An applicant for licensure as a master conventional onsite sewage system installer shall furnish acceptable documentation that one of the following qualifications has been met:
Prerequisites | Exam Required | Education Required | Documented Qualifying Experience | |
1. | Employee, owner, director, or officer of a properly licensed contractor with a sewage disposal system (SDS) specialty issued by the Virginia Board for Contractors | Yes | 20 hours of training approved by the board covering basic installation of conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems | One year of full-time experience installing conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an onsite soil evaluator, an onsite sewage system installer, a professional engineer, or an authorized onsite soil evaluator |
2. | Employee, owner, director, or officer of a properly licensed contractor with a sewage disposal system (SDS) specialty issued by the Virginia Board for Contractors | Yes | No | Two years of full-time experience installing conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an onsite soil evaluator, an onsite sewage system installer, a professional engineer, or an authorized onsite soil evaluator |
3. | Interim conventional onsite sewage system installer or journeyman onsite sewage system installer license | Yes | 20 hours of training approved by the board covering basic installation of conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems | Two years of full-time experience installing conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an onsite soil evaluator, an onsite sewage system installer, a professional engineer, or an authorized onsite soil evaluator |
4. | Interim conventional onsite sewage system installer journeyman onsite sewage system installer license | Yes | No | Three years of full-time experience installing conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an onsite soil evaluator, an onsite sewage system installer, a professional engineer, or an authorized onsite soil evaluator |
18 Va. Admin. Code § 160-40-130
Statutory Authority §§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-2301 of the Code of Virginia.