An amusement ride inspector must meet the following minimum
qualifications:
(1) Two years
experience with an insurance company as an amusement ride inspector;
or
(2) Two years experience
inspecting amusement rides and enforcing amusement ride codes while employed by
a state or other governmental body regulating amusement rides; or
(3) Not less than five years documented field
operating and maintenance experience with amusement rides and devices,
including responsibility for erection, assembly, disassembly; personnel
supervision responsibility for erection, maintenance, and operating functions;
or
(4) Not less than ten years
documented practical experience in the design, construction, maintenance,
repair, field inspection, and operation of amusement rides and devices as an
authorized representative of a recognized amusement ride manufacturer;
and
(5) In addition to the above
criteria an
amusement ride inspector must be certified by the
department after
demonstrating competency by:
(a) Passing a
competency examination administered by the department; or
(b) Passing a test administered by the
National Association of
Amusement Ride Safety Officials for NAARSO Level II or
other certification organizations recognized by the
department, as an
amusement
ride inspector.
Those individuals who are certified by the department before
December 31, 2000, will have until December 31, 2003, to take and successfully
pass one of the examinations in (a) or (b) of this subsection. Individuals with
at least ten years as an amusement ride inspector may become certified without
testing if they were certified with the department on December 31, 2000.
(6) An amusement ride
inspector may work without certification, as a trainee, if directly and
continually supervised during the inspection process by a certified amusement
ride inspector.
(7) This section
does not apply to insurers or a person with whom the insurer has contracted
with per
RCW
67.42.020(2).
