Land treatment and disposal (surface or subsurface) 4INSTRUMENTATION (6 pt. max.)
Use of SCADA or similar instrumentation systems
to provide data with no process operation 0
Use of SCADA or similar instrumentation systems
to provide data with limited process operation 2
Use of SCADA or similar instrumentation systems
to provide data with moderate process operation 4
Use of SCADA or similar instrumentation systems
to provide data with extensive/total process operation 6
LABORATORY CONTROL (15 pt. max)(4)
Bacteriological/biological (5 pt. max):
Lab work done outside the plant 0
Membrane filter procedures 3
Use of fermentation tubes or any dilution 5
method (or E. coli determination)
Chemical/physical (10 pt. max):
Lab work done outside the plant 0
Push-button, visual methods for simple tests 3
(i.e. pH, settleable solids)
Additional procedures (ie, DO, COD, BOD, gas 5
analysis, titrations, solids volatile
content)
More advanced determinations (ie, specific 7
constituents; nutrients, total oils,
phenols)
Highly sophisticated instrumentation (i.e., 10
atomic absorption, gas chromatography)
(1) 1 point per 10,000 P.E. or part; maximum of 10 points
(2) 1 point per MGD or part
(3) Key concept is frequency and/or intensity of deviation
or excessive variation from normal or typical fluctuations; such
deviation may be in terms of strength, toxicity, shock loads,
inflow and infiltration, with point values ranging from 0 - 6.
(4) Key concept is to credit laboratory analyses done
on-site by plant personnel under the direction of the operator
in direct responsible charge with point values ranging
from 0 - 15.
R317-10-7. Qualifications for Operator Grades.
A. General
1. "Qualification Points" means the accumulated points earned through education and experience required to obtain a certification without restriction. Points allocated for relevant education and experience must meet the minimum requirements for each grade. All substitutions are year for year equivalents. A college "year" is considered 45 quarter hours or 30 semester hours of credit.
2. College-level education must be in a job-related field to be credited. However, partial credit may be given for non-job related education at the discretion of the director with the recommendation of the council.
3. Experience may be substituted for a high school education or a graduate equivalence degree in Grades I and II only.
4. Education may be substituted for experience, as specified for each grade.
B. Grade I - minimum 13 points required.
1. High school diploma or equivalency (12 points), or highest grade completed (one point per grade, up to 12 points).
2. One year of operating experience (one point per year).
3. Experience may be substituted for all or any part of the education requirements, on a one-to-one basis.
4. Education may not be substituted for experience.
C. Grade II - minimum 14 points required.
1. High school diploma or equivalency (12 points), or highest grade completed (one point per grade, up to 12 points).
2. Two years of operating experience (one point per year).
3. Up to one year of additional education may be substituted for an equivalent amount of operating experience.
4. Experience may be substituted for all or any part of the education requirement, on a one-to-one basis.
D. Grade III - minimum 16 points required.
1. High school diploma or equivalency (12 points), or highest grade completed (one point per grade, up to 12 points).
2. Four years of operating experience (one point per year).
3. Up to two years of additional education may be substituted for an equivalent amount of operating experience.
4. Relevant and specialized operator training may be substituted for education requirement, where 25 CEUs is equivalent to one year of education.
E. Grade IV - minimum 18 points required.
1. High school diploma or equivalency (12 points), or highest grade completed (one point per grade, up to 12 points).
