N.M. Admin. Code § 20.7.4.22

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 20.7.4.22 - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION

A. The minimum requirements for each level of certification are:

(1) SW, SWA, SWW, SWWA, WS1, WW1, WWLT1, DS1 and CS1 certification require high school graduation, or general equivalency diploma, one year of experience and successful completion of ten training credits;

(2) WS2, WW2, WWLT2, DS2 and CS2 certification require high school graduation, or general equivalency diploma, two years of experience and successful completion of thirty training credits;

(3) WS3, WW3, WWLT3 and DS3 certification require high school graduation, or general equivalency diploma, four years of experience and successful completion of fifty training credits;

(4) WS4 and WW4 certification require high school graduation, or general equivalency diploma, one year's experience, as appropriate, as a WS3 and WW3 certificate holder and successful completion of eighty training credits;

(5) WST1 certification requires high school graduation, or general equivalency diploma, and successful completion of five training credits;

(6) WST2 certification requires high school graduation, or general equivalency diploma, and successful completion of ten training credits.

B. Substitutions.

(1) In no case shall the actual experience be less than one year for any level except as in Subparagraph (d) of Paragraph (2) of Subsection B of this section.

(2) Education may be substituted for the basic requirements or used for training credits as follows. In no case may the same education serve both as a substitution for experience and as training credits except as provided in this section.

(a) One year of additional experience may be substituted for the high school graduation or general equivalency diploma requirement for all levels of certification except level 4.

(b) No more than one year (30 semester hours) of successfully completed college education in a non-related field may be substituted for an additional six months of the required experience.

(c) One year of an approved vocational school in the water and/or wastewater field may be substituted for only one additional year of the required experience.

(d) An associate's degree for a two-year program in an approved school in the water and/or wastewater field and six months of actual experience in that field (which may be accrued before, during, or after the school program) may be substituted for the requirements of any level up to and including level 2. An associate's degree for a two-year program in an approved school in the water and/or wastewater field and twelve months of actual experience in that field (which may be accrued before, during, or after the school program) may be substituted for the requirements of a level 3.

(e) Completion of at least three years of actual experience in the water and/or wastewater field plus high school diploma or equivalent, plus 15 semester hours of successfully completed college education directly related to the water or wastewater field may be substituted for any level up to and including level 3.

(f) A bachelor's degree for a major directly related to the water or wastewater field plus two years of actual experience in that field may be substituted for any level up to and including level 3.

(3) Full time water and wastewater laboratory experience may be substituted for operator experience in a respective field at a rate of 25 percent of the actual experience held.

N.M. Admin. Code § 20.7.4.22

20.7.4.22 NMAC - Rp, 20 NMAC 7.4.202, 1-26-01; A, 11-15-06