-2084
Fax 909/869-4456
E-mail egvis@csupomona.edu
or
E-mail rkumar@csupomona.edu
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Basic Irrigation Hydraulics Self-study 5 0263

ceuWOW Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0450)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Doug Saylor, 254/829-2259
Fax: 866/447-2924
E-mail helper@ceuwow.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Business Skills 8 0895
Identity Crisis 8 0959

Continuing Education for Licensing Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0336)
Area served: statewide
For more information call 1-888-333-3735
Fax 903/567-3636
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Hydraulics (correspondence course) 4 0039
Water Resources Protection and Irrigation Design (correspondence course) 4 0084
Micro-Irrigation (correspondence course) 4 0816
Cross-Connection Control (correspondence course) 4 0837
Pumps (correspondence course) 4 0838

Drought Be Gone Irrigation Services Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0419)
Area served: Statewide
For more information call Sheri Rivera, 713/857-7773
E-mail riverasheri4@aol.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Troubleshooting Irrigation Control Systems(English Version) 8 0886
Troubleshooting Irrigation Control Systems(Spanish Version) 8 0887

William R. Ellis (provider code 0190)
Area served: Houston
For more information call William R. Ellis, 281/389-2999
Fax 713/462-4920
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Basic Pump Calculations 4 0133
Advanced Irrigation Pump Usage 4 0134
Micro Irrigation Systems—Design and Installation 8 0820

Environmental Training Systems (provider code 0396)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Richard Hansen, 979/798-4085
E-mail brendag41@yahoo.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
The Competitive Edge in Business—A Contractor’s Toolkit for Financial Success (classroom) 8 0958
The Competitive Edge in Business—A Contractor's Toolkit for Financial Success (correspondence course) 8 0230
Electrical Wiring and Connections; Note: This course also provides 8 hrs. credit to OSSF licenses. 8 0311

Mehrdad “Morey” Fazli (provider code 0446)
Area served: College Station
For more information call Morey Fazli, 979/690-9312
E-mail mehrdad_fazli@msn.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Electronics and Direct Computer Control 24 0881

Fisher Irrigation Consultants Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0351)
Area served: Dallas/Fort Worth/Statewide
For more information call Ben Fisher, 817/498-3795
Fax 817/577-2344
E-mail fic393@sbcglobal.net
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Design Estimation and Bidding of Landscape Irrigation Systems 8 0748
Drip Irrigation 8 0782

Flowtronex, PSI, Ltd. (provider code 0363)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Jerry Huskey, 214/357-1320 ext. 3002 or
dial 1 for customer service
Fax 214/357-5881
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Pumps & Controls (8-Hour Course) 8 0762

H2O Stewardship Solutions (provider code 0439)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Tim Wilson, 509/981-6441
Fax 509/235-5357
E-mail timw@h2o-ss.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Site Water Management Planning 8 0717

H2O Strategies (provider code 0438)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Amy Turnage, 512/293-6973 or 512/301-0947
E-mail waterstrategies@austin.rr.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Client Walk Through and Controller Essentials 8 0774

Irrigation Association Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0307)
Area served: Continental U.S.
For more information call 703/536-7080
Fax 703/536-7019
E-mail education@irrigation.org
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Drip Design in the Landscape 7.5 0001
Understanding Pumps 4 0002
Landscape Irrigation Auditor Training 12 0008
Electrical Troubleshooting (Part I) 4 0018
Bidding & Estimating 7.5 0206
Controller Troubleshooting 8 0208
Designing Systems with Reclaimed Water 7.5 0211
Certified Golf Irrigation Auditor 12 0213
Managing an Irrigation Service Company 4 0395
Landscape Irrigation Design 16 0398
Field Hydraulics 4 0738
Hidráulica Práctica 4 0738
Principles of Irrigation 16 0817
The Business of Irrigation Contracting (aka Bidding and Estimating) 7 0848
Advanced Electrical Troubleshooting (Part II) 6 0863
Predicting and Estimating Landscape Water Use 4 0891
Contractor Sales 7 0936
Irrigation Contractor 15 1130
Irrigation System Installation and Maintenance 8 1179
Instalación y Mantenimiento de Sistemas de Riego 8 1179
Diagnostico de Problemas Electricos (Parte I) 4 1223
Sprinkler System Scheduling 4 1224
SMART Technologies for Irrigation Management 8 1225
Advanced Irrigation Design for Water Conservation 8 1227

Irrigation Educational Systems
(provider code 0437)
Area served: East and North Texas
For more information call Larry Agnew, 903/539-4471
E-mail lagnew10@juno.com
John Patterson, 817/480-0626
E-mail pattersonjc@msn.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Design and Use of Pumps 8 0740
Water Conservation through Water Auditing 8 0768

Irrigation ServicesExit the TCEQ(provider code 0509)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Doug Goodwin, 281/728-0267
E-mail irrigationserv1830@sbcglobal.net
To access the on-line course below, go to:
Sprinkler Training.com Exit the TCEQ
Irrigation Scheduling - Online 8 0793
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
8 0796
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)—Intermediate 8 1181
Computer-Aided Design (CAD)—Advanced 8 1182

Irrigation System Solutions Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0480)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Phil Sheppard, 214/773-8847 or
1-866-942-5277
E-mail phil@isstx.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Comprehensive Irrigation Installation and Maintenance 8 0950
Business Strategies for Texas Irrigators 8 0951

Garland Newman (provider code 0306)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Garland Newman, 972/495-8731
Fax 972/414-5780
E-mail garland@ev1.net
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Maintenance and Troubleshooting Valves & Controllers 4 0030
Design 4 0031
Hydraulics 4 0039

