Exams, Licenses and Certifications

The following categories and types of licenses and certifications are issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. For information about a particular license/certification, please follow the link to the appropriate DEP program’s webpage.

Fish & Wildlife

Landscape Irrigation Contractor

Diagnostic Radiologic Technology
Radiation Therapy Technology
Limited Chest Radiologic Technology
Limited Dental Radiologic Technology
Limited Orthopedic Radiologic Technology
Limited Podiatric Radiologic Technology
Limited Urologic Radiologic Technology
Nuclear Medicine Technology

Radon Mitigation License

Site Remediation Professional (LSRP)

Tree Expert

Underground Storage Tanks
(Individual and Business Certifications)

Closure
Installation
Tank Testing
Corrosion Protection Systems Analyst
Subsurface Evaluation

Water/Wastewater Operator

Well Drilling/Pump Installation

Master Well Driller
Journeyman/Journeyman B Well Driller
Monitoring Well Driller
Soil Borer
Dewatering Well Driller
Pump Installer

Other Resources

If what you are looking for is not listed here, there are several good resources you can refer to on the State’s Business Portal. The Licensed Occupations database provides an alphabetical list of New Jersey occupations that require a license along with the corresponding web link to the State agency that issues that license/certification. Also, the NJ License and Certification Guide lists licenses/certifications and which State or Federal Agencies to contact for information.

Jennifer Moriarty, Watershed and Land Management, Assistant Commissioner
Assistant Commissioner

Jennifer Moriarty is the Assistant Commissioner for Watershed and Land Management, overseeing the Division of Watershed Protection & Restoration, the Division of Land Resource Protection and the Division of Resilience, Engineering & Construction.

Jennifer joined DEP in 2021, as Director of the Division of Land Resource Protection, bringing a legal-minded approach to the Division’s management and providing a framework for reasonable outcomes that recognize applicants' goals, while protecting wetlands, coastal resources, flood hazard areas, water quality, and public health and safety. She was instrumental in the drafting of portions of the REAL (Resilient Environments and Landscapes) rule proposal, particularly related to nature-based solutions and coastal zone management.

Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and a law degree from Temple University. She spent the first decade of her legal career as a Deputy Attorney General, in the New Jersey Division of Law's Environmental Permitting and Counseling Section. She represented DEP in litigation, as well as providing counsel on other, similar concerns. Jennifer focused on land use permitting matters and secured several environmentally protective settlements, as well as appellate and trial court successes. During this time, she developed deep expertise in DEP’s land resource protection rules and policies, supporting our DEP team in protecting our wetlands, riparian areas, habitats, coastal resources and more.

As Assistant Commissioner, Jennifer brings a wealth of experience and her collaborative leadership style to support the WLM team as it works to implement transformative reforms that better protect our communities, neighbors and land resources from the impacts of climate change and prioritize a watershed-based approached to land resource protection.

Jennifer lives in Camden County, and enjoys time at the beach and exploring the outdoors with her husband, two young children, and rescue mutts.