Minnesota Well Contractor Written Examination — Information & Free Practice

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Minnesota Well Contractor Written Examination

Provider: Minnesota Department of Health
Format: Written examination; the applicable rule also permits the commissioner to determine a combined format.

Practice scope

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

Licensing and Professional Practice
- Licensure, examination, credential scope, and qualification
- Professional responsibilities, renewal, equipment registration, and enforcement
Notifications, Permits, Records, and Samples
- Construction and sealing notifications, permits, variances, and delegated programs
- Construction and sealing records, geologic descriptions, and cutting samples
Siting and Aquifer Protection
- Aquifer separation, prohibited injection, utility clearances, buildings, and access
- Water-body, flood, contamination-source, and protective-depth requirements
Construction Materials and Sealing
- Casing, screens, gravel packs, drilling fluids, and additives
- Grouting, annular seals, casing treatment, and permanent sealing
Water Systems and Water Quality
- Pumps, wellhead connections, pressure tanks, vents, and repair
- Disinfection, water sampling, and public water-supply wells
Special Wells, Borings, and Geology
- Dug, remedial, dewatering, monitoring, geothermal, elevator, and environmental work
- Minnesota geology, aquifers, confining layers, recharge, and drawdown

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