Definitions and substitutions for experience requirements for operator certification.
Effective Apr 19, 202131 SDR 71Source: 6 SDR 49, effective November 19, 1979; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 141, effective July 1, 1987; 20 SDR 56, effective October 28, 1993; 27 SDR 53, effective December 4, 2000; 31 SDR 71, effective November 24, 2004; SL 2021, ch 1, §§ 8, 19, effective April 19, 2021. | General Authority: SDCL 34A-3-24. | Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-3-3 , 34A-3-4.
The following definitions and substitutions for experience requirements are used in determining the qualifications of operators:
- (1) Experience is time spent at a plant or system in satisfactory performance of operational duties;
- (2) At least 80 percent of experience requirements must be actual operating experience in a plant or system;
- (3) One year of education above the high school level may be substituted for one year of experience, up to a maximum of 50 percent of the experience requirements; and
- (4) Acceptable operation includes only work involved in operations. Reports made by personnel of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources are used as a basis for determining whether or not operation is satisfactory.
Source: 6 SDR 49, effective November 19, 1979; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 141, effective July 1, 1987; 20 SDR 56, effective October 28, 1993; 27 SDR 53, effective December 4, 2000; 31 SDR 71, effective November 24, 2004; SL 2021, ch 1, §§ 8, 19, effective April 19, 2021.
General Authority: SDCL 34A-3-24.
Law Implemented: SDCL 34A-3-3 , 34A-3-4.
Prior versions effective: 2004-11-24.