Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 167 - Pollution Control Agency
Chapter 7083 - SSTS CREDENTIALING AND PRODUCT REGISTRATION
LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION
Part 7083.1050 - EXPERIENCE

A. complete the experience requirement according to one of the methods under subpart 2;

B. complete the amount of experience according to subpart 5;

C. acquire necessary experience within the six years immediately preceding submission of the completed certification application; and

D. complete and submit the documentation requirements under subpart 4.

A. as an employee or worker of a licensed SSTS business under an experience plan as described in subpart 3;

B. as an apprentice under a restricted license. Qualifying experience under a restricted license must be completed under an experience plan as described in subpart 3; or

C. through field work experience from an agency-accredited training program that provides realistic in-field work situations.

A. Experience gained under an experience plan must be gained under the supervision of an unrestricted certified individual who has a specialty area certification that is the same as the specialty area sought by the individual acquiring the experience or under the supervision of an inspector who is authorized to design and inspect the system. After December 31, 2010, an individual providing experience oversight must be a mentor as described in part 7083.2000. If an apprentice loses the apprentice's mentor before completing the approved experience plan, the apprentice must notify the agency. The apprentice must not perform any more work until a new mentor is secured and the revised experience plan is approved by the agency.

B. Experience plans must be submitted to and approved by the commissioner before apprentice designation is granted. The commissioner shall require that the plan be discontinued or modified to correct the problems if the objectives for acquiring experience are not being fulfilled. The commissioner shall make a final evaluation to determine if the experience gained under the plan successfully fulfilled the experience requirement.

C. Experience plans must include the number of systems to be worked on to obtain experience and the applicable specialty area requirements in subitems (1) to (4).

A. All work used to gain experience for certification must be documented. Documentation shall include all information, records, or other documents required by this chapter or chapters 7080 to 7082. The documentation must be submitted to the commissioner from a minimum of five jobs along with the experience plan from those same jobs. The documentation must provide the basis for approval or denial of a certification.

B. Approvals, sign-offs, or certificates of compliance issued by the local unit of government must be submitted to the commissioner for the five jobs noted in item A.

C. The completed experience plan must contain the signature and certification number of the mentor.

D. The submittal must contain any other information necessary to determine compliance with this part.

A. An applicant for certification as a basic designer must have co-completed with a mentor a minimum of 15 ISTS site and soil evaluations, designs, and management plans for a Type I, II, or III system, as defined under parts 7080.2200 and 7080.2300, with a flow of 2,500 gallons per day or less, with a minimum of one aboveground system design, and a minimum of one belowground system design. An applicant must observe five installations and five service or operational instances, with mentorship not required. No additional experience is required to qualify for the advanced designer certification.

B. An applicant for certification as an installer must have completed a minimum of 15 ISTS installations, with a minimum of one aboveground system installation and a minimum of one belowground system installation. An applicant must observe five service or operational instances, with mentorship not required.

C. An applicant for certification as a basic inspector must have:

D. An applicant for certification as a maintainer must have co-completed with a mentor a minimum of 15 pump-outs with properly disposed of septage.

E. No experience is required to qualify for the service provider certification.