CHAPTER I: OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL
PART 172 PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT CONTRACTOR LICENSING
SECTION 172.50 LICENSED CONTRACTOR'S EMPLOYEE CERTIFICATIONS
Section 172.50 Licensed Contractor's Employee Certifications
a) A certified employee is an individual who performs a UST activity for a licensed UST contractor and has successfully completed OSFM prescribed exams for the module in which the employee is conducting the UST activity.
b) A contractor shall have at least one employee certified for the permitted UST activity, unless the contractor itself is an individual contractor who is so certified.
c) A contractor shall have at least one employee certified in the UST activity for which the permit was issued actively supervising the UST activity being performed on the job site, unless the contractor itself is an individual who is so certified and supervises the work. At all times during UST operations, there shall be a certified employee or certified individual contractor on the job site; subcontractors are not employees.
d) Certified employees of licensed contractors shall possess a wallet card verifying successful passage of OSFM approved exams. The wallet card must be carried by the certified employee on UST job sites at all times and shall be available upon request by any OSFM representative.
e) Electricians must be hired and supervised by a licensed petroleum equipment contractor for all permitted UST activity requiring electrical work.
f) Licensed contractors and any of their employees performing a UST activity shall possess OSHA Identification Cards, described in Section 172.60, on UST job sites at all times that shall be made available upon request by any OSFM representative.
g) Licensed contractors in all UST activity modules are required to follow the scheduling requirements for date certain and/or time certain schedules established by DPCS. For cathodic protection testing and tightness testing (tank and line), 24-hour advance notice shall be provided by the contractor via fax or other approved methods. Emergency testing shall be reported to the OSFM within 24 hours by fax or other approved method.
h) UST activities may be shut down by any OSFM representative if individual contractors or their employees are not in compliance with subsections (a) through (g) of this Section. Such work shall not resume until approval is granted by the OSFM.