La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § V-7329

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-7329 - Training - General

A. Training Courses Available. To be approved for training credit by the Administrator of the Operator Certification Program, the training courses identified in Paragraph B of this Section must meet the following general requirements.

1. The administrator must have on file a copy of the course outline of the training course, seminar, workshop, etc. to make his approval decision.

2. Information must include dates, place held, sponsoring organization, speakers/instructors and time (length of subject), and target audience (category and levels of certification addressed).

3. No blanket approvals (from year to year) will be given or implied and a separate approval must be given by the Operator Certification Program each time training is given. On doubtful courses, the administrator will bring the matter to the committee of certification for disposition. (An aggrieved applicant may apply for an administrative hearing to be conducted by a panel of the committee of certification.)

4. Operators shall be responsible to assure the sponsoring organization submitting his certified transcript of training credits earned to the administrator.

B. Training courses, short courses, technical sessions, seminars, workshops, etc., recognized by both the committee of certification and department include, but are not limited to the following:

1. annual short course of the Louisiana Conference on Water Supply, Sewerage and Industrial Wastes;

2. regional conferences of one or more days sponsored and/or co-sponsored by the Louisiana Conference on Water Supply, Sewerage and Industrial Wastes;

3. American Water Works Association Annual Conferences, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

4. National Association of Water Companies Annual Conferences seminars and workshops;

5. Southwest Section, American Water Works Association Annual Conference, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

6. college or university and vocational-technical sponsored water and/or wastewater courses, as approved by the certification committee;

7. Water Environment Federation Annual Conference, regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

8. Louisiana Water Environment Association regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

9. Louisiana Rural Water Association annual training and technical conference, regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

10. Louisiana Environmental Training Center, at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, training courses, technical sessions, seminars and workshops;

11. regional meetings, technical sessions, seminars, workshops and/or training programs, sponsored and/or co-sponsored by the Department of Health and Hospitals, or the Department of Environmental Quality;

12. water and/or wastewater operator training courses approved for certification examinations by the committee of certification;

13. short schools, technical courses, seminars, workshops and training programs sponsored by other states.

C. A water and/or wastewater organization or utility not listed above may apply to the committee of certification for recognition and approval to conduct a training course.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § V-7329

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:506 (March 2002), repromulgated LR 28:842 (April 2002).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1141-1151.