An applicant for licensure as a journeyman alternative onsite soil evaluator shall furnish acceptable documentation that one of the following qualifications has been met:
Prerequisites | Exam Required | Education Required | Documented Qualifying Experience | |
1. | Virginia professional soil scientist license | No | No | One year of full-time experience assisting in the evaluation of site and soil conditions and design of alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an authorized onsite soil evaluator, a professional engineer, or an alternative soil evaluator |
2. | Possess or held either a valid interim alternative onsite soil evaluator license or a conventional onsite soil evaluator license | No | No | One year of full-time experience assisting in the evaluation of site and soil conditions and design of alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an authorized onsite soil evaluator a professional engineer, or an alternative soil evaluator |
3. | An authorized onsite soil evaluator | No | No | One year of full-time experience assisting in the evaluation of site and soil conditions and design of alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an authorized onsite soil evaluator, a professional engineer, or an alternative soil evaluator |
4. | No | No | No | Two years of full-time experience assisting in the evaluation of site and soil conditions and design of alternative onsite sewage systems verified by one or more of the following: an authorized onsite soil evaluator, a professional engineer, or an alternative soil evaluator |
18 Va. Admin. Code § 160-40-260
Statutory Authority §§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-2301 of the Code of Virginia.