S.C. Code Regs. 62-9. Program and Instructor Requirements for Certificate Programs

A. Certificate programs typically consist of one or more technical courses, usually completed in one to twenty-six weeks, with a single skill objective and at least twenty and no more than six hundred clock hours, thirty-six quarter credit hours or twenty-four semester credit hours. Generally, at least ninety percent of the program shall be in technical courses prescribed by the program’s objectives. B. Certificate program instructors must: (1) have appropriate academic preparation or (2) have a high school diploma or GED, and (3) have completed a training or degree program in the applicable occupational area, and (4) have a minimum of two years of practical experience in the occupation or subject or the equivalent, and (5) have training to teach, and (6) demonstrate up-to-date knowledge and continuing study of the particular subject field. C. Notwithstanding section B above, modeling instructors must have: (1) appropriate academic preparation or (2) six months of acceptable experience in modeling or related specialized occupations and completion of a modeling or specialized program in the occupational area to be taught, or (3) one year of acceptable experience in the occupational area of the training offered. D. Notwithstanding sections B and C above, tax preparation instructors must have: (1) appropriate academic preparation or (2) six months of tax preparation experience within the last five years of which two hundred hours are within the last twenty-four months or a suitable update course within the past twelve months. E. Notwithstanding sections B, C and D above, the curricula and instructor requirements set by the Federal Aviation Administration for flight training will be the minimum standards.