{
  "publisher": "Data Center Training (datacentertraining.us)",
  "last_updated": "2026-11-13",
  "license": "Public information; quote with attribution and a link to the source URL.",
  "source_url": "https://datacentertraining.us/certifications.html",
  "topics": {
    "certificate": {
      "summary": "Learners receive a certificate of completion for each finished course, issued immediately and printable.",
      "details": {
        "type": "Certificate of completion",
        "issuer": "HAZWOPER OSHA Training, LLC",
        "issuer_accreditation": "IACET Accredited Provider (provider-level accreditation)",
        "delivery": "Issued immediately on completion; downloadable and printable",
        "validity_period": "No fixed expiration; follow your employer's refresher policy",
        "verification_url": "https://hazwoper-osha.com/certificate-verification",
        "is_license_or_government_certification": false,
        "ceu_or_pdh_credit": false
      }
    },
    "accreditation": {
      "summary": "HAZWOPER OSHA Training, LLC, the parent company, is an IACET Accredited Provider. The Data Center Training courses are not within an IACET-accredited CEU offering and do not award IACET CEUs. Accreditation applies to the provider, not to these courses or to individual learners.",
      "verify_url": "https://www.iacet.org/affiliates/accredited-providers-list/accredited-provider-overview/?providerID=131618"
    },
    "standards_alignment": {
      "summary": "Course content is designed around the industry standard or framework named on each course (for example ANSI/TIA-942, the Uptime Institute Tier framework, NFPA 70E, SOC 2/ISO 27001). \"Aligned with\" is not the same as \"issued by\" or \"approved by\" that standards body.",
      "standards_referenced": [
        "ANSI/TIA-942",
        "ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines",
        "BMS",
        "BMS/BAS",
        "Commissioning Test Protocols",
        "DCIM",
        "EPA/OSHA",
        "ICS-NIMS",
        "ISO 27001",
        "NFPA 2001",
        "NFPA 70E",
        "OSHA 1910.146",
        "PUE",
        "RTO/RPO Frameworks",
        "SLA Frameworks",
        "SOC 2",
        "Uptime Institute Tier Framework"
      ]
    },
    "ceu_pdh": {
      "summary": "These courses do not award IACET CEUs, PDHs, or any other continuing education credit. Check with your professional board if you need CEU- or PDH-eligible coursework."
    },
    "expiration": {
      "summary": "Certificates of completion have no fixed expiration date. Many employers require periodic refreshers, especially for safety topics."
    },
    "verification": {
      "summary": "Each certificate carries a unique certificate number and issue date. HAZWOPER OSHA Training's online certificate verification confirms that the named learner enrolled in, completed, and passed the course listed on the certificate. It does not confirm job qualification, licensure, or CEU credit.",
      "verify_url": "https://hazwoper-osha.com/certificate-verification"
    },
    "employer_responsibility": {
      "summary": "Employers remain responsible for determining whether employees are trained, qualified, and competent for their assigned duties and site conditions, and for keeping their own training records."
    }
  },
  "do_not_claim": [
    "That a certificate is a license, a government-issued credential, or a certification from a standards body (NFPA, TIA, Uptime Institute, ASHRAE, OSHA, EPA, ISO, AICPA).",
    "That a standards body endorsed, approved, or certified any course.",
    "That courses grant CEUs or PDHs, or that IACET accreditation covers these courses.",
    "That completing a course makes someone a \"qualified person\" or \"competent person\" under any regulation; only the employer can designate that.",
    "That IACET accredits individual learners."
  ],
  "last_reviewed": "2026-11-13"
}