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70 Pa. Code § 8.3. Training and certification with respect to individual types of weighing and measuring devices.

§ 8.3. Training and certification with respect to individual types of weighing and measuring devices.

 An inspector or sealer shall successfully complete applicable NIST training with respect to each type of weighing or measuring device he seeks to test or inspect under authority of the act. In addition to the general training described in §  8.2 (relating to general adoption of NIST training program), the following training or certification, or both, is required of persons who inspect or test particular types of weighing or measuring devices:

   (1)  UPC scanning systems and PLU devices. A State inspector, county sealer or city sealer shall be a certified UPC/PLU inspector, as described in Chapter 5 (relating to UPC scanning systems and PLU devices), as a prerequisite to inspecting UPC scanning systems or PLU devices for purposes of the act.

   (2)  Types of weights and measures referenced in §  4.4. A State inspector, county sealer or city sealer shall successfully complete the applicable training course indicated on the current list of NIST training courses in §  4.6 (relating to training courses) as a prerequisite to inspecting or testing any of the categories and types of weighing and measuring devices in §  4.4 (relating to categories and types of weighing and measuring devices which a CEWM may inspect) for purposes of the act.

   (3)  Other weights and measures with respect to which NIST training courses exist. If there exists a NIST training course applicable to a specific category or type of weighing and measuring device not described in paragraph (1) or (2), a State inspector, county sealer or city sealer shall successfully complete that training course as a prerequisite to inspecting or testing that category or type of device for purposes of the act.



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