Scope of Profession - Water Well Driller

In this section,

  • “undertakings of the branch of the designated trade” means the following:
    • the designing, drilling, construction, development, servicing, disinfecting, sanitation, reconditioning and decommissioning of water wells;
    • the repairing, servicing, installing and disinfecting of water well pumps and systems;
  • “water well” means a hole or shaft sunk into the earth by means of a mobile rotary, boring or cable tool drilling rig to provide access to a water source for residential, commercial or industrial purposes or any combination of those purposes.

Undertakings and Activities

When practicing or otherwise carrying out work in the undertakings of the branch of the designated trade, the following activities are performed within the water well driller branch of the designated trade of water well driller: 

  • designing, drilling, constructing, developing, servicing, disinfecting, sanitizing, reconditioning and decommissioning water wells; 
  • repairing, servicing, installing and disinfecting water well pumps and systems;
  • completing a bore hole into a finished productive water well; 
  • completing and grouting a bore hole; 
  • completing water well records and reports as required by the Government of Alberta and the groundwater industry;
  • operating the tools of the designated trade; 
  • operating and maintaining equipment and drilling systems for drilling water wells; 
  • heating and cutting metal using the appropriate equipment;
  • connecting and installing electrical connections to water pumps; 
  • identifying and applying the standards and regulations governing the groundwater industry; 
  • identifying and describing geological formations; 
  • exploring for groundwater; 
  • recognizing groundwater flow; 
  • interpreting chemical content of groundwater; 
  • monitoring and managing natural gas in the drilling and completion of water wells;
  • monitoring groundwater.

Restricted Activities

The following activities, when performed within undertakings of the branch of the designated trade and by the specified classes of individuals, are restricted activities within the water well driller branch of the designated trade of water well driller:

  • designing, drilling, constructing, developing, servicing, disinfecting, sanitizing, reconditioning and decommissioning water wells;
  • repairing, servicing, installing and disinfecting water well pumps and systems;
  • completing a bore hole into a finished productive water well;
  • completing and grouting a bore hole;
  • completing water well records and reports as required by the Government of Alberta and the groundwater industry;
  • operating the tools of the designated trade;
  • operating and maintaining equipment and drilling systems for drilling water wells;
  • heating and cutting metal using the appropriate equipment;
  • connecting and installing electrical connections to water pumps;
  • identifying and applying the standards and regulations governing the groundwater industry;
  • identifying and describing geological formations;
  • exploring for groundwater;
  • recognizing groundwater flow;
  • interpreting chemical content of groundwater;
  • monitoring and managing natural gas in the drilling and completion of water wells;
  • monitoring groundwater.