30 Tex. Admin. Code § 30.340 - Qualifications for Initial License
(a) To obtain a license, an individual must
have met the requirements of Subchapter A of this chapter (relating to
Administration of Occupational Licenses and Registrations), the following
requirements for each class of license, and pass an examination.
(b) At least one-half of
the total experience required for a wastewater treatment license must be in
actual domestic wastewater treatment facility operation or maintenance duties.
Related experience, which involves tasks similar to those required for
operation of wastewater treatment facilities, will count at a rate of 50%
toward meeting the total experience requirement. For laboratory experience to
be applicable, the laboratory must be owned and operated by the permittee and
the laboratory technician must consult daily with operational
personnel.
(c) Wastewater
collection system experience must be in actual wastewater collection system
operation or maintenance duties. Credit for wastewater experience that is not
directly connected with collection system operation or maintenance shall be
approved if the experience involves tasks that are similar to that required for
the operation and maintenance of collection systems. Each year of related
experience shall count as 1/2 year of experience. Each year of experience in
collection system operation and maintenance shall only count as 1/2 year of
experience toward a wastewater treatment facility operator license.
(d) Individuals who request to substitute a
bachelor's or master's degree for experience at the Class A, Class B, or Class
III level must have a major in chemistry, biology, engineering, microbiology,
bacteriology, or another similar discipline approved by the executive
director.
(e) For each license,
applicants may substitute either college hours or training credit hours to meet
the experience requirement:
(1) 16 semester
hours or an additional 20 hours of training credits are equal to six months of
the required work experience;
(2)
Class C and Class II applicants may only substitute up to one year of the
required work experience; and
(3)
Class A, Class B, and Class III applicants may only substitute up to two years
of the required work experience.
(f) The hours of training credit required for
a license must be in approved courses, which include the following or their
equivalents.
(g) An individual who
previously held a Class D license or higher may not apply for a new Class D
license if the individual currently operates any activated sludge type
facilities, any trickling filter or rotating biological contractor facilities
with a permitted daily average flow of 100,000 gallons per day or greater, or
any facility that uses a subsurface area drip dispersal system as defined in
§
222.5 of this title (relating to
Definitions) for disposal of its effluent. A trickling filter or rotating
biological contractor is a secondary aerobic process that uses microbiological
organisms attached to a fixed substrate.
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