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Fire Protection Licensing Requirements
Managing employee certification (MEs) must be certified. To receive certification, they must successfully pass an exam with a score of 70 percent or higher. To be eligible to take the managing employee exam, the candidate must show one of the following: â?¢ Documentation of 10,000 hours of experience performing fire protection-related work. â?¢ Certification by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) at level III or IV certification in the field of fire protection and subfield of automatic sprinkler system layout (currently called fire protection water-based systems layout). â?¢ Licensure as a professional engineer under Minn. Stats. § 326.03, with competency in fire protection system design.