SECTION 35:10-5-3. Qualifications

(a)   The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture shall review and evaluate the qualifications of each applicant for service technician and shall issue to qualified applicants a license card, including an assigned license number and designations that identify the service technician, the service agency by which the applicant is employed and the categories of devices that the service technician is authorized to place in service.

(b)   The license must be in the possession of the service technician at all times during servicing or testing of weighing and measuring devices.

(c)   To be licensed as a service technician, you must possess the following minimum qualifications:

(1)   Satisfactory completion of manufacturer's approved training or service agency training in the servicing of each category of device that the applicant seeks to be licensed to service;

(2)   Satisfactory completion of a one-year general apprenticeship under the supervision of a licensed service technician in each category of device that the applicant seeks to be licensed to service; and

(3)   Ownership of, or employment by, a service agency that owns test equipment that meets the standards for minimum equipment set out in the category of devices.

(d)   The State Department of Agriculture shall reserve the authority to review the program of instruction for any training programs conducted by manufacturers to determine if they are acceptable as minimum qualifications for service technician licensing.

(e)   Training and apprenticeship credentials accepted by the State Department of Agriculture from a licensed service technician or apprentice service technician shall be transferable to that person if the person changes employers from one service agency to another.

[Source: Added at 10 Ok Reg 2563, eff 6-25-93]