Nevada CAM Supervisor-Hour Calculator

How this calculator works

This calculator projects Nevada community-association manager credential supervised-experience accumulation under NRS 645.6055 and NAC 645.6051. Given a list of supervisor relationships (hours worked, months of qualifying employment under each supervisor) and the credential sought (provisional or full), the calculator computes total logged hours, total qualifying hours (capped at the sixteen-hour-per-month minimum under NAC 645.6051), the deficit against the credential target, the months needed to close the deficit at the minimum pace, and a projected eligibility date anchored to the application target date.

The sixteen-hour-per-month minimum is a SUSTAINED threshold, not an aggregate. Hours above the minimum in a given month do not bank for future months; months below the minimum generally do not qualify even if some hours of work occurred. The calculator implements the sustained-minimum rule by capping qualifying hours at sixteen times the months worked under each supervisor.

The relevant NRS 645 and NAC 645 framework

Nevada licenses community-association managers under NRS Chapter 645 — the same chapter that licenses real-estate brokers and salespersons — through the Real Estate Division within the Department of Business and Industry. NRS 645.6055 establishes the certified-manager credential and the supervised-experience requirements. The implementing regulations are in NAC Chapter 645.

NAC 645.6051 establishes the supervised-experience hour minimum. The rule requires applicants to log at least sixteen hours per calendar month of direct supervision by a currently-certified community-association manager. The rule defines the minimum SUSTAINED supervision level — months with fewer than sixteen hours of direct supervision do not count toward the credential. Hours above the minimum do not bank for future months.

NAC 645.6052 establishes the application content and supervisor verification requirements. The application must list each supervisor separately, obtain verification of hours and months from each, and document the supervisor's certificate status at the application date. Hours under supervisors whose certificates were lapsed or suspended during the supervision period generally do not count.

NAC 645.6053 establishes the examination and continuing-education requirements. The full-certificate credential requires the state examination; both tiers carry continuing-education requirements within each renewal cycle.

NRS 645.633 establishes grounds for discipline of certificate holders, including supervised-hour documentation failures, fraud, conviction of certain offenses, and violations of fiduciary duty.

Two credential tiers

The Nevada Real Estate Division issues two CAM credential tiers in practice.

Provisional certificate. Entry-level credential available after a defined education-and-test pathway with reduced supervised-experience requirements. Typical window: six calendar months of qualifying employment at the sixteen-hour minimum, totaling 96 qualifying hours. The provisional certificate permits the holder to manage common-interest communities under continuing supervision from a full-certificate holder. It is the credential most candidates aim for first, as the path to issuance is meaningfully faster than the full certificate.

Full certificate. Issued after the applicant has accumulated the full supervised-experience hours, completed the prescribed education, and passed the state examination under NAC 645.6053. Typical window: twenty-four calendar months of qualifying employment at the sixteen-hour minimum, totaling 384 qualifying hours. The full certificate permits unsupervised management and the right to supervise provisional-certificate candidates.

Key thresholds

Three numbers drive the credential math.

Sixteen hours per month — sustained minimum. Under NAC 645.6051, the minimum direct-supervision hours per calendar month under a currently-certified supervisor. Months below the minimum do not count; hours above the minimum do not bank. The sustained-minimum rule reflects the credential standard that the applicant is exposed to community-management decisions at a meaningful operational cadence.

Ninety-six hours — provisional credential target. Six months at the sixteen-hour minimum equals 96 qualifying hours. The reduced provisional target reflects the limited authority the provisional certificate confers — the credential holder still operates under continuing supervision.

Three hundred eighty-four hours — full credential target. Twenty-four months at the sixteen-hour minimum equals 384 qualifying hours. The full target reflects the standard the Division has set for unsupervised community-association management.

Worked example 1: full certificate, single supervisor, on pace

A candidate has worked 384 hours under a single currently-certified supervisor across 24 months of qualifying employment (averaging 16 hours per month — exactly the minimum). The application target date is 2026-05-16.

• Total logged hours: 384.
• Total months: 24.
• Total qualifying hours: minimum of (384 hours, 24 months × 16 hours) equals 384.
• Required hours for full certificate: 384.
• Hours deficit: 0.
• Months to close deficit: 0.
• Projected eligibility date: 2026-05-16 — requirement met today.

The candidate can submit the full-certificate application on the target date subject to the supervisor's verification, the state examination, and the prescribed pre-credential education.

Worked example 2: full certificate, deficit projection

A candidate has worked 240 hours under a single supervisor across 15 months of qualifying employment (16 hours per month). The application target date is 2026-05-16.

