{"data":{"id":"us-va/18vac160-40-130","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"18VAC160-40-130","heading":"Qualifications for master conventional onsite sewage system installer licenses","body":"An applicant for licensure as a master conventional onsite sewage system installer must furnish acceptable documentation that one of the following qualifications has been met:\n\nPrerequisites\n\nExam Required\n\nEducation Required\n\nDocumented Qualifying Experience\n\n1.\n\nEmployee, owner, director, or officer of a properly licensed contractor with a conventional sewage disposal system contracting ( CDS) or alternative sewage disposal system contracting (ADS) specialty issued by the Virginia Board for Contractors\n\nYes\n\n20 hours of training approved by the board covering basic installation of conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems\n\nSix months of full-time experience installing conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems\n\n2.\n\nEmployee, owner, director, or officer of a properly licensed contractor with a conventional sewage disposal system contracting ( CDS) or alternative sewage disposal system contracting (ADS) specialty issued by the Virginia Board for Contractors\n\nYes\n\nNo\n\nOne year of full-time experience installing conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems\n\n3.\n\nJourneyman conventional or alternative onsite sewage system installer license\n\nYes\n\n20 hours of training approved by the board covering basic installation of conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems\n\nThree months of full-time experience installing conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems\n\n4.\n\nJourneyman conventional or alternative onsite sewage system installer license\n\nYes\n\nNo\n\nSix months of full-time experience installing conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems\n\n5.\n\nMaster conventional or alternative onsite sewage system operator license\n\nYes\n\nNo\n\nThree months of full-time experience installing conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems\n\n6.\n\nNone\n\nYes\n\nNo\n\nTwo years of full-time experience installing conventional or alternative onsite sewage systems","path":["Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing","Agency 160. Board For Waterworks And Wastewater Works Operators And Onsite Sewage System Professionals","Chapter 40. Onsite Sewage System Professionals Licensing Regulations","Part III. Onsite Sewage System Installers"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title18/agency160/chapter40/section130/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:17Z","sha256":"17f9c669e79953aa89287bdde09dc7c51fe7d625a364fa0a90fbaa56a0b29c38","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/18vac160-40-120","next":"us-va/18vac160-40-140"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}