WAC 246-292-060 Minimum education and experience requirements for water works operators. Minimum education and operating experience requirements for the following water works operator classifications and levels shall be as indicated in Tables 1A and 1B:

Table 1A

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND OPERATING EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

WATER WORKS OPERATOR CLASSIFICATIONS	LEVEL
	OPERATOR-IN-TRAINING OIT*		1		2		3		4
	Education	Operating Experience	Education	Operating Experience	Education	Operating Experience	Education	Operating Experience	Education	Operating Experience
Water Distribution Manager (WDM)	12 years	3 months	12 years	1 year	12 years	3 years	14 years	4 years	16 years	4 years
Water Treatment Plant Operator (WTPO)	12 years	3 months	12 years	1 year	12 years	3 years	14 years	4 years	16 years	4 years

*	OIT experience may be fulfilled by three months operating experience or thirty hours of relevant water system training (three CEUs or college credits).

Table 1B

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND OPERATING EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

WATER WORKS OPERATOR CLASSIFICATIONS	Education	Operating Experience
Basic Treatment Operator (BTO)	12 years	6 months
Water Distribution Specialist (WDS)	12 years	6 months
Cross-connection Control Specialist (CCS)	12 years	6 months
Backflow Assembly Tester (BAT)	NA	NA

аааа (1) Minimum education requirement shall be the acceptable level of education, or experience which may be substituted for education as outlined in the guideline.

аааа (2) Minimum operating experience requirement shall be the routine on-site performance of duties in a water purification plant or distribution system. Those duties shall affect plant or system performance and/or water quality.

аааа (3) The department may allow substitutions of a person's relevant experience when the person cannot meet the formal education requirement, or vice versa in the WDM, WTPO, BTO, WDS and CCS classifications as outlined in the guideline.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.119 RCW and Safe Drinking Water Act, Public Law 104-182; 64 F.R. 5916 - 5921. 01-02-070, з 246-292-060, filed 12/29/00, effective 1/29/01. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.119 RCW. 94-04-004, з 246-292-060, filed 1/20/94, effective 2/20/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as з 246-292-060, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.119.050. 78-10-053 (Order 1343), з 248-55-070, filed 9/22/78.]