• Total logged hours: 240.
• Total months: 15.
• Total qualifying hours: minimum of (240 hours, 15 months × 16 hours) equals 240.
• Required hours for full certificate: 384.
• Hours deficit: 144.
• Months to close deficit at 16-hour-per-month minimum: ceiling of 144 divided by 16 equals 9 months.
• Projected eligibility date: 2026-05-16 plus 9 months equals 2027-02-16.

The candidate must continue working at the minimum supervision threshold for nine more months to reach the full-certificate target. Faster accumulation (more hours per month, or hours under multiple supervisors) compresses the timeline; slower or interrupted supervision extends it.

Worked example 3: hours above the monthly minimum do not bank

A candidate has worked 600 hours under a single supervisor across 12 months of qualifying employment, averaging 50 hours per month. The candidate is pursuing the full certificate.

• Total logged hours: 600.
• Total months: 12.
• Total qualifying hours: minimum of (600 hours, 12 months × 16 hours) equals 192.
• Required hours for full certificate: 384.
• Hours deficit: 192.
• Months to close: 12 more months at the minimum (or fewer at higher pace).

The 600 logged hours over twelve months SHOULD intuitively meet the 384-hour requirement, but the sustained-minimum rule caps qualifying hours at 16 times months worked. The candidate cannot accumulate the full-certificate qualifying hours faster than 24 months under a single supervisor regardless of how many hours per month are worked. To compress the timeline, the candidate must add a second supervisor relationship and accumulate months under each in parallel.

Worked example 4: two supervisors in parallel

A candidate has worked 240 hours over 12 months under Supervisor 1 (averaging 20 hours per month — above the minimum) and 192 hours over 12 months under Supervisor 2 (averaging 16 hours per month — at the minimum). The application target date is 2026-05-16.

• Total logged hours: 240 plus 192 equals 432.
• Total months: 12 plus 12 equals 24.
• Qualifying hours from Supervisor 1: minimum of (240 hours, 12 months × 16 hours) equals 192.
• Qualifying hours from Supervisor 2: minimum of (192 hours, 12 months × 16 hours) equals 192.
• Total qualifying hours: 384.
• Required hours for full certificate: 384.
• Hours deficit: 0.

The candidate meets the full-certificate target on the application target date despite no single supervisor relationship reaching the full 384-hour target — because the supervisor relationships ran in parallel, both months counted, and the qualifying hours summed across them.

Worked example 5: provisional certificate path

A candidate is pursuing the provisional certificate. The candidate has worked 80 hours under a single supervisor across 5 months (averaging 16 hours per month). The application target date is 2026-05-16.

• Total logged hours: 80.
• Total months: 5.
• Total qualifying hours: minimum of (80, 5 × 16) equals 80.
• Required hours for provisional certificate: 96.
• Hours deficit: 16.
• Months to close: 1 month.
• Projected eligibility date: 2026-06-16.

The candidate is one month short of the provisional credential and can submit the application after one more month of qualifying supervision.

What this calculator does NOT model

This is a supervised-experience accumulation screening tool. It does NOT model the pre-credential education requirements, does NOT model the state examination requirements under NAC 645.6053, does NOT model the continuing-education accumulation for current certificate holders, does NOT account for discipline events under NRS 645.633, does NOT verify supervisor certificate status, and does NOT compute renewal-cycle deadlines. The Division's verification of supervisor certifications and the supervisor's verification of hours and months under NAC 645.6052 are controlling at the application date; the calculator is a planning tool only.

For active candidates pursuing the credential, the Office of the Ombudsman for Common-Interest Communities at the Real Estate Division is the authoritative point of contact for current application requirements. The CAI Nevada Chapter is a practitioner resource for supervisor matching and continuing-education programming.

Sources

• NRS Chapter 645 — Nevada real-estate licensing; the chapter under which the CAM credential is administered.
• NRS 645.6055 — CAM credential issuance and supervised-experience requirements.
• NRS 645.633 — grounds for discipline of certificate holders.
• NAC 645.6051 — supervised-experience hour minimum (sixteen hours per month of direct supervision by a currently-certified manager).
• NAC 645.6052 — application content and supervisor verification requirements.
• NAC 645.6053 — examination and continuing-education requirements.
• Nevada Real Estate Division — Community-Association Manager credential administration.
• Nevada Real Estate Division — Office of the Ombudsman for Common-Interest Communities and Condominium Hotels.
• CAI Nevada Chapter — practitioner resources and continuing-education programming.

Last reviewed: 2026-05-16 against the operative NRS 645.6055 and NAC 645.6051 text and Real Estate Division administrative guidance through Q1 2026.