Volume 2 4/2004
Have you ever wondered if Ecology
received your Notice of Intent to drill that water or resource
protection well? Have you ever wanted a list of drilling companies or
licensed drillers in Washington State? As a driller, did you need to
know how many CEUs you have and had to leave a message and wait for an
Ecology staff person to call you back?
We have just released an internet
version of our Well Construction and Licensing System. Just click on the
link below. Its user friendly with an extensive help feature if you
can’t find the information you’re looking for.
The first menu option will allow
you to look up a Notice of Intent. Just enter the NOI number (starts
with a W, R, E, S or A) and hit search. If it’s in the database, Ecology
has received it!
The second menu option let’s you
find currently licensed water and/or resource protection well drillers
in Washington State.
The third menu option was made for
drillers. This will allow a licensed driller to view his/her classes
taken and ceus obtained, address info and more.
The last menu option let’s you find
drilling companies that have drilled wells in the State of Washington.
This is useful to a property owner if you would like to know which
companies have drilled wells in your area. If you are a company owner,
please be sure that the information listed is correct.
NOTE: If you want to know if a
company has been licensed and insured, check with Labor and Industries.
Ecology DOES NOT license and insure drilling companies, only individual
well drillers.
Here’s the link
Washington State Labor and Industries
- Homepage
Volume 1 9/2003
Before CEUs may be
assigned to a given course, the course must be evaluated. It is a
good idea to ask for course approval BEFORE taking a class. It may take
some time to assign CEUs to a class, so don’t wait until the last minute
to have your class evaluated.
There are a variety of
courses that may be taken to satisfy continuing education requirements.
For more specific information click here (link to Continuing Education
for Licensed Well Operators).
There are many classes
that have been evaluated and assigned continuing education units and are
listed (link to Continuing Education listing).
In order to evaluate a
new class, we need to be able to answer the following questions.
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How many hours was the
class?
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What was the class
content?
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What are the
qualifications of the instructor?
To answer these
questions, the following information must be gathered.
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Class agenda
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Class curriculum
(outline) – for workshops and seminars this question might be answered
in the course agenda.
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Instructor biography –
this should include the instructor’s experience, education and
background.
There is also a
form
that the instructor may fill out that will satisfy these requirements.
After all necessary
information has been obtained, please mail to Richard Szymarek at
Washington State Department of Ecology, PO Box 47600, Olympia, WA
98504-7600.
