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Nova Scotia Environment
Well Drilling Certification of Qualification |
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| Who Needs This Certification of Qualification? |
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Anyone who wants to hold themselves out as a well driller
on any property which that person does not own or lease. |
| Issuing Department / Agency: |
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Nova Scotia Environment |
| Where can you get further information? |
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Contact: |
Central Region Office
N. S. Environment & Labour |
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Phone: |
(902) 424-7773 |
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Visit: |
Sunnyside Mall
1595 Bedford Highway, Suite 224
Bedford NS B4A 3Y4 |
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E-mail: |
policy@gov.ns.ca |
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Website: |
http://www.gov.ns.ca/nse/water/wellcontractors.asp |
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Write: |
Same address as above |
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Fax: |
(902) 424-0597 |
| Application Forms & Process: |
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You can get an application form for this Certificate by downloading
a form or by contacting the Central Regional Office as listed above.
After completing the form, submit it and the appropriate fee to the above
address.
Appliicants for this certification must meet certain requirements, please
see Additional Information:, below.
The application is reviewed and the applicant is invited to attend a
meeting to be interviewed and tested by the Nova Scotia Well Construction
Advisory Board. If all requirements are met and the examination is passed,
the applicant will then be required to do a field test. Applicants who
successfully pass their field test with receive their certification by
mail within 30 days.
Applications which have had no follow up in 12 months will expire. |
| Waiting Period: |
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60 days or less, provided that all requirements for an application
have been met. |
| Expiry & Renewal: |
| | This certificate is valid until December 31 of the year in which it is
issued. It must be renewed annually. A renewal notice will be sent out
prior to expiration to all current certificate holders.
A renewal form can be downloaded by clicking
here.
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| Price: (No tax is charged) |
| | New Application:
$300.00 for primary driller in a company & one machine
$100.00 for each additional driller
$ 25.00 for each additional machine
Annual Renewal:
$300.00 for primary driller in a company & one machine
$100.00 for each additional driller
$ 25.00 for each additional machine
Please make cheque or money order payable to the Minister of Finance.
Deposit Bond: Security may be required based on the past performance or
financial situation. However, bonding on a financial basis would be very
rare. |
| Related Requirements: |
| | Registration with the Registry of Joint Stocks Companies , if applicable.
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| Additional Information: |
| | The applicant must:
- Be 18 years of age or older;
- Have no less than 4000 hours of work experience, supervised by a
certified well driller, in operating a well drilling machine, at least
1500 hours of which has been performed in the province of Nova Scotia;
- Be interviewed by the On-Site Services Advisory Board;
- Successfully complete a written or verbal test of competence in well
drilling and demonstrate a working knowledge of the Well Construction
Regulations;
- Successfully complete a field test to demonstrate practical knowledge
of well construction; and
- Submit the appropriate fee as indicated above.
For lists of currently certified Well Drillers, Well Diggers, Pump Installers
and Public Drinking Water Supply Contractors, click
here.
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| Legislative Authority: |
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Environment Act, Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1994-95, Chapter 1, Well
Construction Regulations. |
