Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 445A - Water Controls › PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS › Certification of Operators › Section 445A.633 - Full certificate: Issuance; required education and experience

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Division shall issue a full
				certificate to an applicant who qualifies for a full certificate. Except as
				otherwise provided in this section, to qualify for a full certificate, an
				applicant must, in addition to passing the examination for certification for
				his or her specific classification, meet the education requirements set forth
				in NAC 445A.6293 for the applicable
				grade of certification and have the following experience in operating the water
				treatment system or distribution system of a public water system of that
				classification:
Classification
Years Experience
Distribution-1
6 months
Distribution-2
								............................................................
............ 1 year
Distribution-3
								.............................................................
........... 2 years, with 1 year of Distribution-2
								full certification
Distribution-4
								.............................................................
........... 4 years, with 1 year of Distribution-3
								full certification
Treatment-1
								................................................................
........... 6 months
Treatment-2
								...............................................................
............ 1 year
Treatment-3
								................................................................
........... 2 years, with 1 year of Treatment-2
								full certification
Treatment-4
								................................................................
........... 4 years, with 1 year of Treatment-3
								full certification
2.
				Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Division may credit
				experience in operating gained in the field of wastewater treatment or in a
				related field toward the experience in operating required pursuant to
				subsection 1. No such experience in operating may be credited toward any year
				of full certification in distribution or treatment that is required pursuant to
				subsection 1. Not more than one-half of the experience in operating required
				pursuant to subsection 1 may come from credit issued pursuant to this
				subsection.
3. The Division may
				credit all or a portion of the experience in operating gained at a lower
				classified facility toward the experience in operating required at a higher
				classified facility if:
(a) The higher
				classified facility is not more than two classifications higher than the
				highest classified facility for which the applicant is currently certified;
				and
(b) The Division determines
				that experience in operating gained at the lower classified facility is, based
				on system complexity, equivalent to operating at the higher classified facility
				or is a satisfactory substitute for experience in operating at the higher
				classified facility.
No such experience in operating may be credited toward any
				  year of full certification in distribution or treatment that is required
				  pursuant to subsection 1.