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Computer-Based Testing for Occupational Licenses

Take your license examination on a computer!

On this page:CBT flyer

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, if the exam site has available seating (4 attempts per application)
  • User-friendly computer screens

Examinations available for CBT by Licensing Program

        • Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester (BPAT) - written portion
        • Customer Service Inspectors
        • Landscape Irrigation
          • Landscape Irrigation Inspector
          • Landscape Irrigation Technician (English Only)
        • Municipal Solid Waste Facility Supervisors
          • Class A
          • Class B
        • On-site Sewage Facility (OSSF)
          • OSSF Maintenance Provider
          • OSSF Designated Representative
        • Wastewater Treatment and Collection System Operators
          • Class I Wastewater Collection System Operator
          • NEW Class II Wastewater Collection System Operator
          • 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 using our online application, Occupatoinal Licensing Electronic Application (OLEA). Paying the $111 processing fee will be required before you can submit your application on e-Application.

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 in an approved status.

Registered Computer-Based Testing Centers

Contact each testing location to schedule a CBT exam.

Amarillo - Region 1

Test Center Location Contact Information
Amarillo College Student Service Center, 101
2201 South Washington
Amarillo, Texas 79109		 Website: Amarillo Testing Center
Email: testingservices@actx.edu
Phone: 806-371-5445

Lubbock - Region 2

TCEQ currently has no CBT test centers in this region. Please check back.

Abilene - Region 3

Test Center Location Contact Information
Vernon College - Wichita Falls Testing Center
 Century City Center
Room 101
4105 Maplewood
Wichita Falls, TX 76308		 Website: Vernon College Testing Information
Email: itctesting@vernoncollege.edu
Phone: 940-689-3778
Vernon College - Vernon Testing Center
 4400 College Drive
Vernon, TX 76384		 Website: Vernon College Testing Information
Email: itctesting@vernoncollege.edu
Phone: 940-552-6291 ext.2317
Midwestern State University
 Hardin South
RM 224
3410 Taft Blvd
Wichita Falls, TX 76308		 Website: MSU Testing Center
Email: lynn.ducioame@mwsu.edu
Phone: 940-397-4676
Texas State Technical College - Abilene
 650 E. Hwy 80
Abilene, TX 79601

Website: Register at TSTC - Abilene
Email: susan.hash@tstc.edu
Phone: 325-734-3641
Texas State Technical College - Brownwood
 305 Booker Street
Brownwood, TX 76801

Website: Register at TSTC - Brownwood
Email: kim.carroll@tstc.edu
Phone: 325-641-5955
Texas State Technical College - Sweetwater
 300 Homer K Taylor Drive
(Sears Building)
Sweetwater, TX 79556		 Website: Register at TSTC - Sweetwater
Email: patricia.caprio@tstc.edu
Phone: 325-235-7441
Texas State Technical College - Breckenridge 307 N. Breckenridge Avenue
Breckenridge, TX 76424

Website: Register at TSTC - Breckenridge
Email: lisa.langford@tstc.edu
Phone: 254-559-7731

Dallas/Ft. Worth - Region 4

Test CenterLocationContact Information
Navarro College

Gooch One Stop Student Center
Room 103
3200 W 7th Avenue
Corsicana, TX 78110

 Website: Navarro College
Email: corsicana.testing@navarrocollege.edu or brady.jones@navarrocollege.edu
Phone: 903-875-7457
Grayson College - Denison Room DC-115
6101 Grayson Drive
Denison, TX 75020		 Website: Grayson Main Campus Testing Center
Email: testing@grayson.edu
Phone: 903-463-8724
Grayson College - Van Alstyne

