Course Offerings

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Introduction to Activated Sludge Process

• Tour of Exhibits (8:30 - 9:30)

• Basic Activated Sludge Theory

• Sludge Quality Indicators

• Interpretation of Laboratory Data

• Process Equipment

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• Process Control Formula

• Operational Control Strategies

• Troubleshooting

• Process Problems

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

• Modifications of Activated Sludge Process

• Review and Discussion

MONDAY - FRIDAY, 8AM-5:00PM

The Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester course provides participants with an interest in cross-connection controls and proper maintenance of water quality standards with guidelines used for acceptable practices of testing backflow prevention devices. Students will be presented with the principles of cross-connection control and methods used to prevent backflow of undesirable substances into water distribution and plumbing systems carrying potable water.

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Introduction to Water

Analysis

• Laboratory Equipment and Techniques

• Laboratory Safety

• Quality Assurance and Quality Control

• Water Chemistry and

Preparation of Solutions

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• pH Analysis

• Alkalinity and Hardness

• Tour of Exhibits (9:30 - 10:30)

• Turbidity

• Jar Testing

• Bacteriological Analysis

• Chlorine Residual

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

Ammonia-TKN-TP-TOC

Secondary Constituents

Course Review

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

∙ Goals of Wastewater

Treatment

∙ The Operator and the Law

∙ The Water Cycle

∙ Pretreatment of Domestic Wastewater

∙ Characteristics of

Wastewater

∙ The Collection System

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• The Preliminary Treatment

• System and Flow Measurement

• Tour of Exhibits (10:00 - 11:00)

• Stabilization Ponds

• The Activated Sludge Process

• Sedimentation

• Fixed Film Treatment processes

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Sludge Processing

∙ Disinfection

∙ Safety

∙ Review

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

∙ Goals of Wastewater Treatment

∙ The Operator and the Law

∙ The Water Cycle

∙ Pretreatment of Domestic Wastewater

∙ Characteristics of

Wastewater

∙ The Collection System

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• The Preliminary Treatment

• System and Flow Measurement

• Tour of Exhibits (10:00 - 11:00)

• Stabilization Ponds

• The Activated Sludge Process

• Sedimentation

• Fixed Film Treatment Processes

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Sludge Processing

∙ Disinfection

∙ Safety

∙ Review

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Intro to Cross-Connection

• Case Histories

• Backflow

• Cross-Connections

• Tour of Exhibits (3:00 - 4:00)

• Lead/Copper Issues

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

∙ Degree of Hazard

∙ Avenues of Protection

∙ Legal Basis for Cross Connection Control

∙ Responsibilities

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Videos/Slide Presentation

∙ Cross-Connection Control Assemblies and Devices

∙ Gauges

∙ Safety

∙ Testing/Tester Issues

∙ Evaluation, Remarks, Q&A

MONDAY, 8AM-5PM

∙ Learning Beliefs

∙ Design a Lesson

∙ What Is Learning

∙ Operational Beliefs

∙ Mission Statement

∙ Process Approach

∙ Chapter Overviews

∙ Reviewing Design Activities

∙ Definitions

∙ Learning Theories

∙ Learning Principles

∙ Design Models

∙ Talking About Media

∙ Preliminary Id Model

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Review Homework

• Conceptual & Procedural Tools

• Designer Expertise

• Designer Competencies

• Reviewing Design Activities

• Moving into Analysis

• Intent Statement

• Needs Assessment

• Learner Profile

• Context Analysis

• Revised Mission Statement

• Reviewing Design Activities

• Taxonomies

• Tour of Exhibits (3:00 - 4:00)

• Learning Goals

• Learning Types

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

∙ Review Homework

∙ Learning Types

∙ Flexible Understanding

∙ Content Outline

∙ Learning Task Analysis

∙ Key Task Analysis

∙ Review Design Activities

∙ Definition of Assessment

∙ Assessment Purposes

∙ Learner Performance

∙ Assessment Possibilities

∙ Instructional Sequence

∙ Assessment Issues

∙ Assessment Plan

∙ Reviewing Design

∙ Instruction

∙ Instructional Frameworks

THURSDAY, 8AM-5PM

• Review Homework

• Instructional Repertoire

• Reviewing Design Activities

• Identifying Media Possibilities

• Technology and Learning

• Media Design Issues

• Developing Instructional Media

• Instructional Media Plan

• Design Activities Review

• Conditions of Learning

• Instructional Events

• Instructional Models

• Write a Prototype

• Continue Prototype

• Design a Syllabus

FRIDAY, 8AM-5PM

∙ Review Homework

∙ Syllabus Design (Continued)

∙ Review Design Activities

∙ Program Evaluation Value

∙ Formative Program Evaluation

∙ Summative Program Evaluation

∙ Review Design Activities

∙ Revised Instructional Design

∙ Learning from a Project

∙ Self-Assessment

∙ Mastering the Possibilities

∙ Feedback

∙ Exam Reviews

∙ Review and Evaluations

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Introduction to Groundwater

• Tour Exhibits (8:30 - 9:30)

• Origins and sources of

Groundwater

• Characteristics of Groundwater

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

∙ Groundwater Treatment

∙ Disinfection

∙ Hydraulics

∙ Well Location

∙ Well Construction

∙ Well Problems

∙ Pumps and Motors

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Storage & Distribution

∙ Records, Maps & Reports

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

∙ Introduction

∙ Pre-Test

∙ Centrifugal Pump

∙ Pump Nomenclature

∙ Couplings & Worksheet

∙ Replacement of Pump

Components

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• Replacement Worksheet • Packing Worksheet

