Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)

Student Services

Test Scheduling

Pre-registration is required because space is limited. You must call (936) 468-3958 to schedule your TCEQ Test(s).

Place: Thomas Rusk Building, Room 328, 2008 Alumni Drive, Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Time: You must call (936) 468-3958 to schedule your TCEQ licensing exams.
Cost: $40 (Cash, check, money order payable to SFASU, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, American Express) 
What to Bring: Payment and valid photo identification with signature
Identification Requirements: Current, valid (not-expired) driver’s license or another valid government issued I.D. with photo and signature

EXAMS

 The following examinations are currently available through the computer-based testing system:

  • Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester
  • Customer Service Inspector
  • Groundwater Operator Class B
  • Groundwater Operator Class C
  • Landscape Irrigation Inspector
  • Landscape Irrigation Technician
  • Landscape Irrigator
  • Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank (LPST)
  • Municipal Solid Waste Class A 
  • Municipal Solid Waste Class B
  • OSSF Designated Representative 
  • OSSF Installer I
  • OSSF Installer II
  • OSSF Maintenance Provider
  • OSSF Site Evaluator  
  • Surface Water Operator Class B
  • Surface Water Operator Class C
  • Underground Storage Tank (UST) A
  • Underground Storage Tank (UST) B
  • Wastewater Collection Operator Class I
  • Wastewater Collection Operator Class II
  • Wastewater Collection Operator Class III
  • Wastewater Operator Class A
  • Wastewater Operator Class B
  • Wastewater Operator Class C
  • Wastewater Operator Class D
  • Water Distribution Operator Class B
  • Water Distribution Operator Class C
  • Water Operator Class A
  • Water Operator Class D
  • Water Treatment Specialist Class I
  • Water Treatment Specialist Class II
  • Water Treatment Specialist Class III

All licensing candidates must be pre-approved by the TCEQ before candidates are eligible to take a CBT test. Once approved, the candidate will be eligible to attempt a total of four tests during a one-year approval period (initial test plus up to three retests). Only eligible tests for that individual will be available for them to take. The CBT application will not allow an individual access to a licensing test if he/she is not eligible to retest.

Candidates can retest once, immediately, if they fail the initial test, but must return on a separate day to attempt any additional of their 4 test attempts.

Unauthorized Aids

  • cell phones
  • telephones
  • books
  • notes
  • watch alarms
  • dictionaries
  • translators
  • any handheld electronic or photographic devices are NOT allowed to be used during the test or during breaks

Exceptions to Unauthorized Aids

The following articles can be used during TCEQ tests:

  •  A pencil or pen (supplied by the candidate or the testing center) 
  • Scratch paper (to be provided by the proctor, monitored, and collected before the candidate leaves the test center, whether blank or used)
  • A non-programmable calculator
  • Candidates for all levels of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Supervisor examinations can bring and use training manuals, notes, copies of rules, etc. These are open book examinations. MSW supervisors manage facilities like landfills and are NOT wastewater-related.

Contact TCEQ for additional information or call the Occupational Licensing at (512) 239-6133.