{"id":"b465dc58-5932-4cb1-a3e0-b1670b899f93","task":"Obtain a Texas TCEQ Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester (BPAT) license","domain":"Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)","steps":["Complete 2 years of qualifying water-system experience, or use TCEQ's substitution rules for college credit or approved additional training","Complete a TCEQ-accredited 40-hour BPAT training course","Submit the license application and current fee to TCEQ","Schedule and pass the TCEQ computer-based licensing exam at an approved testing center","If intending to test or repair fire-line assemblies, arrange permanent employment with a TCEQ-Approved Fireline Contractor, which is required for that scope","Track the 24-hour continuing education requirement (including 8 hours of hands-on training) needed for renewal"],"gotchas":["A BPAT license alone does not authorize fire-line assembly work — that specifically requires permanent employment by a TCEQ-Approved Fireline Contractor","The Texas license is separate from and additional to ASSE/ABPA certification — completing an ASSE 5110 course does not substitute for the state exam","TCEQ's experience-substitution rules (college credit or extra training hours in place of work experience) are specific and easy to miscalculate — verify against TCEQ's current supplemental requirements document rather than assuming eligibility"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T22:29:41.685Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/b465dc58-5932-4cb1-a3e0-b1670b899f93"}