Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 232 - WELL DRILLERS AND PUMP INSTALLERS RULES › Chapter 2 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 144-232-2-202.0 - MINIMUM WORK AND KNOWLEDGE EXPERIENCE FOR EXAMINATION ADMITTANCE

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
202.1
General:
The minimum work
				  experience and/or knowledge required for admittance to examinations is set
				  forth in this section.
202.2
Master well driller:
A master well driller must have a minimum of
				  three (3) years experience in well drilling and have worked an average of 1000
				  hours per year as a licensed journeyman well driller for each of those
				  years.
202.3
Journeyman well
				  driller:
A journeyman well driller must have at least one (1) year
				  experience in well drilling and have worked at least 1000 hours during that
				  year as a licensed apprentice well driller.
202.4
Apprentice well driller:
An apprentice well driller is an applicant who is not eligible under
				  subsections 202.2 or 202.3.
202.5
Master pump installer:
Amaster pump installer must have a minimum
				  of three (3) years experience as a pump installer and have worked at least 350
				  hours as a licensed journeyman pump installer during each of those
				  years.
202.6
Journeyman pump
				  installer:
A journeyman pump installer must have at least one (1) year
				  experience in pump installing and have worked at least 350 hours during that
				  year as a licensed apprentice pump installer.
202.7
Apprentice pump installer:
An apprentice pump installer is an applicant who is not eligible under
				  subsection 202.5 or 202.6.
202.8
Closed loop geothermal driller endorsement:
CurrentIGSHPA
				  certification or certification from another nationally accredited standards
				  setting organization approved by the Commission and a valid master or
				  journeyman well drilling license is required for this endorsement
				  examination.
202.9
Master
				  closed loop geothermal heat exchange installer:
A master closed loop
				  geothermal heat exchange well installer must have (1) a minimum of three (3)
				  years experience; (2) have worked an average of 1000 hours per year as a
				  licensed journeyman closed loop geothermal heat exchange installer for each of
				  those years and (3) have current IGSHPA certification or certification from
				  another nationally accredited standards setting organization approved by the
				  Commission.
202.10
Journeyman
				  closed loop geothermal heat exchange installer:
A journeyman closed loop
				  geothermal heat exchange well installer must have (1) at least one (1) year
				  experience in closed loop geothermal heat exchange well installations (2) have
				  worked at least 1000 hours during that year as a licensed apprentice closed
				  loop geothermal heat exchange well installer and (3) have current IGSHPA
				  certification or certification from another nationally accredited standards
				  setting organization approved by the Commission.
202.11
Apprentice closed loop
				  geothermal heat exchange well installer:
An apprentice closed loop
				  geothermal heat exchange well installer is an applicant who is not eligible
				  under subsections 202.9 or 202.10.
202.12
Open loop geothermal heat
				  exchange driller and pump installer endorsements:
Current master and
				  journeyman water well drillers and pump installers may be admitted to
				  appropriate endorsement examinations.
202.13
Work experience from another
				  state:
The Commission may consider work experience obtained from another
				  state for satisfying the relevant requirements of sections 202.2, 202.3, 202.5,
				  202.6, 202.9 and 202.10 on a case-by-case basis. For any state with comparable
				  licensing or registration requirements, applicants shall be required to provide
				  a copy of a valid license or registration and evidence of good standing with
				  the regulatory agency from that state which has jurisdiction over well drillers
				  in addition to references and proof of appropriate work experience. For states
				  without comparable licensing or registration requirements, the Commission may
				  require any information it deems necessary to verify adequate work experience
				  and demonstrate good standing in that state in addition to appropriate
				  references and other required information.