Water Well Contractor Examination Part 3 — Experience in the Construction of Water Wells — Information & Free Practice

The authority has not published an examination outline; the practice questions follow the scope of the existing question bank.

• Site assessment and preliminary design

  • Siting, aquifer information, demand, and preliminary well design
• Safety and mobilization

  • Utility clearance, ground conditions, rig setup, blocking, and leveling
• Rotary drilling operations

  • Pits, circulation, bits, stabilizers, pumps, and cuttings removal
• Drilling fluids

  • Mud composition, mixing, pH, viscosity, testing, and adjustment
• Casing, screens, and gravel packs

  • Formation sampling, screen selection, installation, packers, and gravel placement
• Geology, sampling, and drilling logs

  • Cuttings collection, formation identification, water-bearing intervals, and field records
• Grout materials and placement methods

  • Mix design, quantity, density, bottom-up placement, and approved methods
• Cable-tool and bored-well construction

  • Starting holes, drive shoes, bailers, casing advance, bored-well design, and completion
• Well development, yield, and disinfection

  • Development methods, completion criteria, yield tests, and chlorination
• Construction reports and completion records

  • Report timing, construction details, geologic logs, signatures, and variance samples