Frequently Asked Questions
After selecting Purchase on a course, you will be brought to the checkout page where you will see the course you selected in your cart.
From there, if you'd like to purchase another course along with it, click Buy Online Courses from the top menu and navigate to the course you want to add to your cart. Once you click Purchase on the second course, you will see both courses in your cart.
Repeat this for as many courses as you'd like and then complete the checkout form to purchase them all at once.
Many of our users are licensed in several states. Pick a single state and single license number when completing courses. Send your completion certificates to each other state you are licensed in with a simple cover letter giving your license number for the state you are submitting to. We have given this advice for many years and have never had a refusal from any state.
Each state has its own licensing requirements for drillers & installers. However all states require a period of time in the industry prior to licensing, often 12-24 months.
A licensing examination is required after the time-in-the-industry requirement has been satisfied. Some states require that during your time in the industry, you must document that you have gained certain fundamental drilling or pump installation experiences. This documentation may be in the form of well completion certificates or other acceptable verification.
All states requiring licensing for well drillers &/or pump installers have license preparation information available. Search your state's website or contact them by email, mail, or phone/fax and they'll be glad to help.
The well drilling/pump installation industry is constantly looking for new employees. The industry is unknown to many and so excellent employment possibilities often go unfilled.
It is absolutely fact that careers in the well drilling and pump installing industry, offering a solid future, are waiting for good people. Probably very close to where you are living now, or where you want to live, there are openings waiting for good people. How do you find them? Check with the Well Drilling and Pump Installing businesses in the area where you want to work.
You can sign up and take any of our courses without a Driller's License Number. Simply enter "Applicant" in the Driller's License Number field when you set up your account, and when you do receive your license, add the number by updating your profile from the Profile menu.
No Problem – Simply log in to the ISWD site, www.welldrillingschool.com once again and the site will allow you to resume where you left off.
No Problem – ISWD’s new site remembers where you left off. Simply log back into our site – www.welldrillingschool.com and resume your course.
No Problem. – You can contact ISWD by simply pressing the RED Contact Us button on the home page of our website. This will allow you to send us an email. Please tell us: 1. Your name; 2. Your State; 3. The name of the course you took online, 4. The date you took the course. And, 5. Very importantly – Your correct email address. When we receive this information from you, we will send you a duplicate copy of your certificate.
No Problem. – In the space where it asks for your License/Apprentice Number, simply type – Applicant.
Rather than simply list states, here is our advice:
If any state refuses to accept credit for any of our online CE courses, we will gladly refund the purchase.
We make this promise because we have seldom, if ever, had any course refused.
Pick the state you do most work in and enter that state when using our online courses.
Send copies of your completion certificates to all states you are licensed in along with a cover letter
giving your license number for that state.
We have not had any push-back from states when using this approach.
Not any longer. We recommend you contact either of these well-known schools that do offer hands-on training:
Southwest Mississippi Community College (http://www.smcc.edu/)
Sir Sanford Fleming College (https://flemingcollege.ca/)
We strongly suggest using ONLY Google Chrome as the internet browser to access this site. Using Chrome solves almost all course loading issues.
Please allow the site 24 hours to process your course completion and send you a completion certificate.
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What if
I have a power outage or a computer crash etc. while I am doing my course?
No Problem – Simply log in to the ISWD site, www.welldrillingschool.com once again and the site will allow you to resume where you left off.
I cannot complete the full course in one sitting?
No Problem – ISWD’s new site remembers where you left off. Simply log back into our site – www.welldrillingschool.com and resume your course.
I do not receive my certificate?
No Problem. – You can contact ISWD by simply pressing the RED Contact Us button on the home page of our website. This will allow you to send us an email. Please tell us: 1. Your name; 2. Your State; 3. The name of the course you took online, 4. The date you took the course. And, 5. Very importantly – Your correct email address. When we receive this information from you, we will send you a duplicate copy of your certificate.
I do not have a license Number. I am an apprentice or just want to do a course for general interest?
No Problem. – In the space where it asks for your License/Apprentice Number, simply type – Applicant.