1. The Division shall issue a full
certificate to an applicant who qualifies for a full certificate. Except as
otherwise provided in this section, to qualify for a full certificate, an
applicant must, in addition to passing the examination for certification for
his or her specific classification, meet the education requirements set forth
in NAC
445A.6293 for the applicable
grade of certification and have the following experience in operating the water
treatment system or distribution system of a public water system of that
classification:
|
Classification
|
Years Experience
|
|
Distribution-1
|
6 months
|
|
Distribution-2
............................................................
|
............ 1 year
|
|
Distribution-3
.............................................................
|
........... 2 years, with 1 year of Distribution-2
full certification
|
|
Distribution-4
.............................................................
|
........... 4 years, with 1 year of Distribution-3
full certification
|
|
Treatment-1
................................................................
|
........... 6 months
|
|
Treatment-2
...............................................................
|
............ 1 year
|
|
Treatment-3
................................................................
|
........... 2 years, with 1 year of Treatment-2
full certification
|
|
Treatment-4
................................................................
|
........... 4 years, with 1 year of Treatment-3
full certification
|
2.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Division may credit
experience in operating gained in the field of wastewater treatment or in a
related field toward the experience in operating required pursuant to
subsection 1. No such experience in operating may be credited toward any year
of full certification in distribution or treatment that is required pursuant to
subsection 1. Not more than one-half of the experience in operating required
pursuant to subsection 1 may come from credit issued pursuant to this
subsection.
3. The Division may
credit all or a portion of the experience in operating gained at a lower
classified facility toward the experience in operating required at a higher
classified facility if:
(a) The higher
classified facility is not more than two classifications higher than the
highest classified facility for which the applicant is currently certified;
and
(b) The Division determines
that experience in operating gained at the lower classified facility is, based
on system complexity, equivalent to operating at the higher classified facility
or is a satisfactory substitute for experience in operating at the higher
classified facility.
No such experience in operating may be credited toward any
year of full certification in distribution or treatment that is required
pursuant to subsection 1.
4. Not more than one-half of the required
experience in operating may be satisfied by the successful completion of
college level courses in engineering or in physical, chemical or biological
sciences. Completion of such college level courses may not be credited toward
any year of full certification in distribution or treatment that is required
pursuant to subsection 1.
5.
Experience in operating or relevant training may be substituted for a high
school diploma or general equivalency diploma that is required pursuant to NAC
445A.6293 upon approval of the
Division. Education, training or experience in operating that is substituted
for a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma may not be counted
toward the experience in operating required in subsection 1.
Notes
Nev. Admin. Code §
445A.633
Added to NAC by Bd. of
Health, eff. 9-16-92; A 5-23-96; R185-99, 2-10-2000; R021-02, 8-29-2002; A by
Environmental Comm'n by R129-05, 10-31-2005; A by
R156-17AP,
eff. 5/16/2018
NRS
445A.860, as amended by section 3 of Assembly
Bill No. 50, chapter 70, Statutes of Nevada 2017, and
NRS
445A.880
