OAR 340-071-0650
Training and Certification Requirements for System Installers and Maintenance Providers

(1) Certification required.
(a) A person who supervises or is responsible for constructing or installing onsite systems must be a certified installer unless the person is the permittee for constructing or installing the system or the permittee’s regular employee.
(b) A maintenance provider who inspects, maintains, or certifies or supervises maintenance on onsite systems using alternative treatment technologies, recirculating gravel filters, sand filters, or pressurized distribution systems must be certified as a maintenance provider.
(2) Training and certification programs. DEQ may enter interagency agreements to provide a program to train and certify onsite system installers, maintenance providers, and other onsite maintenance providers as described in this rule.
(3) Initial training and certification.
(a) Each initial training course for certification must provide the minimum training described in this section. One day of training equals 8 hours including a total of 30 minutes of break time and a one-hour lunch.
(b) Course instructors must have academic credentials or field experience in the course discipline and experience as instructors.
(c) Installer training.
(A) The training course for installers must include at least 8 hours of lectures, demonstrations, hands-on training, course review, and exam. DEQ encourages using audiovisual materials to complement lectures where appropriate.
(B) Installer training must at a minimum adequately address the following topics:
(i) Working knowledge of onsite rules.
(ii) Working understanding of permits.
(iii) Basic math skills.
(iv) Technical drawing.
(v) Field layout of onsite system.
(vi) Installation requirements.
(vii) Job safety practices.
(d) Maintenance provider training.
(A) The training course for maintenance providers must include at least 8 hours of lectures, demonstrations, hands-on training, course review, and exam. DEQ encourages using audiovisual materials to complement lectures where appropriate.
(B) Maintenance provider training must adequately address the following topics:
(i) Working knowledge of onsite rules.
(ii) Working understanding of permits.
(iii) Basic math skills.
(iv) Technical drawing.
(v) Onsite system processes.
(vi) System operation and maintenance.
(vii) Job safety practices.
(4) Examinations and certification.
(a) The training provider must administer an open book examination to persons seeking certification. A person seeking initial certification in a discipline must complete the initial training and pass the examination for that discipline, except that installers DEQ certified before December 31, 2003, are not required to take the examination.
(b) Each examination must be approved by DEQ and include questions that adequately cover the topics in the training course for that discipline. Applicants must answer 70 percent correctly to pass.
(c) The training provider must issue a certification to each person who completes the training course and passes the required examination.
(d) Each certification must include the following:
(A) A unique certificate number.
(B) Full name of the person certified.
(C) Dates of the training course.
(D) Date of the examination.
(E) An expiration date three years after the certification issuance date.
(F) The name, address, and telephone number of the training provider that issued the certificate.
(G) A statement that the person receiving the certification has completed the requisite training and examination for the discipline certified.
(f) Certified persons must have proof of certification at the location where they are conducting work requiring certification.
(5) Recertification.
(a) For each discipline, the training provider or DEQ must review and approve continuing education courses and other training for recertification. Training approved for each discipline must cover topics related to that discipline, including the topics addressed in section (1) of this rule.
(b) For each discipline, the training provider must extend recertification to each certified person who completes 18 hours of approved continuing education following his most recent certification and to each formerly certified person who completes these requirements within six months after his certification expires.
(6) Suspension or revocation of certification.
(a) DEQ may suspend or revoke the certification of any person for the following reasons:
(A) Performing work requiring certification at a job site without physically possessing a current certification.
(B) Permitting another person to duplicate or use one’s own certification.
(C) Obtaining certification from a person not accredited to provide the certification.
(D) Violating requirements in this division.
(E) Failing to pay civil penalties assessed for violations of this division.
(b) DEQ must notify the person whose certification is being revoked or suspended of the reasons for the action and any conditions that must be met before DEQ will reinstate the certification.
(c) A person may appeal a suspension or revocation by requesting a contested case hearing under OAR chapter 340, division 011.
(d) A person whose certification has been revoked may not be recertified and may not apply for a new certification for 12 months after the revocation date or under exceptional circumstances as approved by DEQ.

Source: Rule 340-071-0650 — Training and Certification Requirements for System Installers and Maintenance Providers, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=340-071-0650.

340–071–0100
Definitions 340–071–0110
Purpose 340–071–0115
Technical Review Committee 340–071–0120
Jurisdiction and Policy 340–071–0130
General Standards, Prohibitions and Requirements 340–071–0135
Approval of New or Innovative Technologies, Materials, or Designs for Onsite Systems 340–071–0140
Onsite System Fees 340–071–0150
Site Evaluation Procedures 340–071–0155
Existing System Evaluation Report 340–071–0160
Permit Application Procedures — Construction, Installation, Alteration, and Repair Permits 340–071–0162
Permit Application Procedures — WPCF Permits 340–071–0165
Permit Denial Review — Construction-Installation, Repair, Alteration Permits 340–071–0170
Pre-Cover Inspections 340–071–0175
Certificate of Satisfactory Completion 340–071–0185
Decommissioning of Systems 340–071–0200
Prior Construction Permits or Approvals 340–071–0205
Authorization to Use Existing Systems 340–071–0210
Alteration of Existing Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems 340–071–0215
Repair of Existing Systems 340–071–0220
Standard Subsurface Systems 340–071–0260
Alternative Systems, General 340–071–0265
Capping Fills 340–071–0275
Pressurized Distribution Systems 340–071–0280
Seepage Trench System 340–071–0285
Redundant Systems 340–071–0290
Conventional Sand Filter Systems 340–071–0295
Conventional Sand Filter Design and Construction 340–071–0302
Recirculating Gravel Filter (RGF) 340–071–0310
Steep Slope Systems 340–071–0315
Tile Dewatering System 340–071–0320
Split Waste Method 340–071–0325
Gray Water Waste Disposal Sumps 340–071–0330
Nonwater-Carried Systems 340–071–0335
Cesspools and Seepage Pits 340–071–0340
Holding Tanks 340–071–0345
Alternative Treatment Technologies (ATTs) 340–071–0360
Absorption Trenches in Saprolite 340–071–0400
Geographic Area Special Considerations. 340–071–0410
Rural Area Consideration 340–071–0415
For Cause Variances 340–071–0420
Hardship Variances 340–071–0425
Variance Officers 340–071–0430
Variance Hearings and Decisions 340–071–0435
Variance Permit Issuance, Inspections, Certificate of Satisfactory Completion 340–071–0440
Variance Appeals 340–071–0445
Variance Administrative Review 340–071–0460
Moratorium Areas 340–071–0500
Community Systems 340–071–0520
Large Systems 340–071–0600
Sewage Disposal Service Licenses 340–071–0650
Training and Certification Requirements for System Installers and Maintenance Providers 340–071–0800
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Jun. 8, 2021

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