Current through December 12, 2024
1. All certificates must indicate the
discipline for which they were issued as follows:
(a) Water treatment operator, full;
(b) Water treatment operator,
operator-in-training;
(c) Water
treatment operator, provisional;
(d) Water distribution operator,
full;
(e) Water distribution
operator, operator-in-training; and
(f) Water distribution operator,
provisional.
2. To
qualify for a full certificate, a person must:
(a) Pass the written examination for the
appropriate level and meet all requirements for certification for the
discipline and grade level;
(b) Be
certified as an operator-in-training and meet the requirement for experience in
operating set forth in NAC
445A.633; or
(c) Be an operator who holds a current
certification by the California-Nevada Section of the American Water Works
Association or by reciprocity be certified in another state at full
classification if the Division determines, upon review of the application and
supporting material required by NAC
445A.6355 that the applicant
has:
(1) Passed an examination that is
equivalent to the examination administered pursuant to NAC
445A.631; and
(2) Obtained the experience in operating
required by NAC
445A.633.
3. A person qualifies for a
certificate as an operator-in-training if the person:
(a) Passes the written examination for
certification; and
(b) Does not
have the experience required for a full certificate.
4. To qualify for a provisional certificate,
a person must:
(a) Be an owner and operator
of a public water system or be employed by a public water system that is not
designated by the Division as being supplied by surface water or groundwater
under the direct influence of surface water;
(b) Provide a written statement to the
Division from the governing board or owner of the public water system that the
applicant was in a position of responsible charge of the public water system on
January 1, 2000;
(c) Have been in a
position of responsible charge of the public water system before January 1,
2000, and not required to obtain a full certificate before that date;
(d) Have completed at least 2 days of
training that is designed to provide the applicant with basic information on
the operation of a public water system, including, without limitation:
(6) The Safe Drinking Water Act,
42 U.S.C.
§§
300 f et seq.;
(7) Drinking water standards;
(8) Health effects of chemical and bacterial
contamination; and
(9) The Total
Coliform Rule; and
(e)
Have submitted the initial application not later than December 31,
2000.
5. Except as
otherwise provided in subsection 6, a provisional certificate is only valid:
(a) During the period that the operator
remains in the position of responsible charge for which the operator received
the provisional certificate; and
(b) At the public water system where the
operator was employed on January 1, 2000.
6. A provisional certificate is not valid if
the classification of the treatment facility or distribution system changes to
a level which is higher than the level for which the certificate was
issued.
7. All certificates expire
on December 31 of each year.
8. A
certificate may be renewed if:
(a) The fee
for renewal has been submitted pursuant to NAC
445A.651;
(b) An application for renewal was made on
the forms supplied by the Division; and
(c) The applicant submits evidence of
compliance with the requirements of continuing education set forth in NAC
445A.639.
Added to NAC by
Environmental Comm'n by R129-05, eff. 10-31-2005
NRS 445A.860,
445A.880
