Section 5-4.3 - Qualifications required | New York Codes, Rules and Regulations

JavaScript is currently disabled in your web browser.

For full functionality of this site, it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are instructions how to enable JavaScript

Grade	Experience	Education	Training and Examination
IA	Ten years of operating experience; with at least one year operating experience at a grade IA water treatment plant and one year at a minimum of a grade IIA water treatment plant.	Minimum of a High school diploma or New York State Equivalency Diploma.	· Grade I Course - Minimum 60 Hours · Grade A Course - Minimum 60 Hours · Validated examination for grade IA as outlined in section 5-4.5 · And/or the requirements of section 5-4.4 of this Subpart.
IIA	One year of operating experience at a water treatment plant with facilities for filtration.	Minimum of a High school diploma or New York State Equivalency Diploma.	· Grade A Course - Minimum 60 Hours · Validated examination for grade IIA as outlined in section 5-4.5 · And/or the requirements of section 5-4.4 of this Subpart.
IB	Ten years of operating experience at a water treatment plant, with two years operating experience at a minimum of a grade B water treatment plant.	Minimum of a High school diploma or New York State Equivalency Diploma.	· Grade 1 Course - Minimum 60 Hours · Grade B Course - Minimum 30 Hours · Validated examination for grade IB as outlined in section 5-4.3(d) · And/or the requirements of section 5-4.4 of this Subpart.
IIB	One year of operating experience at a water treatment plant.	Minimum of a High school diploma or New York State Equivalency Diploma.	· Grade B Course - Minimum 30 Hours · Validated examination for grade IIB as outlined in section 5-4.5 · And/or the requirements of section 5-4.4 of this Subpart.
C	Six months of operating experience at a minimum of a grade C water treatment plant.	Minimum of a High school diploma or New York State Equivalency Diploma.	· Grade C Course - Minimum 18 Hours · Validated examination for grade C as outlined in section 5-4.5 · And/or the requirements of section 5-4.4 of this Subpart.
D	One year of operating and maintenance experience in a distribution system serving 1,000 people or more.	Minimum of a High school diploma or New York State Equivalency Diploma.	· Grade D Course - Minimum 15 Hours · Validated examination for grade D as outlined in section 5-4.5 · And/or the requirements of section 5-4.4 of this Subpart.