Friday, August 24, 2012

CONVENTIONAL ONSITE SOIL EVALUATOR (COSE) EXAMINATION

EXAMINATION CANDIDATE INFORMATION BULLETIN
 Onsite Sewage System Professionals - Examination Candidate Information Bulletin (click here)

Examination Content Outlines and Reference Materials

The following was excerpted from the Candidate Information Bulletin by PSI:  
CONVENTIONAL ONSITE SOIL EVALUATOR - COSE - EXAMINATION (Page 8)
1. Site Characterization (30 Items)
1A. Local Ordinances
1B. Soils
1C. Testing
1D. Site and Sanitary Survey/Landscape
Landscape
Topography
Site features (wells, lakes, streams, sink holes)
Buried utility lines
1E. Limiting Factors
Area and Geometry
Soils
2. Design (38 Items)
2A. Treatment (ST, Filters)
System Selection
2B. Dispersal
Loading rates
Trench design
2C. Conveyance
Gravity
Pump
Siphon
2D. Distribution
Distribution boxes
Materials
Leveling
2E. Wells and Water Supplies
Springs
Cisterns
Construction
3. Health and Safety (7 Items)
3A. Waterborne disease
3B. Enclosed space
3C. Trench Safety
3D. Ethics
Reference Materials
GMP 122 - Proprietary System Modifications (click here)  GMP 122 - Attach. | Approved Manufacturers (click here)
GMP 147 Policy, (click here)
Soil Profile Description Manual, Virginia Department of Health, (click here)
OSHA PART 1926, Code of Federal Regulations – 29, Parts 1900 to 1910.999 - Revised as of July 1, 2004, (202) 693-1888, (click here)
Virginia Private Well Regulations, 12 VAC Section 5, Chapter 630, The Private Well Regulations - 12 VAC 5-630-10 et seq., Virginia Department of Health, (click here) Forms and Supplementary Documents, (click here)
Virginia Sewage Handling and Disposal Regulations - 12 VAC 5-610, Commonwealth of Virginia Sewage Handling and Disposal Regulations, Virginia Department of Health (2000), (click here) Forms and Supplementary Documents, (click here)
Code of Virginia Title 54.1, Chapter 4, Section 54.1-402. (click here)

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