WAC 296-400A-122   What do I need to know about trainee experience and certification, and the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty examination requirements?  (1) Journeyman and specialty plumber trainee certification:

     (a) Original training certificates. The department will issue an original training certificate when the trainee applicant submits a complete training certificate application including:

     (i) Date of birth, mailing address, Social Security number; and

     (ii) All appropriate fees as listed in WAC 296-400A-045.

     (iii) If an individual has previously held a plumbing training certificate, then that individual is not eligible for a subsequent original training certificate.

     All applicants for a plumbing training certificate must be at least sixteen years of age and must follow requirements as defined in WAC 296-125-030.

     (2) A trainee certificate must be obtained by an individual performing backflow assembly maintenance and repair work who is not a certified plumber. The individual must work under the direct supervision of a certified backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty, journeyman plumber, or residential specialty plumber for a minimum of one hundred percent of each working day while the backflow assembly maintenance and repair work is being performed.

     (3) Each applicant for a backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certificate must furnish written evidence that he or she has a valid backflow assembly tester certification administered and enforced by the department of health.

     (4) Any applicant who fails an examination will be required to wait at least until the next scheduled examination date and location. Examinations are held the first Thursday of every month, unless that date falls on a holiday. In the event of a holiday, the examination will be held on the second Thursday of the month. Applications shall be submitted and received by the plumbing certification program office two weeks before the next scheduled examination date.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.040 and 18.106.140. 09-10-080, § 296-400A-122, filed 5/5/09, effective 6/5/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.040, 18.106.140, 2002 c 82, and 2003 c 399. 04-12-046, § 296-400A-122, filed 5/28/04, effective 6/30/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.040, 18.106.140, 2001 c 281, and chapter 18.106 RCW. 02-14-074, § 296-400A-122, filed 6/28/02, effective 7/1/02.]