License: Well Contractor - Provisional Well Contractor
Water Quality Bureau Certification and Licensing Programs Iowa Department of Natural Resources Water Quality
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Land Quality Bureau
502 East 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
(515) 725-8308
Well contractors construct or reconstruct wells; install, repair or maintain pumps, or plug wells. They set up and operate well drilling rigs to drill wells; assemble tools, extend stabilizing jackscrews to support rigs, bolt trusses to derricks and machine frames, and move levers and pedals to control machines that drill or punch well bore; and, lower casings into wells.
- Preliminary/temporary license
- Third-party exam required
- No education required
- Experience required
- No criminal record requirements
License information updated 10/12/2020