2006 Utah Code - 40-2-15 — Certification requirements -- Fees.

     40-2-15.   Certification requirements -- Fees.
     (1) The Labor Commission shall collect a fee for:
     (a) certification tests; or
     (b) sections of the test that must be retaken.
     (2) The Labor Commission shall establish fees by following the procedures and requirements of Section 63-38-3.2.
     (3) An applicant who fails any section of the certification test may retake that section of the test.
     (4) (a) An applicant who wishes to obtain a mine foreman certificate shall have at least four years varied underground coal mining experience, of which:
     (i) two years' experience may be credited to a mining engineering graduate of an approved four-year college; or
     (ii) one year's experience may be credited to a graduate of a two-year course in mining technology.
     (b) (i) An applicant who wishes to obtain a surface foreman certificate shall have at least three years of varied surface experience.
     (ii) The Labor Commission may grant a surface foreman certificate applicant credit for surface experience in any other industry that has substantially equivalent surface facilities.
     (c) An applicant who wishes to obtain a fire boss certificate shall have at least two years of underground coal mining experience, of which:
     (i) one year's experience may be credited to a mining engineering graduate of an approved four-year college; or
     (ii) six months' experience may be credited to a graduate of a two-year course in mining technology.
     (d) An applicant who wishes to obtain an underground mine electrician certificate shall have at least one year of varied electrical experience as specified in 30 C.F.R. Sec. 75.153.
     (e) An applicant who wishes to obtain a surface mine electrician certificate shall have at least one year of varied surface electrical experience as specified in 30 C.F.R. Sec. 77.103.
     (5) A certificate issued under Sections 40-2-14 and 40-2-15 shall expire if the certificate holder ceases to work in the mining industry or a mine related industry for more than five consecutive years.

Amended by Chapter 5, 2006 General Session