California Code of Regulations › Title 23 - Waters › Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards › Chapter 26 - Wastewater Treatment Plant Classification, Operator Certification, and Contract Operator Registration › Article 8 - Certification of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators › Section 3702 - Application for Certification

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An
				  application for certification shall include the applicant's full name, mailing
				  address, work and home telephone numbers, social security number, date of
				  birth, the grade level of certification that is being requested; if currently
				  certified, the operator's current grade level and certificate number, and all
				  of the following information unless previously provided to the Office of
				  Operator Certification:
(1) a copy of a high
				  school diploma or equivalent; college transcripts; graduate school transcripts;
				  report cards; certificates of completion for wastewater treatment and
				  management courses; and chemical, civil, or mechanical engineering
				  registrations issued to the applicant by California or another state, a
				  territory, or an Indian tribe, to verify completion of education
				  requirements;
(2) the business
				  address and telephone number of each wastewater treatment plant at which the
				  applicant has acquired qualifying experience, including current employment, and
				  the amount of qualifying experience acquired at each wastewater treatment
				  plant;
(A) An applicant who is currently
				  employed as an operator shall submit an original signed statement by the chief
				  plant operator verifying:
(i) the applicant's
				  qualifying experience acquired at that wastewater treatment plant;
				  and
(ii) a description of the
				  duties that the applicant performs and/or will be performing at that wastewater
				  treatment plant.
(B) An
				  applicant who is not currently employed as an operator, but who meets all
				  certifications requirements is not required to submit an original signature
				  from a chief plant operator.
(C) An
				  applicant who is a chief plant operator shall submit an original signed
				  statement by the owner verifying:
(i) the
				  applicant's qualifying experience acquired at that wastewater treatment plant;
				  and
(ii) a description of the
				  duties that the applicant performs and/or will be performing at that wastewater
				  treatment plant.
(3) a signed statement regarding whether a
				  certifying body or court, for any act associated with performing duties at a
				  facility that treats wastewater in a state other than California, in a
				  territory, or on land under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe, provided the
				  duties are comparable to the duties of an operator or contract operator at a
				  wastewater treatment plant, has ever: taken final action to revoke or suspend
				  the applicant's certification or registration; taken final action to discipline
				  or impose administrative civil liability on the applicant or conducted an
				  investigation regarding the applicant; or imposed civil or criminal liability
				  upon the applicant;
(4) information
				  regarding any experience for which the applicant is requesting qualifying
				  experience credit pursuant to section
				  3684;
(5) the applicant's original
				  signature;
(6) additional
				  information, evidence, statements, or documents to support the application as
				  requested by the Office of Operator Certification; and
(7) the certification fee prescribed in
				  article 10.