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Alabama Competency Exams area during testing, no additional time will be
permitted
he Alabama propane gas industry has •Employees MUST have a valid (which
been under the current Competency means not expired) form of government issued
Exam requirements for a couple of years photo identification. NO ID, NO TESTING!
T now Everyone should be aware that new •All examinations are open book IT IS
employees must sit for the appropriate exams YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to provide your employees
before working unsupervised with any of the following resource materials for
them to use during testing:

PROVIDE STUDY GUIDE TO EMPLOYEES Did you -NFPA 58 LP-Gas Code (2011 Edition)
know that on the Board’s website, you will find a -NFPA 54 National Fuel Gas Code (2012 Edition)
study guide PER EXAM for you to provide to your -Code of Federal Regulations Title 49 (49 CFR)
employees PRIOR to sitting for exams We are -Alabama LP-Gas Board
finding that MANY of the companies are sending Administrative Code
their employees to sit for exams without ever -Alabama LP-Gas Board
showing them the study guide Please don’t do Laws
this to your employees Click here to download -NFPA 1192 Standard on
the study guide and keep in a file for all new Recreation Vehicles
employees to review (2008 Edition)
IMPORTANT NOTE...
ADD HANDS-ON TRAINING PRIOR TO TESTING It 1) ONLY the Editions
is not fair to send your new employees to sit for noted above will be
exams when they do not have any or very little permitted to be used uLisa Hillu
exposure to what they will be testing on Take (Example: only the 2011
the time to work through the study guides with Edition of NFPA 58 is
them and show them what the study guide is permitted...no other year may be used!)
referring to Most people learn better with visual 2) PRIOR TO TESTING, you may write in,
examples highlight and/or tab in your resource material
3) NO LOOSE PAPERS ALLOWED...bringing
KNOW THE RULES FOR WRITTEN EXAMS! a binder with other materials is not allowed.
•Make sure your employees show up prior (Example: printing the law from the website
to exam start times! They will not get extra time if cannot be used...the Board now has the Law/
they are late If the employee leaves the exam Regulation in a pamphlet form you can get
ahead of time or the day of testing.)
•No cell phones, smart watches,
or other electronic devices permitted
in the exam area just leave them in
the vehicle!!
•If caught cheating or attempting
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exam, EMPLOYEE WILL BE DISMISSED!

You as the owner/manager have
a responsibility to know the testing
details and pass along as much
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