certification Policies and Training Institutions

Please click on the heading below for information on Certification, Certificates and Training Providers.

Individuals from diverse careers and specializations are encouraged to take the cross-connection control tester certification course (aka backflow preventer tester certification course). This course is recommended for those in the health, plumbing, engineering, legal or consulting fields, as well as those working in water or wastewater utilities or in building & parks maintenance.

Each student shall be required to purchase a copy of the AWWA Canadian Cross-Connection Control manual, which is the recognized textbook for the course.

To qualify to become certified as a backflow preventer tester, the student shall have completed a course of instruction through an accredited training institution, shall have successfully passed a practical examination, shall have achieved a mark of 75% or higher on the written examination, and shall have applied for certification and paid any applicable fees to their respective Canadian AWWA Section.

On successful completion of a CCC Certification Course applicants will receive a Backflow Testers Certificate from WCS AWWA. The certificate is not a Testers License. There is a fee for the certificate and it is valid for 5 years from date of initial Testers Exam.

A tester shall be required to successfully recertify prior to the expiry of their tester's certificate. Recertification may take place at any point in the 12 months preceding their certificate's expiry date. The tester's certificate expiry date will be extended 5 years from the previous expiry date upon acceptance of the tester's application for recertification.
If a tester fails to recertify before their certificate expires, they shall be required to complete the full tester's course. A new anniversary date will be assigned based upon the acceptance of the tester's application for certification.

If you require a replacement certificate, please send the Replacement Form to info@wcwwa.ca and allow 2-3 weeks for delivery. A $10 fee applies (+GST).

To transfer a valid Backflow Testers Certificate from another AWWA Section, please send in the Certificate Transfer Form  with the required documents to info@wcwwa.ca and allow 2-3 weeks for delivery. A $50 fee applies (+GST).  Note that WCS AWWA will issue a new certificate number and the expiry date will be the same as the certificate being transferred.

CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL TRAINING INSTITUTIONS

within the WCS AWWA Region 

  • BEATS
    Back Flow Education and Training Services
    Mobile Training serving Western Canada
    Medicine Hat, AB
    p. 403-529-6833
    danielsbackflowtesting@gmail.com
    www.beatsinc.ca
  • Medicine Hat College
    299 College Drive SE Medicine Hat AB T1A 3Y6
    p. 403.529.3874
    EFerris@mhc.ab.ca
  • Cross Connection Control Training Institute Inc
    30 12221 44 ST SE Calgary AB T2Z 4H3
    p. 403.255.7938
    joe@neptuneplumbing.ca
    www.crossconnectiontraining.ca
  • Piping Industries Training School
    5649 Burbank Rd SE, Calgary, AB
    P. 403.252.3560
    brudyk@local496.ca
  • Southern Alberta Institute of Technology  (SAIT)
    1301 16 Ave NW Calgary AB T2M 0L4
    p. 403-2848-8537
    conedadvising@sait.ca
    Training Program
  • Backflow Tester Training Center
    14 Greystone Close, Lacombe AB
    P. 403.598.5211
    testertrainingcenter@gmail.com
  • Alberta Pipe Trades College
    16120 118 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5V 1C6
    p. 780-488-1266
    roxana.pulunto@ept488.ca
  • MTS Maintenance Training Systems Inc
    Various sites in Alberta, check website for details
    www.mtsinc.ca
    p. (250) 503.0893