Interim conventional onsite sewage system installer applicants shall have six months of full-time experience working with a firm holding a Sewage Handling and Disposal Permit (SHDP) issued by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH).

1.  What is a Sewage Handling and Disposal Permit (SHDP)? 

2.  “Six months of full-time experience” is very broad.  Some installation crews have one backhoe operator, one person laying out the trenches and another person shoveling gravel.  After six months the person shoveling gravel can apply for an interim conventional onsite sewage system license and then start his/her our business.  Get ready to use 18VAC160-20-140. paragraph 7.