CBT license examinations offer:
- The convenience of numerous CBT exam sites
- Daily access and expanded hours to CBT exam sites
- Immediate exam score with e-mail option
- Immediate printed exam analysis feedback with e-mail option
- License issued to applicants passing CBT exam within one week of exam date
- Immediate retesting option before leaving the site after the first of 4 attempts (or 30-day waiting period)
- Only a 30-day waiting period for second and third CBT retests
- User-friendly computer screens
Examinations available for CBT by Licensing Program
- Customer Service Inspectors
- Landscape Irrigation
- Landscape Irrigation Inspector
- Landscape Irrigation Technician (English Only)
- Municipal Solid Waste Facility Supervisors
- On-site Sewage Facility (OSSF)
- OSSF Maintenance Provider
- Wastewater Treatment and Collection System Operators
- Class B Wastewater Treatment Facility Operator
- Class C Wastewater Treatment Facility Operator
- Class D Wastewater Treatment Facility Operator
- Water Treatment and Distribution System Operators
- Class B Groundwater Operator
- Class B Surface Water Operator
- Class B Water Distribution
- Class C Groundwater Operator
- Class C Surface Water Operator
- Class C Water Distribution
- Class D Water
- Water Treatment Specialists
- Class III
- Class II
- Class I
Pre-approval of your licensing application is required. For pre-approval, applicants must:
- complete license requirements—
- education
- experience
- training
- submit an application with the $111 processing fee to TCEQ Occupational Licensing, MC-178, PO Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087
- To obtain an application, e-mail to licenses@tceq.texas.gov and include your name, mailing address and what type of license you will be applying for. An application packet will be mailed to you upon receipt of your request.
Applicants will be notified of approval status in writing within 30–45 days (either an approval or deficiency letter).
Upon receiving an approval letter, the applicant will need to:
- make an appointment with a registered Test Center to take the exam
- pay a nominal fee to the Test Center
Retesting by CBT after failing a written test is allowed, so long as your application is approved and you have waited at least 30 days after failing the test.
Registered Test Centers
- Amarillo College
Location: Student Servide Center, Room 101
Phone: 806-371-5445
- Austin Community College
You must call 512-223-7769 to preregister for TCEQ licensing exams.
- El Paso Community College
Jaime Moreno
Ph: 915-831-3221
- Midwestern State University
3410 Taft Blvd
Hardin Administration Building (Hardin South, Room 224),
Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Ph: 940-397-4676
- North Central Texas Council of Governments
Regional Training Center
624 Six Flags Drive, Suite 130
Arlington, Texas 76011
Phillis Lowery, Regional Training Center Supervisor
Ph: 817-608-2310
- Sam Houston State University
Academic Building IV (AB4),on the corner of Bower's Blvd. and Avenues I and J
Huntsville, TX
Ph: 936-294-3025
- Stephen. F. Austin University
Nacogdoches, TX Ph: 936-468-3958
- Tarrant County College (Northwest Campus)
WCTS-1113
4801 Marine Creek Pkwy
Fort Worth, TX 76179
Ph: 817-515-7653
- Texas Engineering Extension Service
TAMU Riverside Campus, Building 7900
3100 State Highway 47
Bryan, TX 78707
Ph: 1-800-SAFE-811 (800-723-3811)
Andrew Wenzel, Training Director
Ph: 979-845-1274
- Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
Ph: 713-313-7387
Email: testing@tsu.edu
Keep checking this Web page for updates and additions to the list of registered CBT sites.
