Indiana Administrative Code
Title 327 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 8 - PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Rule 12 - Classification of Community Public Water System and Nontransient Noncommunity Public Water System Treatment Plants and Distribution Systems; Examination and Certification of Operators
Section 12-3 - Qualifications of a certified operator

Universal Citation: 327 IN Admin Code 12-3

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-18-11-1.5; IC 13-18-11-13

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-18-11

Sec. 3.

(a) In order to become a certified operator of a water treatment plant or a water distribution system, a person must do the following:

(1) Meet the minimum qualifications specified in subsection (b).

(2) Pass the certification examination required by the commissioner unless exempted by statute or rule.

(b) Before applying to take the water treatment plant or water distribution system operator certification examination given by the commissioner, a person must have the following qualifications:

(1) The educational skills necessary to do the following:
(A) Make simple computations:
(i) with fractions and decimals; and

(ii) of multiplication and division.

(B) Read a linear scale.

(C) Calculate volumes of simple shapes.

(D) Keep records.

(E) Read and write the English language to the extent of:
(i) interpreting service manuals and work orders; and

(ii) submitting written reports.

(F) Understand basic principles of the following:
(i) Sanitation.

(ii) Science.

(2) With the exception of an operator-in-training, experience acceptable to the commissioner in the field of water treatment or water distribution that meets the following requirements:
(A) Demonstrates the examination applicant's technical knowledge.

(B) Can be verified based on information from available sources, primarily the applicant's water treatment plant or water distribution system employer.

(C) Is the result of satisfactory accomplishment of work in accordance with the following:
(i) Measured from the date of employment of the applicant to the date of the next scheduled examination.

(ii) Received under the oversight of a certified operator qualified to operate the same classification of water treatment plant or water distribution system as that of the applicant's certification application except where one (1) of the following is used to meet the requirements for acceptable work experience:
(AA) Section 3.2(b)(2)(C)(ii) of this rule.

(BB) Section 3.3(b)(3)(D)(ii) of this rule [sic., section 3.2(b)(3)(D)(ii) of this rule].

(CC) Section 3.2(b)(3)(D)(iii) of this rule.

(DD) Section 3.2(b)(3)(D)(iv) of this rule.

(EE) Section 3.2(c)(2)(D)(ii) of this rule.

(FF) Section 3.2(c)(4)(D)(iii) of this rule.

(GG) Section 3.2(c)(5)(D)(i)(BB) of this rule.

(HH) Section 3.2(c)(5)(D)(iii) of this rule.

(II) Section 3.4 of this rule.

(JJ) Section 3.5 of this rule.

Where acceptable work experience is gained under these provisions, oversight may be under an operator qualified to operate the water treatment plant or water distribution system where the experience was obtained. If the applicant holds a certification license for the classification of system where the experience is obtained, the applicant's manager may certify that the experience has been obtained.

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