Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 12, December 20, 2024
A.
Training Courses Available. To be approved for training credit by the
Administrator of the Operator Certification Program, the training courses
identified in Paragraph B of this Section must meet the following general
requirements.
1. The administrator must have
on file a copy of the course outline of the training course, seminar, workshop,
etc. to make his approval decision.
2. Information must include dates, place
held, sponsoring organization, speakers/instructors and time (length of
subject), and target audience (category and levels of certification
addressed).
3. No blanket approvals
(from year to year) will be given or implied and a separate approval must be
given by the Operator Certification Program each time training is given. On
doubtful courses, the administrator will bring the matter to the committee of
certification for disposition. (An aggrieved applicant may apply for an
administrative hearing to be conducted by a panel of the committee of
certification.)
4. Operators shall
be responsible to assure the sponsoring organization submitting his certified
transcript of training credits earned to the administrator.
B. Training courses, short
courses, technical sessions, seminars, workshops, etc., recognized by both the
committee of certification and department include, but are not limited to the
following:
1. annual short course of the
Louisiana Conference on Water Supply, Sewerage and Industrial Wastes;
2. regional conferences of one or more days
sponsored and/or co-sponsored by the Louisiana Conference on Water Supply,
Sewerage and Industrial Wastes;
3.
American Water Works Association Annual Conferences, technical sessions,
seminars and workshops;
4. National
Association of Water Companies Annual Conferences seminars and
workshops;
5. Southwest Section,
American Water Works Association Annual Conference, technical sessions,
seminars and workshops;
6. college
or university and vocational-technical sponsored water and/or wastewater
courses, as approved by the certification committee;
7. Water Environment Federation Annual
Conference, regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and
workshops;
8. Louisiana Water
Environment Association regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and
workshops;
9. Louisiana Rural Water
Association annual training and technical conference, regional meetings,
technical sessions, seminars and workshops;
10. Louisiana Environmental Training Center,
at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, training courses, technical sessions,
seminars and workshops;
11.
regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars, workshops and/or training
programs, sponsored and/or co-sponsored by the Department of Health and
Hospitals, or the Department of Environmental Quality;
12. water and/or wastewater operator training
courses approved for certification examinations by the committee of
certification;
13. short schools,
technical courses, seminars, workshops and training programs sponsored by other
states.
C. A water
and/or wastewater organization or utility not listed above may apply to the
committee of certification for recognition and approval to conduct a training
course.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
40:1141-1151.
