General Well Driller Examination — Information & Free Practice

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

• Licensure Scope and Licensee Duties

  • License scope, qualifications, employment, and supervision
  • Licensee identification, responsibilities, renewal, and conduct
• Well Permitting and Authorization

  • Permit prerequisites, preparation, and application requirements
  • Permit duration, emergency authorization, relocation, transfer, and use
• Well Siting and Contamination Protection

  • Separation distances and location restrictions
  • Contamination review, construction safeguards, and site access
• Casing, Screens, and Gravel Packs

  • Casing materials, dimensions, joints, and placement
  • Screen selection, aquifer protection, and gravel packs
• Annular Seals and Grouting

  • Annular dimensions, placement, timing, and inspection
  • Grout mixtures, water conditioning, cure, and performance
• Construction Water, Fluids, Development, and Wellheads

  • Construction water, drilling fluids, and lost circulation
  • Well development, pitless equipment, caps, and head completion
• Pumping Controls and Special Water-Supply Wells

  • Access ports, meters, backflow control, pumps, and vents
  • Flood-zone, public, industrial, agricultural, and construction wells
• Well Disinfection and Water-Quality Release

  • When disinfection and bacteriological testing are required
  • Disinfectant dosage, contact, residual, flushing, and sampling
• Completion Records and Identification Tags

  • Completion reports, formation logs, signatures, and attachments
  • Tag timing, placement, fastening, and return
• Repair, Sealing, Alternative Compliance, and Enforcement

  • Repair limits, sealing triggers, materials, procedures, and reports
  • Alternative methods, variances, discipline, suspension, and appeals