1455 West Van Alstyne Parkway
Van Alstyne, TX 75495

Website: Grayson Testing Center
Email: khalafm@grayson.edu
Phone: 903-415-2509
Tarrant County College Northwest Campus WCTS-1148
4801 Marine Creek Pkwy
Fort Worth, TX 76179		 Website: TCC Testing Center
Email: ProfessionalTesting@tccd.edu
Phone: 817-515-7653
Weatherford College Jack Knight Building
225 College Park Dr
Weatherford, TX 76086		 Website: Weatherford Testing Center
Email: testing@wc.edu
Phone: 817-598-6383
Texas A&M University 2200 Campbell Street
Commerce, TX 75428		 Website: A&M Commerce Testing Office
Email: testingoffice@tamuc.edu
Phone: 903-886-5122

Tyler - Region 5

Test Center Location Contact Information
Texarkana College Palmer Memorial Library
2500 North Robison Rd
Texarkana, TX 75599		 Website: TC Testing Center
Email: texarkanacollege.edu/forms/email/
Phone: 903-823-3278
Northeast Texas Community College 2886 FM 1735
Chapel Hill Road,
Mount Pleasant, TX 75455		 Website: www.ntcc.edu
Email: testing@ntcc.edu
Phone: 903-434-8273 or 8272

El Paso - Region 6

Test Center Location Contact Information
Sul Ross State University Box C-171
Room UC211D
Alpine, TX 79832		 Website: Sul Ross Testing Center
Email: jrueb@sulross.edu
Phone: 432-837-8178
University of Texas - El Paso 2060 Hawthorne St.
El Paso, TX 79902		 Website: UT El Paso Testing Center
Email: testing@utep.edu
Phone: 915-747-5009

Midland - Region 7

Test Center Location Contact Information
Odessa College 201 W. University Blvd.
Odessa, TX 79764		 Website: Odessa College Testing Center
Email: testingcenter@odessa.edu
Phone: 432-335-6620
University of Texas - Permian Basin Mesa Buliding #1160
4901 E. University
Odessa, TX 79762		 Website: UT Permian Basin Testing Center
Email: moreno_t@utpb.edu or madrid_l@utpb.edu
Phone: 432-552-2630

San Angelo - Region 8

Test Center Location Contact Information
Howard College

3501 N. US Highway 67
San Angelo, TX 76905

Website: Howard College Testing Center
Email: satesting@howardcollege.edu
Phone: 325-481-8300 Ext. 3405

Waco - Region 9

Test Center Location Contact Information
Texas A & M Engineering Extension Service TEEX Rellis Campus, Bldg 8000
3100 State Hwy 47
Bryan, TX 77807		 Website: TEEX Testing Center
Email: itsi@teex.tamu.edu
Phone: 800-723-3811
Central Texas College 6200 W Central
Texas Expressway
Killeen, TX 76549		 Website: Central Texas College
Email: victor.gates@ctcd.edu
Phone: 254-526-1168
Texas State Technical College - Waco 3801 Campus Drive
Student Services Center
Waco, TX 76705		 Website: Register at TSTC - Waco
Email: pamelia.hunter@tstc.edu
Phone: 254-867-2028

Beaumont - Region 10

Test Center Location Contact Information
Lamar Institute of Technology 855 East Lavaca St.
Technology Center Building
Room 112 (inside the Learning Lab)
Beaumont, TX 77705		 Website: LIT Testing Center
Email: testingcenter@lit.edu
Phone: 409-839-2027
Stephen F. Austin University Rusk Bldg, RM 328
2008 Alumni Drive
Nacogdoches, TX 75962		 Website: SFA Testing Center
Email: sfatesting@sfasu.edu
Phone: 936-468-3958

Austin - Region - 11

Test Center Location Contact Information
Austin Community College ACC Highland Campus
6101 Airport Boulevard
Austin, TX 78752		 Website: ACC Testing Center
Email: bact@austincc.edu
Phone: 512-223-7395 Campus phone: 512-223-7395
Austin Community College 4400 College Park Drive,
Round Rock, TX 78665		 Website: ACC Testing Center
Email: bact@austincc.edu
Phone: 512-223-7395 Campus phone: 512-223-0158

