74:21:02:48Definitions

and substitutions for experience requirements for operator certification. 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.