Larry Parr (provider code 0251)
Area served: Houston
For more information call Larry Parr, 713/553-4396
Fax 281/890-0115
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Estimating and Equipment for an Irrigation Business 8 0131

Pro-Line Publications (provider code 0458)
Area served: statewide
For more information call George Boothe, 210/872-2642
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Water Conservation (correspondence course) 8 0183
Micro-Irrigation (correspondence course) 8 0819
Irrigation Safety (correspondence course) 8 0924
Irrigation Business Practices (correspondence course) 8 1114
Backflow Prevention (correspondence course) Note: This course also provides 4 hrs. credit to BPAT and CSI licenses. 4 1214

Richland College (provider code 0410)
Dallas, Texas
For more information call Whitney Martinez, 972/238-6010
Fax (972) 238-6149
E-mail: wmartinez@dcccd.edu
Area served: Dallas–Fort Worth
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Comprehensive Irrigation Installation and Maintenance 8 0950
Business Strategies for Texas Irrigators 8 0951

Ray Schram (provider code 0406)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Ray Schram, 972/422-5972
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Controller Troubleshooting 8 0818

Sundance Irrigation Training Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0352)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Jerry Lewis, 1-800-828-9275 or 817/431-6411
Fax 817/431-9376
E-mail sundanc@flash.net
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester 12* 1200
Basic Landscape Irrigation System Design 8 0744
Backflow Prevention 4† 0745†
Backflow Prevention 8† 0745†
Troubleshooting and Maintenance of Controllers, Valves and Heads 4 0746
Computer-Aided Design 8 0796
Subsurface Drip Irrigation 8 0857
*The trainee must complete a 40-hour course to receive 12 hours of continuing-education credit.
†These are two separate courses. One carries four hours of credit, the other, eight hours; however, the course code is the same: 0745. The information will be uploaded correctly to the licensee’s record based on the instructor’s roster submitted to the program.

Technical Learning College Exit the TCEQ
(provider code 0454)
Area served: Statewide
For more information call 1-866/557-1746
Fax 928/468-0675
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Confined Space(correspondence course) 12 0101
Backflow Prevention Awareness(correspondence course) 10 0935

Telsco Industries (provider code 0311)
Area served: Dallas
For more information call 214/278-6131
Fax 214/271-5710
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
College of Irrigation Knowledge 8 0041

Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M System Exit the TCEQ
(provider code 0472)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Charles Swanson, 979/845-5614
E-mail clswanson@ag.tamu.edu
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Irrigation Water Management of Commercial Landscape 18 0014
Landscape Irrigation Auditing and Management 16 0015
Introduction to Landscape Drip Irrigation 14 0016
Fundamentals of Irrigation System Hydraulics 14 0017
Zoning Principles in Landscape Irrigation 18 0068
Electrical Wiring and Safety for Landscape Irrigation 18 0197
Global Positioning Systems for Landscape Irrigation 18 0312
Landscape Water Budgeting 18 0490
Computer-Aided Site Mapping 18 0491
Advanced CAD I 18 0492
Automated Weather Stations for Landscape Irrigation 18 0742
Introduction to Landscape Irrigation Design Software 18 0847
Advanced Landscape Irrigation Auditing 18 0897
Effective Irrigation System Design 18 0898
Irrigation CAD (Computer-Aided Design) Workshop 16 0797

Texas Water Audits Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0482)
Area served: statewide
For more information call David W. Smith, 979/255-0681br /> E-mail texaswateraudits@suddenlink.net
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Irrigation Auditing for the Texas Practioner—Classroom 8 0385
Irrigation Auditing for the Texas Practioner—Correspondence 8 0386
Practical Application of Irrigation Auditing—Hands-on, with Correspondence 8 0387
Irrigation Management—Versatile Solutions for a Diverse Market 8 0389


Turf Surgeons Irrigation Services Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0318)
Area served: Dallas, Fort Worth
For more information call Greg Mitchell, 817/496-8653
Fax 817/496-7767
E-mail turfsurg@flash.net
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Diagnosis, Troubleshooting and Repairing Lawn Sprinkler Systems 8 0070

Viking II (provider code 0249)
Area served: West Texas–New Mexico
For more information, contact Nancy Starr or Carl Starr
P.O. Box 971596, El Paso, TX 79997
Phone 915/727-6510
Fax 915/592-2927
or
3300 Princeton NE, Suite 29, Albuquerque, NM 87107
Phone 1-888-883-3159
Fax 505/883-3218
E-mail hagar@viking2.com
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
BPAT Troubleshooting and Cross-Connection Control 16 BPAT* 1199
*This is a Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester course, but eight hours of general credit may also be applied to these programs when the course is taken in its entirety:
   Landscape Irrigators
   Customer Service Inspectors
   Water Operators
   Wastewater Operators
   Water Treatment Specialist

Water Educational Training Service (WETS) Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0345)
Area served: statewide
For more information call Jeffrey Knight, 866/400-9387 or 512/863-2857
Fax 512/864-3237
Courses Credit Hours Course Code
Landscape Irrigation Auditor Training 12 0008
Fundamentals of Irrigation Auditing (shortened version of course code:0008) 8 0425
Fundamentals of Irrigation System Hydraulics 4 0017
Complete Hydraulics 8 1150
Electrical Troubleshooting 4 0018
Pumps and Controls 4 0761
Water Conservation in Design and System Evaluation 4 0496
Understanding Drip Irrigation 4 0836
Cross-Connection and Backflow Pevention Devices 4 1198

Water Management Specialists Exit the TCEQ (provider code 0081)
Area served: statewide
For more information call 1-800-946-8277 or 254/853-2968 or