DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE OSSF
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
TCEQ - ANS Adopted the current OSSF Rules in 1997 & revised them several times
Designated Representative - ANS Is responsible for reviewing permit applications, site
evaluations, planning materials and conducting inspections of OSSF's.
Installer - ANS Individual who holds a valid license from the TCEQ & who is compensated by
another individual to construct install alter or repair an OSSF
Site Evaluator - ANS Individual who visits a site and conducts soil evaluations and a site
survey
Installer II & Maintenance Provider - ANS OSSF licenses that require previous experience
Designated Representative - ANS These Individuals working in any capacity for an OSSF
authorized agent cannot work as an installer, Designer for a fee, or private Site Evaluator within
jurisdiction of the permitting authority
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, Pre-qualifications for an exam - ANS Submit application, pay class and application fees,
complete appropriate training course
3 year term - ANS New OSSF licenses are issued for
24 hours - ANS How many hours of the TCEQ approved continuing education course must an
individual complete in order to renew the license
9 steps of permitting process - ANS Site & soil evaluation conducted by Site Evaluator, select
OSSF, system planned by qualified individual, prepare and submit permit application, application
and planning materials reviewed by permitting authority, receive permit to construct,
construction, system inspected at appropriate stages, notice of approval & permit to operate
issued by permitting authority
Criminal Penalties/Injunction or civil suit/Administrative Penalties - ANS Penalties for
violating the laws, rules or regulations covering OSSF
PE (Professional Engineer) or RS (Registered Sanitarian) - ANS Planning materials for an OSSF
utilizing secondary treatment can be prepared by
Installer II - ANS Who can legally install a septic tank followed by a low pressure dosing drain
field at a rental house
Equipment & procedures to protect work site - ANS Cones barricades high level flags, pre-
warn, sign properly, regulate speed, guide properly
5 feet deep - ANS OSHA requires that all excavations over how many feet deep be sloped
shored or otherwise supported before a person enters
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
VERIFIED 2025/2026.
TCEQ - ANS Adopted the current OSSF Rules in 1997 & revised them several times
Designated Representative - ANS Is responsible for reviewing permit applications, site
evaluations, planning materials and conducting inspections of OSSF's.
Installer - ANS Individual who holds a valid license from the TCEQ & who is compensated by
another individual to construct install alter or repair an OSSF
Site Evaluator - ANS Individual who visits a site and conducts soil evaluations and a site
survey
Installer II & Maintenance Provider - ANS OSSF licenses that require previous experience
Designated Representative - ANS These Individuals working in any capacity for an OSSF
authorized agent cannot work as an installer, Designer for a fee, or private Site Evaluator within
jurisdiction of the permitting authority
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Pre-qualifications for an exam - ANS Submit application, pay class and application fees,
complete appropriate training course
3 year term - ANS New OSSF licenses are issued for
24 hours - ANS How many hours of the TCEQ approved continuing education course must an
individual complete in order to renew the license
9 steps of permitting process - ANS Site & soil evaluation conducted by Site Evaluator, select
OSSF, system planned by qualified individual, prepare and submit permit application, application
and planning materials reviewed by permitting authority, receive permit to construct,
construction, system inspected at appropriate stages, notice of approval & permit to operate
issued by permitting authority
Criminal Penalties/Injunction or civil suit/Administrative Penalties - ANS Penalties for
violating the laws, rules or regulations covering OSSF
PE (Professional Engineer) or RS (Registered Sanitarian) - ANS Planning materials for an OSSF
utilizing secondary treatment can be prepared by
Installer II - ANS Who can legally install a septic tank followed by a low pressure dosing drain
field at a rental house
Equipment & procedures to protect work site - ANS Cones barricades high level flags, pre-
warn, sign properly, regulate speed, guide properly
5 feet deep - ANS OSHA requires that all excavations over how many feet deep be sloped
shored or otherwise supported before a person enters
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
