1. Whether employed by the consumer or a utility to survey, test, repair, or maintain backflow prevention assemblies, the Certified Backflow Technician, Surveyor, or Repair Person will have the following responsibilities:
1. Ensuring that acceptable testing equipment and procedures are used for testing, repairing or overhauling backflow prevention assemblies.
2. Make reports of such testing and/or repairs to the consumer and the water purveyor on form approved for such use by the water purveyor within time frames as described by the Division of Drinking Water. Backflow Technician, Surveyor, or Repair Person is responsible for submitting test and repair forms to the Water Purveyor within 30 days of test/repairs performed.
3. Include the list of materials or replacement parts being used on the reports.
4. Ensuring that replacement parts are equal in quality to parts originally supplied by the manufacturer of the assembly being repaired.
5. Not changing the design, material, or operational characteristics of the assembly during testing, repair or maintenance.
6. Performing all tests of the mechanical devices/assemblies and shall be responsible for the competence and accuracy of all test and reports.
7. Ensuring that his/her license is current, the testing equipment being used is acceptable to the State of Utah, and is in proper operating condition.
8. Being equipped with, and competent to use, all necessary tools, gauges, and other equipment necessary to properly test, and maintain backflow prevention assemblies.
9. Tagging each backflow prevention assembly, showing the serial number, date tested and by whom. The certified technician's license number must also be on the tag.
2. Responsibility: Repair of backflow assemblies.
1. In the case of a consumer requiring an assembly to be tested, any currently Certified Backflow Technician is authorized to make the test and report the results to the consumer and the water purveyor. If any commercially tested assembly is in need of repair, the Construction Trade License Act requires a licensed plumber to make actual repairs on any assembly within a building.