Installer and Maintenance Provider Certification/Recertification

Installer and Maintenance Provider RECERTIFICATION

Under OAR 340-071-0650, installer and maintenance provider recertification is required every three years following initial certification. Chemeketa Community College will extend certification to certified onsite system installers and maintenance providers who complete 18 hours (1.8 Continuing Education Units, CEU’s) of approved continuing education following their most recent certification and to each formerly certified person who completes these requirements within six months after his certification expires.

To recertify, Installers and Maintenance Providers must submit proof of completion of approved CEU’s to Chemeketa with a fee. Chemeketa will issue a new laminated certification card with a new certification number and expiration date. Those Installer and Maintenance providers who do not receive recertification within three years of their most recent certification are no longer eligible to perform construction, installation, repair or perform maintenance of onsite systems.

CEU Information: For courses to qualify toward recertification they must be approved by the Oregon Environmental Services Advisory Council (OESAC) and listed on their website. If you or your organization are holding, or have held, a class that you would like to be evaluated for qualification toward recertification you must submit an application to OESAC. If you want to see if a course you have taken will qualify toward recertification you can view the list of approved courses at the OESAC website.

• Oregon Environmental Services Advisory Council

Recertification Process: Chemeketa Community College has mailed the following letter to all certified persons who have an expiration date in 2009. Please reference it if you have any questions about how to get recertified.  Do not submit your CEU’s with your license renewal.

• Chemeketa Recertificaion Letter PDF

Installer and Maintenance Provider Certification

Under OAR 340-071-0650, beginning on March 1, 2006, installer and maintenance provider certification is required to obtain a license. The department has an interagency agreement with Chemeketa Community College to provide a program to train and certify onsite system installers and maintenance providers as described in OAR 340-071-0650. Currently training is only offered at Chemeketa Community College.  Students who complete the 6-hour course and pass the certification test (a passing grade equals a score of 70% or better), or who can provide proof of having previously passed the exam, will be mailed a serial-numbered, laminated certification card. A copy of this card is needed to obtain a license.

• Community College training information

Installers: under OAR 340-071-0650 a person who supervises or is responsible for construction or installation of onsite systems must be a certified and licensed installer unless the person is the permittee for construction or installation of the system or the permittee's regular employee.
Note: Certified installers must obtain a license to conduct construction or installation of onsite systems.

• List of currently certified Onsite System Installers PDF

or Download a spreadsheet (.csv) file of the list


• List of currently RECERTIFIED Onsite System Installers PDF
  (These installers will show as expired on the certification list above, but have completed their continuing education requirements and are re-certified.) or Download a spreadsheet (.csv) file of the list
   
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Maintenance Providers: under OAR 340-071-0650 a maintenance provider who inspects, maintains, or certifies or supervises maintenance of onsite systems using alternative treatment technologies, recirculating gravel filters, or commercial sand filters must be certified as a maintenance provider and by the manufacturer of the system unless the maintenance provider owns the system being serviced.

• List of currently certified Onsite System Maintenance Providers PDF

or Download a spreadsheet (.csv) file of the list


• List of currently RECERTIFIED Onsite System Maintenance Providers PDF
  (These maintenance providers show as expired on the certification list above, but have completed their continuing education requirements and are re-certified) or Download a spreadsheet (.csv) file of the list

Results From the Installer Survey

On January 29, 2009 we sent a survey to the certified installers whose certifications expire in 2009. 1104 cards were sent to the address that each certified installer provided at the initial certification class.  The list of original certified installers can be viewed here:

http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/onsite/docs/certinstallers.pdf

The survey could be returned in the mail or conducted online.  The survey closed on February 20, 2009.  The intent of the survey was to determine if there was an extensive problem with installers being able to maintain their certification.  The survey asked the following questions:

1.       How many continuing education hours have you completed as of January 30, 2009?

2.       Do you plan on maintaining your certification?

3.       Do you anticipate having the 18 continuing education hours needed to maintain your certification when it expires?

The results of the survey have been tabulated and a summary is provided here:

·         75 surveys were returned “undeliverable” – please check the list of original certified installers and notify Chemeketa Community College at 503-399-5181 if any information needs to be changed.

·         149 (14.5%) of the delivered surveys were completed.

·         120 respondents (81%) indicated that they will have enough continuing education hours to maintain their certification (15 respondents indicated they will not have enough continuing education hours to maintain their certification, 14 respondents did not answer this question). 

·         136 respondents (92%) indicated that they plan on maintaining their certification (9 respondents indicated they do not plan on maintaining their certification, 4 respondents did not answer this question). 

The results of the survey did not indicate that there was an extensive problem with installers being able to maintain their certification.

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