An Advisory Committee on
Water Supply and Wastewater Licensed Operator
Training is hereby established to:
- Advise the Department through the Board
on such matters as are referred to the
Committee by the Department or Board with
respect to the instructional process leading
to State licensing of system operators
and for the further educational advancement
of licensees;
- Coordinate the activities of New Jersey
educational institutions offering or proposing
to offer appropriate coursework;
- Establish and periodically update standardized
course outlines for the educational training
of the operators of water supply and wastewater
facilities leading to State licenses and
specifying a minimum number of classroom
hours for each;
- Periodically review available textbooks
in the field of water supply, water treatment
and wastewater treatment, and make recommendations
for standard textbooks which should be
used for approved courses;
- Act as a clearing house on matters affecting
water supply and wastewater licensee training
in New Jersey; and
- Review and make recommendations to the
Department regarding those seminars, workshops,
training courses, college courses or other
means, which are acceptable as credit toward
training contact hours for license renewal.
The Committee members shall be appointed
and may be reappointed by the Commissioner
for terms of three years and shall include,
as a minimum:
- One representative who is a Department
employee from the Board;
- Three representatives who are Department
employees, one from wastewater regulation,
one from water supply regulation and one
from water compliance and enforcement;
- Two representatives from nomination lists
submitted by the New Jersey Section American
Water Works Association one of these representatives
shall be a licensed operator, and one shall
be a member of the Education Committee
of the American Water Works Association;
- Two representatives from nomination lists
submitted by the New Jersey Water Environment
Association; one of these representatives
shall be a licensed operator, and one shall
be a member of the Education Committee
of the New Jersey Water Environment Association;
- Two representatives from nomination lists
submitted by the Association of Environmental
Authorities; one of these representatives
shall be from a water authority and one
shall be from a wastewater authority;
- Two members selected from environmental
groups in the State actively concerned
or involved in water quality or wastewater
treatment;
- One representative from a nomination
list submitted by the New Jersey Business
and Industry Council;
- Two members selected from a list prepared
by educational institutions in the State
conducting courses in water supply or wastewater
treatment operations, or which conducted
an appropriate course in the immediately
preceding academic year; and
- The Director of the Office of Continuing
Professional Education at Cook College,
the State University of New Jersey.
If a vacancy should occur on the committee
during the term of a member, the Commissioner
may fill the vacancy by appointing a qualified
person for the time remaining in the term.
The Advisory Committee shall meet at least
once each year.
- Minutes shall be kept.
- A copy of all recommendations and minutes
shall be sent to each member and the Chairman
of the Board.
Administrative support for the Advisory
Committee shall be provided by the Examination
and Licensing Unit.
Amended by R.1997 d.48, effective February
3, 1997.
See: 28 N.J.R. 4300(a), 29 N.J.R. 480(c).
Substantially amended (b); in (d), decreased
minimum number of meetings each year from
two to one, and deleted reference to the
Director of the Division of Water Resources;
and in (e), substituted the Bureau of Revenue
for the Division of Water Resources.
Amended by R.2000 d.406, effective October
2, 2000.
See: 32 N.J.R. 2279(b), 32 N.J.R. 3585(a).
Added (a)6; in (e), substituted "Examination
and Licensing Unit" for "Bureau
of Revenue".
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