Operator Certification & Licensing
Septage Operator Certification

Renewing Your Certification

Ch. NR 114, Wis. Adm. Code.[PDF exit DNR] requires that you earn continuing education credits to maintain an active certification. This continuing education requirement is designed to help you keep current on new requirements and technical innovations. Continuing education also helps you acquire additional knowledge and skills.

Six weeks before your certification expires, you will receive a courtesy renewal letter (please notify a septage coordinator of any change in address). This letter serves as a courtesy reminder only. It is your responsibility as an operator to keep track of your certification expiration date. When you are ready to renew, mail the renewal letter, the continuing education slips, and the $65 to the Statewide Certification Coordinator at:

WI DNR - Septage Certification
PO BOX 7921
MADISON WI 53707-7921

The renewal materials must be postmarked by the expiration date on your certificate (there is no grace period). Any renewal postmarked after the expiration date should also include the $100 penalty fee. Once your certification expires, you are not considered a certified septage operator. If you are an operator-in-charge and your certification is expired, your business is also out of compliance.

Once a certificate expires, you are given one year to renew your lapsed certification. You are NOT considered a certified operator during this lapse of your certification. If your certification is not renewed within that one year time period, you will need to re-take the written exam as a new operator. Operators may not renew their certificate by taking certification examinations unless their certificate has been expired for at least one year.

Contact

For more information or questions on the septage operator certification program, please contact:

Kelly Thompson
(608) 266-8948