CN-370000-GW284.pdf

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This is a contract between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Florida Ground Water Association, Inc. (FGWA), a Florida non-profit corporation. The contract, identified as DEP Contract No. GW284, establishes an agreement for FGWA to administer a Water Well Contractor Continuing Education Program that provides coursework and continuing education for water well contractor licensure and license renewal.

The contract establishes a five-year term with provisions for renewal, during which FGWA will develop and manage a continuing education program requiring water well contractors to complete twelve (12) total hours of approved coursework for initial licensure or license renewal. At least six (6) hours must focus on water well construction technologies, methodologies, practices, and Florida water well licensing rules, while the remaining six (6) hours can cover health and safety requirements or business management practices. The program is designed to encourage learning of new technologies, improve industry professionalism, and ensure contractors stay current with regulatory requirements. There is no direct compensation to FGWA, as the organization will offset expenses through administrative fees related to the program.

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ATTACHMENT A

Scope of Services For the Water Well Contractor Continuing Education Program

This Water Well Contractor Continuing Education Program Scope of Services (Scope) describes the requirements necessary for a qualified non-profit organization to implement a program to provide approved coursework to persons seeking to apply for water well contractor licensure and license renewal, pursuant to Chapter 62-531, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), Water Well Contractor Licensing Requirements.

Florida Ground Water Association, Inc. (the "Administrator''), the organization awarded Contract No. GW284 resulting from DEP Solicitation No. 2014001 C, shall comply with the Scope listed below and the requirements of the Contract.

1. PURPOSE

The purpose of tbe Water Well Contractor Continuing Education Program (CE Program) is to encourage the learning of new well drilling technologies, methods and practices, and to improve the industry's professionalism, business management practices, health and safety requirements and practices, and knowledge of the State of Florida water well contractor licensing and water well permitting and construction rules.

Any person applying for a water well contractor license or renewal of a water well contractor license must complete twelve (12) hours of approved coursework in order to be licensed to engage in the business of water well contracting as required by Chapter 373, Florida Statutes {F.S.), Part 111, Regulation of Wells, and Chapter 62-531, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.), Water Well Contractor Licensing Requirements.

A minimum of six (6) approved coursework hours must be specifically related and relevant to water well construction industry drilling technologies, methodologies and practices and/or applicable State of Florida water well licensing, permitting and construction statutes and rules. No more than six (6) approved coursework hours may be specifically related and relevant to water well construction industry health and safety requirements, practices and procedures and/or business management and accounting practices and procedures.

The CE Program is not designed or approved for post-secondary academic credit toward an associate degree at the community college level or at an accredited four (4)-year college or university. Rather, the CE Program is designed to provide individuals seeking to obtain a water well contractor license, or for licensed professional water well contractors renewing their license, an opportunity to attend a variety of approved coursework with significant intellectual or practical content to enhance and improve the knowledge of the water well contractor professional and to enhance career potential. The continuing education requirement is intended to encourage professionals to expand their foundations of knowledge and stay up-to-date on new methods, technologies and developments.

2. DEFINITIONS

A. "Administrator" means an entity awarded a contract by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to implement a program of approved coursework for water well contractor licensure and license renewal.

DEP Contract No. GW284, Attachment A, Page 1 of 8

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