Houston Region - 12

Test Center Location Contact Information
Galveston College Regents Hall, Room 117
4015 Avenue Q
Galveston, TX 77550		 Website: GC Testing Center
Email: kfahringer@gc.edu
Phone: 409-944-1290
Houston Community College 1300 B Holman St, RM 211
Houston, TX 77004		 Website: HCC Testing Center
Email: ce.testing@hccs.edu
Phone: 713-718-6011
Sam Houston State University Huntsville Campus
1921 Avenue J
Academic Building IV, RM 102
Huntsville, TX 77340		 Website: SHSU Testing Center
Email: test.ctr@shsu.edu
Phone: 936-294-1025
College of the Mainland Enrollment Center A-126
1200 Amburn Road
Texas City, TX 77591		 Website: Certification Exams
Email: testingcenter@com.edu
Phone: 409-933-8676
Texas Southern University

Until further notice: The Office of Testing will temporarily locate to the University Learning Center (UAV). The building is located on the corner of Rosewood & Canfield Streets. Please park at the East Side Garage (Tierwester & Cleburne).

Roderick R. Paige School of Education Building
Basement Level 007
3100 Cleburne Street
Houston, TX 77004

 Website: TSU Testing Center
Email: testing@tsu.edu
Phone: 713-313-6838
Wharton County Junior College Richmond Campus
5333 FM 1640
Room 124B
Richmond, TX 77469

Website: Wharton County JC Testing Center
Email: kollmannt@wcjc.edu or kolojacol@wcjc.edu
Phone: 281-239-1532

San Antonio - Region 13

Test Center Location Contact Information
Alamo Colleges – San Antonio College San Antonio College
Assessment / Testing Center
Fletcher Administrative Center, Room 112
1819 N. Main Ave
San Antonio, TX 78212

Website: https://www.alamo.edu/sac/about-sac/college-offices/assessment-and-testing/TCEQweblink/
Contact: Oscar C. San Miguel
Email: sac-Assessment@alamo.edu
Texas A&M University - San Antonio Central Academic Building, Suite 209
One University Way
San Antonio, TX 78224		 Website: www.tamusa.edu/testing-center
Email: testing.center@tamusa.edu
Phone: (210) 784-1366
University of Texas - San Antonio University of Texas
One UTSA Circle
Multiple Disciplinary Building
Suite 1.01.04
San Antonio, TX 78249		 Website: https://testing.utsa.edu/texas-commission-on-environmental-quality-tceq/
Email: testing.usta.edu
Phone: (210) 458-4125

Corpus Christi - Region 14

Test Center Location Contact Information
Del Mar College 3013 Ayers, Room 125
Multi Service Center
Corpus Christi, TX 78404		 Website: DMC Testing Center
Email: testing@delmar.edu
Phone: 361-698-1645
Texas A&M University Kingsville Robert B. Cousins Hall
Room 101
925 W. Santa Gertrudis Ave.
Kingsville, TX 78363		 Website: Kingsville Testing Center
Email: testing@tamuk.edu
Phone: 361-593-3303
University of Houston - Victoria Jaguar Hall
Suite 1129
2705 Houston HWY
Victoria, TX
Website: UHV Testing
Email: testing@uhv.edu
Phone: 361-570-4285

Harlingen - Region 15

Test Center Location Contact Information
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Resaca Village Plaza
1601 E. Price Rd.
Suite E
Brownsville, TX		 Website: UTRGV Testing Center
Email: testing@utrgv.edu
Phone: 956-882-8875
Texas State Technical College - Harlingen 1902 N. Loop 499
Student Services Center Room 312
Harlingen, TX 78550		 Website: Register at TSTC - Harlingen
Email: testing@tstc.edu
Phone: 956-364-4310

Laredo - Region 16

Test Center Location Contact Information
Texas A&M International University Senator Judith Zaffirini Student Success Center 201
Laredo, Texas 78041-1900		 Website: http://www.tamiu.edu/uc/testing_center/
Email: thetestingcenter@tamiu.edu
Phone: 956-326-2888