Welcome to the MBN Volunteer Certification Center! Whether you are certifying for the first time, recertifying, or just touching up on your skills, you can find everything you need here.
Certification is a self-led endeavor. Once you have completed all the requirements, you will receive an email indicating you have completed them.
Certification lasts for the season, and will continue so long as you submit data that passes data quality standards. Please note that you are required to submit a new waiver every year.
To get certified, complete the following steps:
1. Read the training handbook.
Start with reading our training handbook, which not only contains required volunteer knowledge, but also useful links and resources to help volunteers.
2. Take the certification quiz.
Once you’re comfortable with the knowledge to be a volunteer, you can take our certification quiz at any time. In order to pass, you must receive 90% of the total possible points (101 of 112 points). You may retake the quiz as many times as you like!
3. Sign the liability waiver.
After reading the training handbook and passing the quiz, you must sign the liability waiver. This is also a good time to have anyone else sign the waiver who plans to participate with you as an uncertified volunteer (though remember, they must participate with you – under no circumstances can an uncertified volunteer participate without a certified volunteer with them).
4. Acquire safety gear.
Finally, before stepping foot on a road, you’ll need to make sure you have your required safety gear. A high visibility vest and bright flashlight are the two requirements. The high-visibility vest MUST be quality and meet ANSI standards. If you do not have either, both items can be found online or in many stores, or rented for free from one of our kit hosts.
Congratulations! Once completing these steps, you are a fully certified volunteer that can adopt sites, collect and submit data, help amphibians cross roads, and lead others in these efforts. Being a certified MBN volunteer is an honor and Mainer tradition – you are helping conserve Maine’s wildlife for decades to come!
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