Complete education in an approved school. Contact the Department for application forms. Submit completed application including all required documentation. Pass the state open book examination. Required prior to taking the National Examination.
Board reviews application and determines eligibility to sit for the national exam.
Pass the national exam. Determination to grant credential. Wis. Stats., to an applicant who pays the required fee and provides evidence of holding a current credential as a social worker or the substantial equivalent in good standing in another state or territory of the United States if the requirements for the grant of the credential in the other state or territory of the U.S. are substantially equivalent to Wisconsin requirements. Stages in Determination of Credential 1. Contact the Department for the appropriate forms.