Installer Certification 20.5.14 NMAC

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Installer Certification20.5.14 NMAC

• The effective date for certified installer
  requirements for performing UST system
  installations or repairs in New Mexico was
  September 16, 1989.
• The effective date for certified installers to
  perform AST system installations or repairs in
  New Mexico will be August 15, 2004 which is one
  year from the effective date of the revised
  regulations.
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Installer Certification

• A certified installer is certified by the
  department to install and repair AST and UST
  systems.
• Exercises supervisory control of the certified
  work
• Is physically present on-site at the critical
  junctures in the installation, modification or
  repair
• - A repair activity involving
  disconnecting or affecting the integrity of the
  piping, tank or overfill systems,or work on a
  line or tank leak detection system, then the
  repair is not normal maintenance and requires a
  certified tank installer unless excepted in
  Sections 1401 and 1402.
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Installer Certification

• Exceptions to repair requirement for a certified
  installer
• Internal lining of a tank
• Installation or repair of cathodic protection
  systems
• Other installation or repair approved in advance
  in writing by the department as an exception
• An applicant taking the on-site examination,
  Section 1406
• Normal maintenance
• Work on line or tank leak detection systems by
  technicians approved by the department in advance
  if the technicians are trained by the
  manufacturer.
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AST and UST Installer Certification

• Requirements for both AST and UST installers
• One level of certification
• Application fee of 50
• 1 year of work experience within the preceding 3
  years in installation or repair for which the
  application is being made
• Pass a written examination administered by an
  approved certification educator, International
  Code Council (ICC). Separate exams for AST and
  UST certifications
• Pass separate on-site examinations for AST and
  UST installer certification.

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UST and AST Installer Certification

• ICC has separate exams for UST and AST installer
  certification
• National examinations for UST and AST Installers
  are designed to determine installers knowledge
  of industry standards and codes
• National examination fee is 75
• Installers can take the examination in
  Albuquerque, NM and El Paso, TX on demand
• ICC certification program is currently recognized
  in Arizona, Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Washington,
  Illinois, Indiana and New Hampshire
  
• Certified installer certification would also
  include an examination that covers UST and AST
  regulations (separate exams)
• New Mexico examination fee will be an additional
  45.

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UST and AST Installer Certification

• Allow an applicant to request an on-site
  examination within 180 days of submission of the
  application and another 180 days extension
  (Section 1406)
• If the applicant does not pass the exam with in
  the 180 day 180 day extension, the applicant
  will need to file a new application
• Eliminated the 15 hours of continuing education
  requirement in Section 1408 for renewal
  application.

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Renewal of Certification

• Same requirements for both AST and UST
  Certification (Section 1408)
• 50 Renewal fee.
• Demonstrate completion of 2 system
  installations, modification or repair during
  a 4 year period.
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• Pass an ICC or alternative test.

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Installers Duties and ObligationsSection 1409

• A certified individual shall exercise supervisory
  control over any installation or repair
  undertaken and must be physically present at all
  critical junctures
• A certified installer shall have knowledge of
  materials, technical requirements and
  installation or repair procedures for any storage
  tank system the installer undertakes to install
  or repair
• A certified installer shall not certify to an
  owner or operator of a storage tank system that
  an installation or repair is complete unless the
  installation or repair complies with the storage
  tank regulations and the Hazardous Waste Act

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Installers Duties and ObligationsSection 1409

• Certified installers have a duty to report to the
  department any and all releases
• Certified installers shall not perform any
  installation, modification, repair or removal
  without providing notice.

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Enforcement Department ActionsSection 1410

• Regulations provide for the revoking of an
  installer certification for the appropriate
  reasons
• Proposed regulations shall serve the applicant
  or certificate holder a written notice of
  contemplated action as required by the Uniform
  Licensing Act, when the department contemplates
  denying an application or revoking a certificate
• The certificate holder may not apply for a
  minimum of 2 years for certification for the type
  of installer certification revoked.