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Florida EPA certification and other states

There’s no state version of Section 608 certification. It comes from a federal regulation, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 82, Subpart F, so Florida EPA certification is the same credential, from the same approved programs, as a card earned in Texas, California or anywhere else in the US. What a state can add is its own licensing: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notes that some state environmental or licensing authorities ask technicians to register or document their certification.

  • FederalThe rule behind every EPA 608 card
  • 6Approved programs with a Florida address
  • Headquarters onlyWhat the addresses on EPA’s list show
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Updated October 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

How do you get Florida EPA certification?

The steps are the same in every state: pick your type, choose any program on EPA’s approved list, take the test and get your card. You aren’t limited to programs based in your state. EPA says many programs test all over the country, and some test remotely, so a Florida technician can certify with a program headquartered in Illinois or Texas.

How to get EPA 608 certification →Programs that test remotely or online →

State licenses are separate from EPA certification

Your EPA card lets you handle refrigerant anywhere in the US, but it isn’t a state contractor’s license. Texas and California, for example, license heating and air-conditioning work through their own agencies, so check with yours before you take paid jobs:

  • Texas: the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors program. TDLR says contractors who install, repair or maintain air-conditioning, refrigeration or heating systems must have a TDLR license, and companies must employ a licensed contractor at each permanent location.
  • California: the Contractors State License Board (CSLB), which licenses and regulates the state’s construction industry. Its C-20 classification covers contractors who install, maintain, service and repair warm-air heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems.

For Florida, Georgia or another state, ask the board that licenses contractors there whether your trade needs a state license on top of your EPA card.

TDLR: Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors ↗CSLB: C-20 Warm-Air Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning Contractor ↗

Approved programs based in Florida

  • Allied Certification Technology Services (ACTS), Merritt Island, locations nationwide
  • Cascade Residential Services, Tampa
  • Department of the Navy, Naval Education and Training Command, Pensacola
  • Mainstream Engineering Corporation, Rockledge, with remote testing, Spanish and locations nationwide
  • Star Center, Dania Beach
  • Two Brothers Air & Heat, Brandon, with remote testing

EPA certification in Texas

  • Interplay Learning, Austin, with remote testing
  • National Certification Institute, Alice, with remote testing, Spanish and locations nationwide
  • National Fluid Power Institute, Huntsville
  • SkillCat EPA Certification, Houston, online testing only, with Spanish
  • Video General Inc., Arlington, with remote testing and Spanish

Two Department of the Air Force programs at Sheppard Air Force Base are on the list too, but they test only their own people.

EPA certification in California

  • CHEERS, Sacramento, with remote testing
  • DeHart Technical School, Modesto
  • International Union of Operating Engineers Local 39, Sacramento
  • Katin Engineering Consulting, Antioch, with training at client facilities
  • Operating and Maintenance Engineer Trade Training Trust Fund for California and Nevada, Los Angeles
  • Titan Training Solutions, Rowland Heights

EPA certification in Georgia

Licensed Trades of America in Lovejoy is the one approved program with a Georgia address, and EPA’s list notes it offers remote testing. Any program that tests nationwide or remotely can certify you in Georgia too.

Sources: EPA · eCFR · TDLR and 4 more. Checked October 2026.

Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.

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