The requirement depends on your license category. Licensed Irrigators and Irrigation Inspectors must complete 24 TCEQ-approved continuing education hours per three-year renewal cycle. Irrigation Technicians must complete 16 hours. Fisher Irrigation Training offers three 8-hour courses — providing every hour a Licensed Irrigator needs for a full renewal cycle within a single online platform.
Three courses carry TCEQ continuing education credit: Hydraulics and Design (8 hours), Estimating and Bidding Profitably (8 hours), and Drip Irrigation Systems (8 hours). The Irrigator Exam Review does not carry CEU credit — it is an exam preparation resource, not a continuing education course.
Yes. Every CEU course available through Fisher Irrigation Training may be retaken for TCEQ credit in subsequent three-year renewal cycles. The one restriction is that a course cannot be counted for credit twice within the same renewal period. Repeat the course as many future renewal cycles as you wish — each time it counts as fresh credit.
Fisher Irrigation Training handles all CEU reporting directly and on a timely basis following your course completion. You do not need to contact TCEQ, submit forms, or take any other action to have your hours recorded. Your license renewal records will reflect the completed credit automatically.
You must take the 40 hour classroom course and then submit an application to TCEQ to take the Irrigator Exam. Finally, you must take and pass all 4 sections of the exam with at least a 70.
Visit www.tceq.texas.gov and click on Licenses.
You must complete an approved 40-hour Landscape Irrigator Licensing Course through a TCEQ-authorized provider — this is a mandatory prerequisite and cannot be skipped. You then submit an application to TCEQ to register for the Licensed Irrigator Exam. The exam consists of four independent sections, each of which must be passed with a minimum score of 70. Full application instructions, current fees, and approved exam providers are available at www.tceq.texas.gov under the Licenses section.
Go to the TCEQ website at www.tceq.texas.gov, click on Licenses and then on “Individual Search”.
No. Anyone may enroll in any course on this platform regardless of their current licensing status. However, TCEQ continuing education credit — the 8 hours per course — is only issued to students who hold a valid Texas Irrigator, Irrigation Technician, or Irrigation Inspector license at the time of enrollment. Students without a qualifying license will still complete the full course and receive a Certificate of Completion from Fisher Irrigation Training. When enrolling, simply select Personal Education as your reason for taking the course.
From the moment you register and create your account, you have full access to your enrolled course. You progress through the material at whatever pace your schedule allows — there are no live sessions, no assigned time slots, no deadlines, and no penalties for pausing and resuming. The platform tracks your position in the course so you always return exactly where you left off. Each module ends with a quiz, and your scores are recorded throughout. CEU courses require you to navigate every slide and pass each end-of-module quiz with a score of 70 or better to receive TCEQ credit.
The courses are fully compatible with all modern web browsers — Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge — on both Windows and Mac computers. No special software installation is required. Adobe Acrobat Reader is recommended for accessing PDF materials in all courses. Microsoft Excel is additionally recommended for the Estimating and Bidding Profitably course and the Drip Irrigation Systems course, both of which include spreadsheet-based exercises and templates.
Upon completing a TCEQ-approved CEU course, Fisher Irrigation Training issues your Certificate of Completion and reports your credit hours directly to TCEQ. If you do not hold a Texas license, you receive the Certificate of Completion but your hours are not reported to TCEQ — because no license requires it. Either way, the full educational value of the course is yours.
Yes. There is no limit on how many courses you may have active simultaneously. Each course tracks its progress independently, so working on multiple courses at once does not create any conflicts. Students who want to complete their full 24-hour CEU requirement as quickly as possible often enroll in all three CEU courses at once and advance through each at their own pace.
The CEU courses — Hydraulics and Design, Estimating and Bidding Profitably, and Drip Irrigation Systems — are TCEQ-approved continuing education courses that carry 8 hours of renewal credit each for licensed irrigators. The Irrigator Exam Review does not carry any CEU credit. It is specifically designed as pre-exam preparation for students who are about to sit for the Texas Licensed Irrigator Exam or the Irrigation Technician Exam. Taking it immediately before your exam is its intended and most effective use.
Ben Fisher is personally reachable throughout your enrollment and after you complete any course. Email him at ben@irrigationeducation.com with as much detail as possible about your question or technical issue, and include the course name and the specific module or topic your question relates to. Ben responds promptly and handles all support inquiries personally — there is no intermediary, no help ticket queue, and no automated response system.
Contact Ben directly at ben@irrigationeducation.com or by phone at 817-475-4178 to discuss any concern about your purchase. All course-related questions, technical issues, and access problems are handled personally and resolved as quickly as possible.
Are you looking to start your journey toward becoming a licensed irrigator in Texas? Or perhaps you need Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to renew your license? Whether you’re focused on improving your skills in design, estimating, sales, or operations management, this guide has you covered.
To become a licensed irrigator in Texas, you’ll need to complete a Landscape Irrigator Licensing Course approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). This course is a mandatory prerequisite to qualify for the Licensing Exam.
Once licensed, you’ll need to renew your certification every three years by completing 24 hours of Continuing Education Units (CEUs) through TCEQ-approved courses.
Learn more about our licensing and CEU courses here
Start today! Here’s the recommended process:
View the State Licensing Exam Schedule
Find TCEQ-approved course providers to help you prepare for the licensing exam or earn CEUs for renewal at www.tceq.texas.gov and click on licenses > training courses.
Browse a list of approved course providers here
Start your journey today and take the first step toward a rewarding career as a licensed irrigator in Texas!
Once licensed, remember to come back here for the continuing education credits you will need to maintain your license
