Budgeting
This program needs to be financially self supporting. Attention should be paid to keeping costs to learners reasonable, as their costs and expenses in achieving and maintaining a license will ultimately be passed on to consumers as increased fees for septic designs and construction.
Continuing Education
Approximately 2000 individuals currently hold one or both types of septic license in New Hampshire; licenses are renewed biennially. Consequently about 1000 people need to seek continuing education hours each year. Currently there are common approaches to completion of the continuing education hours; a licensee can either attend a day-long seminar given by the Subsurface Bureau, or he can go to one or more workshops given by companies that supply materials to the trade. These options are all currently free or nominally priced.
Since the requirement for continuing education is for 6 hours per biennium, it would be reasonable, as well as in line with the requirements of other NH professional license rules, to require a minimum of 3 hours of the continuing education to be the state sponsored code review section. A fee of $5 for this (which could be added to the license renewal fee) would yield approximately $5000 per year, which would be a sufficient stipend for ongoing web maintenance.
Since the requirement for continuing education is for 6 hours per biennium, it would be reasonable, as well as in line with the requirements of other NH professional license rules, to require a minimum of 3 hours of the continuing education to be the state sponsored code review section. A fee of $5 for this (which could be added to the license renewal fee) would yield approximately $5000 per year, which would be a sufficient stipend for ongoing web maintenance.
Licensure Education
Currently the cost to take the New Hampshire licensing exams is $80, which includes the exam and the first two years of licensure. There is no education or experience requirement prior to taking either the designer or the installer license exam. At this point the subsurface bureau's licensing scheme is a tremendous bargain compared to other licensing within the state. See below for a comparison of education requirements and initial license fees for some New Hampshire licensed professions.
Considering the requirements for other licensed professions, it would be reasonable to charge $150 for the installers license course and $200 for the designer course, which is longer and includes a field component. This income would be put toward the training website and its maintenance.
Considering the requirements for other licensed professions, it would be reasonable to charge $150 for the installers license course and $200 for the designer course, which is longer and includes a field component. This income would be put toward the training website and its maintenance.