Section Env-Wq 304.09 - Education Requirements(a) The education requirement for Grade I and Grade II shall be a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate (HSE certificate).(b) The education requirement for Grade III and Grade IV shall be a high school diploma or HSE certificate and 2 years of relevant post-high school education, as described in (c) through (e), below.(c) Relevant post-high school education shall include the following: (1) For programs in sanitary engineering, environmental technology or science, water treatment, or wastewater treatment, a bachelor's degree shall be counted as 4 years of relevant education and an associate's degree shall be counted as 2 years of relevant education; and(2) For programs in other relevant technical and scientific disciplines, such as natural sciences and non-sanitary engineering, a bachelor's degree shall be counted as 3 years of relevant education and an associate's degree shall be counted as 1.5 years of relevant education.(d) Partial credit toward relevant post-high school education requirements shall be allowed for academic work or vocational training, as follows: (1) Any bachelor's degrees other than those listed in (c), above, shall be counted as 2 years of relevant education; and(2) Any associates degree of other than those listed in (c), above shall be counted as one year of relevant education.(e) Incomplete degree programs shall be counted as described in (f), below.(f) Each 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours of credits earned in programs listed in (c), above, shall be considered the equivalent of one year of post-high school education.(g) The applicant may request substitutions for required education based on the following criteria: (1) 2 years of operating experience may be substituted for one year of the post-high school education requirement for Grades III and IV and III OIT and IV OIT;(2) Operating experience applied in substitution for any education requirement shall not also be applied to the experience requirement; and(3) Specialized operator training courses, seminars, workshops, and approved technical conferences may be substituted for post-high school education without limitation, in accordance with (f), above.N.H. Code Admin. R. Env-Wq 304.09
(See Revision Note at part heading for Env-Wq 304) #10392, eff 8-1-13