Training and Renewals | Massachusetts Title 5 Training and Certification

Renewal Information
for Massachusetts Onsite System Inspectors and Soil Evaluators

RENEWAL UPDATE – this information applies to those completing, or in need of completing, their second renewal and having an expiration date of June 30, 2010.

The second renewal for system inspectors (SI) and soil evaluators (SE) initially approved prior to 2005 was completed on June 30, 2010.  If your approval has a June 30, 2010 expiration date and you did not renew - then your approval has been revoked and you should not be doing Title 5 system inspections or soil evaluations.

If you did not renew your approval because you did not have enough Training Contact Hours (TCHs), you can still take classes and submit renewal paperwork up until December 31, 2010 to complete your renewal.  However, your approval remains revoked and you should not be doing Title 5 system inspections or soil evaluations until you submit a renewal form, the appropriate fee, and evidence of training and you receive a renewed approval back from NEIWPCC.  Any system inspector or soil evaluator (with a June 30, 2010 expiration date) who did not submit a renewal by December 31, 2010 must retake the examination(s) to regain their approval.

The chart below provides additional details of renewal deadlines and TCH requirements – based on date of initial approval:

TCH – Training Contact Hour

In 2006, revisions to Title 5, required a renewal process for all Soil Evaluators and System Inspectors. Title 5, 310 CMR 15.000 requires these approvals be renewed on a three (3) year cycle beginning January 1, 2007. The renewal process also applies to Massachusetts Professional Engineers with a concentration in civil, sanitary, or environmental engineering, Massachusetts Registered Sanitarians, or Massachusetts Certified Health Officers who are approved System Inspectors in accordance with 310 CMR 15.340(1). These revisions specify that all System Inspectors and Soil Evaluators initially approved by the Department (DEP) prior to January 1, 2005 shall apply to the Department, (or its agent) for renewal of their approval by January 1, 2007. Those approved after January 1, 2005 shall apply for renewal at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the three (3) years following their initial approval date. The regulations also state that as long as a completed application for renewal is filed within the timelines identified above, your initial approval will not expire until a final determination has been made on the renewal application. If you do not renew within these timeframes, you will need to retake a class and examination in order to get approved.

If you were initially approved in 2005 or later, you must complete and send a renewal application with a fee of $95 to NEIWPCC before the anniversary of your approval date.  2005 approvals must renew in 2008, 2006 approvals must renew in 2009, and 2007 approvals must renew in 2010.

In addition, the revisions to Title 5 require System Inspectors and Soil Evaluators obtain 10 hours of approved continuing education training, during the second and subsequent renewals. Any questions should be directed to the Massachusetts Certification hotline: 978-323-7929 x105.