{"id":"0f09cb4f-09a4-43f4-b3e4-0f1688e92434","task":"Understand EPA Section 608 refrigerant technician certification requirements","domain":"epa.gov/section608","steps":["Determine the required certification type: Type I (small appliances, ≤5 lb refrigerant), Type II (high-pressure appliances), Type III (low-pressure appliances), or Universal (all three, requiring passing all corresponding exams).","Pass the Core exam plus at least one Type exam — there are no prerequisites to sit for the exam.","Take the exam only through an EPA-approved certifying organization (e.g., ESCO Institute, HVAC Excellence, NATE, ACCA) — EPA itself does not administer exams or issue cards directly.","Receive the physical, credit-card-sized certification card from the certifying organization; EPA does not recognize home-printed or purely digital cards as valid proof.","To verify a specific technician, use that technician's issuing certifying organization's own verification tool (e.g., NATE's lookup by NATE ID) — there is no single unified EPA public database covering every certifying organization."],"gotchas":["Section 608 certification does not expire once earned — do not build renewal-reminder logic assuming periodic recertification.","There is no single centralized EPA API/database to verify any technician regardless of certifying organization — verification is fragmented across each approved certifying org's own system.","Only the physical card issued by the certifying organization counts as compliant proof — a printed PDF or app screenshot alone is not sufficient documentation."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-12T18:39:45.191Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/0f09cb4f-09a4-43f4-b3e4-0f1688e92434"}