Course Outline for Wastewater Certification Review
Approved for 16 contact hours, Indiana and Illinois
Approved for 15 contact hours, Ohio
Wastewater Certification Review is the most popular
and effective class in Indiana to prepare wastewater operators for
the State exam. We are very pleased to offer the class in the state
of Illinois for the first time. Our powerful presentation and teaching
format will greatly increase your ability to pass your State wastewater
operator exam. This class addresses all the test topics and provides
the operators with all the study material necessary to prepare for
the exam. In addition, the class covers most of the study guide questions
and provides the operators with the best answers.
Outline
First day
8:00 AM Course introduction, why treat wastewater?
8:30
AM Components of facilities handling wastewater
9:00 AM Pretreatment
9:30 AM Sedimentation and floatation,
primary clarifier design
10:00 AM Sludge and scum pumping, troubleshooting
10:30
AM Secondary treatment, trickling filters, RBCs
11:00 AM Activated
sludge systems, package plants
11:30 AM Activated sludge problems
12:00 NOON Lunch
1:00 PM Microbiology of activated sludge, oxidation
ditches, ponds.
1:30 PM Tertiary treatment, Nitrogen and phosphorous
removal
2:00 PM Microscreens, rapid sand filters
2:30 PM Use
of polymers, odor control
3:00 PM Air stripping and carbon adsorption
4:00 PM
Effluent disinfection
5:00 PM Class dismissed
Second day
8:00 AM Sludge handling Alternatives, conditioning verses stabilization
8:30
AM Anaerobic sludge digestion
9:00 AM Aerobic sludge digestion,
sludge drying beds
9:30 AM Gravity thickeners, centrifuge thickeners,
DAF systems
10:00 AM Sludge dewatering, composting of sludge
11:00 AM Heavy metals,
hex chrome reduction, cyanide destruction
12:00 NOON Lunch
1:00 PM Environmental regulations
3:00
PM Biomonitoring
4:00 PM Multiple choice questions, how to find
the right answer?
5:00 PM Class dismissed
for the
Wastewater Certification Review.
