HAR §11-25-4. (2) WTPO Grade 1: a high school degree and one year of work experience

(3) WTPO Grade 2: (A) One year of work experience at a Class 2 or higher WTP, as an operator with Hawaii WTPO Grade 1 regular certification; (B) A high school degree and two years of work experience (including one year of work experience at a Class 2 or higher WTP); or (C) A qualifying bachelor's degree and one year of work experience at a Class 2 or higher WTP. (4) WTPO Grade 3: (A) One year of full-time work experience at a membrane filtration, Class 3, or Class 4 WTP (including one month of work experience at a Class 3 or 4 plant), as an operator with Hawaii WTPO Grade 2 regular certification; (B) A high school degree, and three years of work experience (including one year of full-time work experience at a membrane filtration, Class 3, or Class 4 WTP (including one month of work experience at a Class 3 or 4 WTP)); (C) A qualifying associate degree, and two years of work experience (including one year of full-time work experience at a membrane filtration, Class 3, or Class 4 WTP (including one month of work experience at a Class 3 or 4 WTP)); or (D) A qualifying bachelor's degree and one year of full-time work experience at a membrane filtration, Class 3, or Class 4 WTP (including one month of work experience at a Class 3 or 4 WTP). (5) WTPO Grade 4: (A) One year of full-time work experience at a Class 3 or 4 WTP, as an operator with Hawaii WTPO Grade 3 regular certification; (B) A high school degree, and four years of 25-9 3276 §11-25-4 work experience (including one year of full-time work experience at a membrane filtration, Class 3, or Class 4 WTP, and one year of full-time work experience at a Class 3 or 4 WTP); (C) A qualifying associate degree, and three years of work experience (including one year of full-time work experience at a membrane filtration, Class 3, or Class 4 WTP, and one year of full-time work experience at a Class 3 or 4 WTP); or (D) A qualifying bachelor's degree and two years of work experience (one year of full-time work experience at a membrane filtration, Class 3, or Class 4 WTP, and one year of full-time work experience at a Class 3 or 4 WTP). (c) The minimum work experience requirements for DSO certification are as follows: (1) DS Operator-in-training: no work experience. (2) DSO Grade 1: a high school degree and one year of work experience. (3) DSO Grade 2: (A) One year of work experience as an operator with Hawaii DSO Grade 1 regular certification; (B) A high school degree and two years of work experience; or (C) A qualifying bachelor's degree and one year of work experience. (4) DSO Grade 3: (A) One year of work experience as an operator with Hawaii DSO Grade 2 regular certification; (B) A high school degree and three years of work experience; (C) A qualifying associate degree, and two years of work experience; or (D) A qualifying bachelor's degree and one year of work experience. (5) DSO Grade 4: (A) One year of work experience as an operator with Hawaii DSO Grade 3 regular certification; 25-10 3276 §11-25-4 (B) A high school degree and four years of work experience; (C) A qualifying associate degree, and three years of work experience; or (D) A qualifying bachelor's degree and two years of work experience. (d) The minimum education and work experience requirements in years are summarized as follows: TABLE 1 MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS | | Total Years of Work Experience | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | GRADE | | | | | | Degree | OIT | 1 | 2 | 3^{a} | 4^{b} | | High School | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | Qualifying Associate degree | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | | Qualifying Bachelor's degree | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | $^{a}$For the WTPO Grade 3 certification, the years of work experience must include at least one year of full-time work experience at a membrane filtration, Class 3, or Class 4 WTP (of which at least one month of work experience is at a Class 3 or 4 WTP). $^{b}$For the WTPO Grade 4 certification, the years of work experience must include at least one year of full-time work experience at a membrane filtration, Class 3, or Class 4 WTP, and at least one year of full-time work experience at a Class 3 or 4 WTP. (e) The duration of the work experience in a currently held position shall be calculated up to the examination date. For WTPO certification, to earn a "year of work experience," a person shall operate a WTP for at least one hour per day for each of at least two hundred days. To earn a "year of full-time work experience," a person shall either operate a WTP for at least eight hours per day for each of at least two hundred days or for a cumulative time of 1,600 hours (two hundred days times eight hours per day). For DSO certification, to earn a "year of work experience", a 25-11 B276