• Tour of Exhibits (9:00 - 10:00)

• Mechanical Seals

• Hydraulics

• Piping

• Hydraulics

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

• Normal Operations

• Lubrication

• Lineshaft Turbines

• Special Pumping Units

• Post Test

MONDAY, 1PM-5PM

∙ Paperwork and Introductions

∙ Introduction to Surface Water

∙ Pretreatment

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Filter Operation and Maintenance

• Disinfection

• Turbidity and Nephelometers (Demo of Calibration & Measurement)

• pH and Ion Selective Electrodes (Demo of Calibration & Measurement)

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• Coagulation

• Flocculation

• Sedimentation

• Filtration

• Tour of Exhibits (2:30 - 3:30)

• Filter Media

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Chlorine Chemistry and Measurement

∙ Records and Reports

∙ Math

∙ Course Review

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Course Introduction

• Source Water Protection and Treatment

• Process Optimization

• Tour of Exhibits (2:30 - 3:30)

• Disinfection Byproducts Control

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• Disinfection Byproducts Control (Conclusion)

• Specialty Filtration Methods

• Treatment for Special

Water Issues

• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Surface Water Treatment Rule

∙ Video “Ammonia Test by I.S.E. Method”

∙ Plant Records,

Requirements & Benefits

• Performance Initiatives & Recognition Programs

• Wrap Up / Review

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Introduction

• Valve Purpose and

Classification

• Tour of Exhibits (9:30 - 10:30)

• Participant Activities

• Water Main Isolation Valves

• Block Map Legend

Presentation

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• Wastewater Valves

• Automatic Control Valves • Participant Activities

• Backflow Prevention

Devices

• Backflow Presentation

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Fire Hydrants

∙ Fire Hydrant Presentation

∙ Review/Questions

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Introduction

• State Requirements

• Tour of Exhibits (9:00 - 10:00)

• Exam and Need to Know Criteria

• Construction

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

∙ Lift Stations

∙ Sewer Maintenance and Operation

∙ Industrial Waste Monitoring

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Collection System Management

∙ Review

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Laboratory Equipment

• Permits/Quality Assurance • Records and Reports

• Data Handling and Required Testing

• Laboratory Safety

• Sampling/pH Analysis

• Chlorine Residual/Review

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• Total Suspended Solids (TSS)/Volatile Suspended

Solids (TVSS)

• Total Volatile Solids

(TVS)/Settleable Solids

• Tour of Exhibits (9:30 - 10:30)

• Laboratory Chemistry

• Dissolved Oxygen

(Iodometric and Electronic Methods)

• Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)

• Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

• Ammonia/Review

• Microscopic

Examinations/Fecal

Coliform/Bio-Monitoring

• Course Review

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Introduction and Regulations

• Characteristics of Wastewater

• Preliminary Treatment

• Tour of Exhibits (10:00 - 11:00)

• Activated Sludge

• Review

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• Sludge Digestion

• Sludge Processing and Disposal

• Oxidation Ponds and

Trickling Filters

• Modifications of Activated Sludge

• Review

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Laboratory Control

∙ Determinations

∙ Use of Chlorine

∙ Records, Reports, and Safety

∙ Calculations

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Introduction

• Sources and Characteristics of Water

• Public Health

• Distribution Hydraulics

• Tour of Exhibits (10:00 - 11:00)

• Utilities Calculations

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

∙ Water Mains and Services

∙ Valves and Hydrants

∙ Storage

∙ Pumps and Motors

∙ Meters and Services

∙ Utilities Calculations

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Construction

∙ Operations and Maintenance

∙ Public Relations

∙ Review

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Basics of Math

• General Water/Wastewater Math Operations

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• General Water/Wastewater Math Operations (Continued)

• Tour of Exhibits (10:00 - 11:00)

• Specific Water/Wastewater Equations and Calculations

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Specific Water/Wastewater Equations and Calculations (Continued)

∙ Water/Wastewater

Calculations – Final Test

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

• Transition

• Management Functions

• Change & Resistance to Change

• Goals and Objectives

• Communications

• Tour of Exhibits (1:30 - 2:30)

• Decision Making

• Delegation

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

∙ Time Management

∙ Record Keeping

∙ Budgeting & Rate Structure ∙ Privatization/Contracting

∙ Safety Programs

∙ TQM/Quality Control

∙ Job Classification

Interviewing

∙ Personnel Policies

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Education and Training

∙ Job Performance/Reviews

∙ Public Relations/Public Education

∙ Emergency Preparedness

TUESDAY, 8AM-5:30PM

∙ Safety Programs

∙ Hazardous Communications Right to Know Act

∙ Chemical Safety

∙ First Aid

∙ Personal Protective

Equipment

∙ Confined Space Safety

WEDNESDAY, 8AM-5PM

• Tour of Exhibits (8:30 - 9:30)

• Confined Space Safety

• Working Safely

• Excavation & Trenching

• Biological Hazards

• Electrical Safety

THURSDAY, 8AM-12PM

∙ Worksite Protection

∙ Safe Vehicle Use

∙ Review