N.J. Admin. Code § 7:10A-1.15
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
Section 7:10A-1.15 - Criteria needed to take the examination for each license(a) Persons applying to take an examination for a Very Small Water System (VSWS), public wastewater treatment system (S), public water treatment system or public non-community surface water treatment system (T), public wastewater collection system (C) or public water distribution system (W) license shall meet the following requirements and possess the minimum education and experience requirements for the license applied for found in Table IIIA in (b) below. 1. Persons applying to take any examination and holding no degree higher than a high school diploma or not holding an associates degree, as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:10A-1.2, shall have successfully completed an introductory course approved by the Department in the subject matter pertaining to the license being sought, prior to applying to take the examination.2. Any person applying to take an examination for a class 2, 3 or 4 license shall complete an advanced course approved by the department in the subject matter pertaining to the license being sought, prior to applying to take the examination.3. Any of the courses required above may be waived if the applicant submits satisfactory proof of equivalent training to the Department.i. Such proof of equivalent training shall consist of transcripts and descriptions of relevant courses, including textbooks used in the courses, taken by the applicant.4. Any person applying to take an examination in accordance with (a) above, and who fails the examination three times shall not be permitted to take that examination a fourth time until that person submits proof that he or she has retaken and satisfactorily completed the appropriate Department-approved training course in the subject matter pertaining to the license being sought.(b) Minimum admission requirements for the licensing examination for VSWS, S, T, C, and W treatment system licenses are as follows: | Table IIIA |
| Personnel classification | Education | Operating experience (years) | Direct responsible chaerge experience (years) | Total experience (years) |
| VSWS | High School Diploma or |
| equivalency certificate: | 6 months | 0 | 6 months |
| Associates Degree: | 6 months | 0 | 6 months |
| Bachelors Degree category: | 6 months | 0 | 6 months |
| Classification 1 | High School Diploma or |
| equivalency certificate: | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Associates Degree: | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bachelors degree category: | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Classification 2 | High School Diploma or |
| equivalency certificate: | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Associates Degree: | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bachelors degree category: | 1.5 | 0 |
| Classification 3 | High School Diploma or |
| equivalency certificate: | 3 plus | 3 | 6 |
| Associates Degree: | 2 plus | 2 | 4 |
| Bachelors degree category: | 1.5 plus | 1.5 | 3 |
| Classification 4 | High School Diploma or |
| equivalency certificate: | 6 plus | 4 | 10 |
| Associates Degree: | 4 plus | 3 | 7 |
| Bachelors degree category: | 3 plus | 2 | 5 |
(c) Persons applying to take an examination for an industrial wastewater treatment system license shall meet the following requirements and possess the minimum education and experience requirements for the license applied for, found at Table IIIB in (d) below.1. Persons applying to take any industrial wastewater treatment system license examination shall have successfully completed an industrial waste course approved by the department prior to applying to take the examination. The course requirement may be waived if the applicant submits satisfactory proof of equivalent training to the department. i. Such proof of equivalent training shall consist of transcripts and descriptions of relevant courses, including textbooks used in courses, taken by the applicant.(d) Minimum admission requirements for the licensing examination for an N treatment system license are as follows: | Table IIIB |
| Operating |
| Personnel | experience |
| Classification | Education | (years) |
| Classification 1 | High School Diploma or |
| equivalency certificate: | 1 |
| Associates Degree: | 1 |
| Bachelors degree category: | 1 |
| Classification 2 | High School Diploma or |
| equivalency certificate: | 3 |
| Associates Degree: | 2 |
| Bachelors degree category: | 1.5 |
| Classification 3 | High School Diploma or |
| equivalency certificate: | 6 |
| Associates Degree: | 4 |
| Bachelors degree category: | 3 |
| Classification 4 | High School Diploma or |
| equivalency certificate: | 10 |
| Associates Degree: | 7 |
| Bachelors degree category: | 5 |
N.J. Admin. Code § 7:10A-1.15
R.1984 d.350, eff. 8/20/1984.
See: 16 N.J.R. 1423(a), 16 N.J.R. 2268(b).
Amended by R.1997 d.48, effective 2/3/1997.
See: 28 N.J.R. 4300(a), 29 N.J.R. 480(c).
Substantially amended (a), and rewrote (b) and (d).
Amended by R.2000 d.406, effective 10/2/2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 2279(b), 32 N.J.R. 3585(a).
In (a) and (b), added references to Very Small Water Systems (VSWS); in (a)1, inserted "or not holding an associates degree, as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:10A-1.2,"; and in (a)3, substituted "Any" for "Either or both".
Amended by R.2008 d.381, effective 12/15/2008.
See: 40 N.J.R. 3785(a), 40 N.J.R. 6961(a).
Added (a)4.