New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 3A - BOARD OF TREE EXPERTS
Subchapter 4 - EXAMINATIONS
Section 7:3A-4.1 - Examination notices; procedure

(a) The Board shall determine whether an individual is qualified to take the licensure examination based upon the application and documentation submitted by the individual pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:3A-3.2 for LTE candidates or N.J.A.C. 7:3A-3.6(a) for LTCO candidates.

(b) A candidate who has received written notice from the Board that he or she is qualified to take a licensure examination shall consult the Board's website at www.njtreeexperts.org to determine the dates on which the applicable examination is scheduled to be offered and shall register to take the examination on a specific date by completing and submitting a registration form also found on the Board's website. A candidate shall submit a registration form no later than 30 days prior to the examination date.

(c) The Board shall issue each eligible candidate who timely registers to take a licensure examination an identification number to be used on the examination in place of his or her name.

(d) To be admitted to the examination room on the date of the examination, a candidate shall produce at the examination location valid government-issued photo identification, such as a driver's license or passport.

(e) The licensure examination for tree expert licensure consists of a written section and a field section. An overall grade of 70 percent when the candidate's grades on the written and field sections are averaged is required to pass the examination.

(f) The licensure examination for tree care operator licensure consists of a written section only. A grade of 70 percent is required to pass the written examination.

(g) After an examination has been administered, each candidate who took the examination will be notified of his or her grade in writing.

(h) A candidate who scores less than 70 percent on the written section of the tree expert licensure examination or on the tree care operator licensure examination may again register, in accordance with (b) above, and retake the examination, on a date that is no sooner than 30 days after the date of the previously-taken examination.

(i) A candidate is eligible to take and, if applicable, retake a licensure examination for one year from the date the Board notifies him or her in writing that he or she is qualified to take the examination. If, after a year from the date of notice, the individual wishes to sit for the licensure examination he or she must submit a new application in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:3A-3.2(a) or 3.6(a) and again pay the license application and examination fees as set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:3A-6.1(a).

(j) A candidate for tree expert licensure must receive a combined passing grade on both the written and field sections of the exam that averages 70 percent. A minimum score of 70 percent is needed on the written section of the exam and a minimum of 65 percent is needed on the field section of the exam. A candidate who fails either the written or field section of the exam may elect to retake only the section of the exam he or she did not pass at the next examination for which he or she registers. A candidate who passes the previously failed section on the second testing date and scores an average combined score of 70 percent with the previous passing section of the exam shall have met the examination requirements. A candidate who takes the previously failed section a second time but does not score an average combined score of 70 percent with the previously failed section of the exam shall be required to take and pass both the written and field sections at the next examination for which he or she registers.