Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 50 - Environmental health › Subchapter 05 - Water Quality › Part 5 - Certification of Public Drinking Water Supply Treatment and Public Water Supply Transmission and Distribution Operators › Section 216-RICR-50-05-5.8 - Classification and Qualifications of Water Supply Treatment and Water Supply Transmission and Distribution Operators

Current through June 14, 2024
A. All applicants
				  for Full Certification shall meet the following educational and experience
				  requirements for the grade of certification applied for as shown below. The
				  experience requirements shall be in the same field (treatment or transmission
				  and distribution) as the type of certificate for which the applicant is
				  applying. Applicants for Operator-in-Training certification shall meet the
				  following minimal educational requirements for the grade of certification
				  applied for as shown below.
B.
				  Grade VSS Treatment (VSST): High school diploma or equivalent and three (3)
				  calendar months of acceptable operating experience at a Class VSST or higher
				  drinking water supply treatment facility. Experience or relevant training may
				  be used to satisfy the educational requirement (i.e. six (6) calendar months of
				  acceptable operating experience or six (6) contact hours of on the job, in the
				  field training or 0.6 Continuing Education Units of education in the operation
				  of a very small water system that shall satisfy the educational requirement).
				  Experience and training used to satisfy the educational requirement may not be
				  used to satisfy the operating experience requirement.
C. Grade VSS Distribution (VSSD): High school
				  diploma or equivalent and three (3) calendar months of acceptable operating
				  experience at a Class VSSD or higher drinking water supply distribution
				  facility. Experience or relevant training may be used to satisfy the
				  educational requirement (i.e. six (6) calendar months of acceptable operating
				  experience or six (6) contact hours of on the job, in the field training or 0.6
				  Continuing Education Units of education in the operation of a very small water
				  system shall satisfy the educational requirement). Experience and training used
				  to satisfy the educational requirement may not be used to satisfy the operating
				  experience requirement.
D. Grade 1
				  Treatment (1T): High school diploma (or equivalent) and six (6) months
				  full-time experience as an operator at a Class 1T (or higher) drinking water
				  supply treatment facility.
E. Grade
				  1 Distribution (1D): High school diploma (or equivalent) and six (6) months
				  full-time experience as an operator at a Class 1D (or higher) drinking water
				  supply distribution facility.
F.
				  Grade 2 Treatment (2T)
1. Possession of a
				  Grade 1T Full Certification with full-time experience as an operator at a Class
				  1T (or higher) drinking water supply treatment facility for one (1) additional
				  year after certification; or
2.
				  High school diploma (or equivalent) and two (2) years full-time experience as
				  an operator at a Class 1T (or higher) drinking water supply treatment
				  facility.