In addition to completing the applicable EPA approved
training course that meets the requirements of the Model Plan, each applicant
for an initial or renewal certificate must demonstrate to the satisfaction of
the Commission that the applicant is familiar with and capable of complying
fully with all applicable federal and State laws and regulations and possesses
the following qualifications listed below prior to submitting an
application:
A. Inspectors - Education
qualifications - high school diploma or Graduate Equivalent Degree
(GED).
B. Management Planners -
Education and professional license qualifications:
(1) Bachelor of Science degree in engineering
or its equivalent from an accredited university and a current, valid license by
the Mississippi Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors as a registered professional engineer, or
(2) Bachelor of Science degree in
architecture or its equivalent from an accredited university and a current,
valid license as an architect by the Mississippi Board of
Architecture.
C. Project
Designer - Education and professional license qualifications:
(1) Bachelor of Science degree in engineering
or its equivalent from an accredited university and a current, valid license by
the Mississippi Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors as a registered professional engineer, or
(2) Bachelor of Science degree in
architecture or its equivalent from an accredited university and a current,
valid license as an architect by the Mississippi Board of
Architecture.
D.
Contractor Education Qualifications high school diploma or GED.
The applicant for a contractor certificate must be a
responsible official or DAR. See Definitions for responsible
official and DAR, Rule 10.2.
E. Supervisor Education Qualifications high
school diploma or GED.
F. Worker -
Medical Qualifications a written certificate, on a form provided by the
Commission, by a licensed physician in accordance with State Law approving the
worker applicant to work on an asbestos project, which must be submitted to the
Commission with the worker applicant's application for an initial certificate.
Such certificate must accompany the worker applicant's application for a
renewal certificate only every three years thereafter. A chest x-ray is not
required for either the initial or any renewal application.
G. Air Monitor Education and training
requirements:
(1) Have earned a high school
diploma or GED;
(2) Satisfactorily
complete a commission-approved training course for supervisors. A supervisor
training course approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
completed satisfactorily shall be sufficient to meet this requirement,
and
(3) Satisfactorily complete a
commission-approved training course for collecting and evaluating air samples.
Successful completion of the National Institute for Occupational Safety &
Health (NIOSH) 582 course shall be sufficient to meet this
requirement.
