To get your company lead certified in Wisconsin, file a Lead Company certification with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), not with the federal EPA. You apply through Wisconsin's WALDO online portal (or on paper using form F-00171), pay the state fee of $250 for four years or $125 for two years, and name at least one associated certified individual, usually a lead-safe renovator. DHS typically mails the certificate within about three weeks.
Wisconsin runs its own lead program, so a federal EPA firm certification does not authorize work here. If you would rather not deal with WALDO, the form, and the state fee yourself, LeadSafeFiling.com prepares and files your Wisconsin Lead Company certification as your authorized agent. The all-in cost is $379: a $129 service fee plus the $250 state fee for the four-year term. No Social Security number is required to certify your company. Start your filing at LeadSafeFiling.com.
The Lead Company certification is the credential a business needs before it advertises for, offers, or performs lead-based paint work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities (including child care centers) in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services issues it through its Asbestos and Lead Section.
The vocabulary trips up a lot of contractors. Under the federal EPA Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule the business credential is called a firm certification. Wisconsin calls the same thing a Lead Company certification. If you searched for Wisconsin RRP firm certification and mostly found EPA pages, that is why: in Wisconsin the correct term is Lead Company certification, and the state issues it instead of the EPA.
Wisconsin requires two separate things to do regulated lead work: the company certification (the business credential) and at least one certified individual (the person credential, most commonly a lead-safe renovator). The two are not interchangeable. A certified individual cannot legally perform the work unless they are associated with a certified company, and a company cannot be certified without naming a qualified individual.
WALDO is Wisconsin's online application system for lead and asbestos certification, run by DHS. Companies and individuals use it to apply, pay electronically, update their information, and order replacement cards. It is the fastest route for a Lead Company application.
You have two ways to file: online through WALDO, or on paper. Use whichever fits your situation.
The process is straightforward once your certified individual is in place. You confirm the individual credential, gather your company details, file in WALDO or on paper, pay the state fee, and wait for the certificate.
The Wisconsin state fee is $125 for a two-year certification or $250 for a four-year certification. State and local government agencies and their workers are exempt from the fee. The four-year option is the better value for most private contractors because it costs the same per year and cuts your renewal paperwork in half.
Through LeadSafeFiling.com, the all-in cost for the four-year Wisconsin Lead Company certification is $379. That is a $129 preparation and filing service fee plus the $250 state fee, with no markup on the government portion and no recurring charges. The service fee and the state fee are itemized separately at checkout.
The company certification fee is separate from the cost to train and certify the individual. The lead-safe renovator credential comes from an accredited training course, which is a different expense from the company filing.
Yes. A certified Lead Company must employ or contract at least one certified individual to do regulated lead work, and that person is named on the company application. For most renovation, repair, and painting work the relevant credential is the lead-safe renovator.
This applies even if you are a one-person operation. If you work for yourself, Wisconsin still requires you to certify a company in a name you choose, in addition to holding your individual certification. The company is the business credential to do the work, and the certified individual is the qualified person who performs or directs it.
When you file with us, you provide the certified individual's name and certification number, and we include that in the application. We do not provide the individual training or credential itself (that comes from an accredited course), but we make sure the company filing references it correctly.
A Wisconsin Lead Company certification is valid for either two years or four years, depending on the fee you pay ($125 or $250). The four-year term is the longest available and is what we file by default.
To renew, submit a new company application through WALDO or on paper before your current certification expires, pay the fee again, and confirm your associated certified individual is still current. Do not count on a grace period. Renew ahead of your expiration date to avoid a gap that would stop you from advertising for or performing the work.
If you file your renewal with LeadSafeFiling.com, we send a reminder before your certification lapses and handle the renewal the same way we handle the first application.
Wisconsin runs its own lead program and does not use the federal EPA CDX system for this. Wisconsin is one of a small number of states authorized to administer the RRP program directly, which is why companies here certify with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services through WALDO rather than with the EPA.
In practice, a federal EPA firm certification does not authorize lead-based paint work in Wisconsin, and a Wisconsin Lead Company certification does not extend to states under the EPA-administered program. If you work across state lines, you may need both: the Wisconsin company certification for jobs here, and EPA firm certification for jobs in EPA-administered states. The underlying federal RRP Rule, which sits under the Toxic Substances Control Act, still defines the work that triggers certification: renovation, repair, or painting that disturbs more than 6 square feet of interior paint or more than 20 square feet of exterior paint, or windows, in housing or child-occupied facilities built before 1978.
LeadSafeFiling.com files both. We handle Wisconsin Lead Company certification directly with DHS, and we file EPA firm certification through CDX for EPA-administered states, so you keep one point of contact for every jurisdiction you work in.
File a Lead Company certification with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services through the WALDO online portal at dhs.wisconsin.gov/waldo, or on paper using form F-00171. Pay the state fee ($250 for four years or $125 for two), name at least one associated certified individual, and DHS typically mails your certificate within about three weeks.
WALDO is Wisconsin's online application system for lead and asbestos certification, run by DHS. Companies and individuals use it to apply, pay electronically, update their information, and order replacement cards. Lead Company applications can be filed in WALDO or on paper with form F-00171.
It is valid for two years or four years, depending on the fee you pay. The two-year option costs $125 and the four-year option costs $250. Most private contractors choose the four-year term.
The state fee is $125 for two years or $250 for four years, and government agencies and their workers are exempt. Through LeadSafeFiling.com the all-in cost for the four-year certification is $379, which is a $129 service fee plus the $250 state fee, with no markup on the government portion.
Wisconsin uses its own program through the Department of Health Services and the WALDO portal, not the federal EPA CDX system. A federal EPA firm certification does not cover lead-based paint work in Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin company certification does not extend to EPA-administered states.
It covers the same kind of work but is a separate, state-issued credential. Wisconsin calls the business credential a Lead Company certification rather than the EPA's firm certification, and it is issued by Wisconsin DHS instead of the EPA.
Yes. A certified Lead Company must employ or contract at least one certified individual, usually a lead-safe renovator, and name that person on the application. Even if you are self-employed, you must certify a company in addition to holding your individual certification.
Yes. The Lead Company certification is the business credential, and the Certified Renovator (a lead-safe renovator) is the individual credential earned through an accredited 8-hour course. Wisconsin requires both: the company is certified, and it must name at least one certified individual.
No. A Social Security number is not required to file your Wisconsin Lead Company certification. You provide your business details and your certified individual's name and certification number.
Yes. We prepare and submit your Wisconsin Lead Company certification with DHS as your authorized agent, through WALDO or on paper, for $379 all in ($129 service fee plus the $250 four-year state fee). Start your filing at LeadSafeFiling.com.
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