North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 90 - Water Well Contractors, Board of
Article 90-02 - Operations
Chapter 90-02-02 - Certification
Section 90-02-02-01.2 - Certificate - How obtained - Fee - Bond

1. A person who takes the examination to become a certified water well contractor first shall complete a minimum of one-year apprenticeship or experience in water well drilling and construction under the direct supervision of a certified water well contractor or have completed a career and technical education program of at least one year in water well construction and shall make application to the board.

2. A person who takes the examination to become a certified water well pump and pitless unit installer first shall complete a minimum of one-year apprenticeship or experience in water well pump and pitless unit installation under the direct supervision of a certified water well pump and pitless unit installer or have completed a career and technical education program of at least one year in water well pump and pitless unit installation.

3. A person who takes the examination to become a certified monitoring well contractor first shall complete a minimum of one-year apprenticeship or experience in monitoring well construction under the direct supervision of a certified water well contractor or a certified monitoring well contractor or have completed a career and technical education program of at least one year in water well construction or hold a bachelor's degree in engineering or geology from an approved school and shall make application to the board.

4. A person who takes the examination to become a certified geothermal system driller first shall complete a minimum of one year of apprenticeship under the direct supervision of a certified geothermal system driller or have a minimum of two thousand forty installation hours of experience in geothermal system drilling working under the direct supervision of a certified geothermal system driller or first shall complete career and technical education relating to geothermal system drilling lasting at least one school year.

5. A person applying to take a certification examination shall pay to the board treasurer a nonrefundable examination fee in the amount of one hundred dollars. If upon examination the applicant is found to be qualified as a water well contractor, a water well pump and pitless unit installer, a monitoring well contractor, or a geothermal system driller, the board shall issue to that person an appropriate certificate upon the applicant's executing and filing with the board a bond as required in this chapter. The board may offer a combined examination for certification of a person as a water well contractor and a water well pump and pitless unit installer and may issue a single certificate for successful completion of the combined examination. Certificates issued under this chapter are not transferable.