Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
Eligibility for certification as a Water Pollution Control
Collection System Operator is based on the following qualifications:
(1) for Grade I certification, the applicant
must: have successfully completed approved training for Grade I water pollution
control collection system operators.
(2) for Grade II certification, the applicant
must:
(a) hold a valid North Carolina Grade I
Water Pollution Control Collection System Operator certificate;
(b) have six months of actual experience in
water pollution control collection system operations; and
(c) have successfully completed approved
training for Grade II water pollution control collection system
operators.
(3) for Grade
III certification, the applicant must:
(a)
hold a valid North Carolina Grade II Water Pollution Control Collection System
Operator certificate;
(b) have
successfully completed approved training for Grade III water pollution control
collection system operators; and
(c) either:
(i) have two years of actual experience in
water pollution control collection system operations, or
(ii) be a graduate of a two or four year
college or university and have taken and passed, a minimum of six courses in a
field directly related to the operation and maintenance of a collection system,
e.g. civil, mechanical, or environmental engineering, and have one year of
actual experience in the operation of a water pollution control collection
system.
(4)
for Grade IV certification, the applicant must:
(a) hold a valid North Carolina Grade III
Water Pollution Control Collection System Operator certificate;
(b) have successfully completed approved
training for Grade IV water pollution control collection system operators;
and
(c) either:
(i) have three years of actual experience in
water pollution control collection system operations, or
(ii) be a graduate of a two or four year
college or university and have taken and passed, a minimum of six courses in a
field directly related to the operation and maintenance of a collection system,
e.g. civil, mechanical, or environmental engineering, and have two years of
actual experience in the operation of a water pollution control collection
system.
Authority
G.S.
90A-39;
Eff. April 1,
1999;
Amended Eff. December 1, 2006;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. July 26,
2015.
