Published September 2007
Training and educational opportunities abound
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Several states will offer training in September and October.
Alabama
Courses are the joint effort of the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Association and University of West Alabama. These courses are at UWAs Livingston campus unless stated otherwise:
Sept. 5-7 Advanced Installer Licensing Class
Oct. 4-5 Continuing Education, Montgomery
Oct. 18-19 Pumpers Licensing Class
Call Allen Tartt 205/652-3803 or visit www.aowatc.uwa.edu.
California
Certification courses are sponsored by the California Onsite Wastewater Association and National Association of Wastewater Transporters Inc.
Oct. 4-5 NAWT Onsite Inspector Training and Certification, Riverside
Oct. 25-26 Science of Soils and Onsite Wastewater Disposal, Riverside
Nov. 8-9 Operation and Maintenance Part 2, Mill Valley
Dec. 4-5 Operation and Maintenance Part 2, Mill Valley
E-mail Cliff Trammel at cliffrt@msn.com or call 707/579-4882.
Connecticut
The Connecticut Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association is sponsoring these workshops at Wesleyan University:
Sept. 28 Septic Installer
Dec. 14 Septic Installer
Call 860/267-1057 or visit www.cowra-online.org.
Florida
Courses are at the Florida Onsite Wastewater Associations Training Center in Polk City.
Oct. 8-9 Master III: Basic Florida Soils Training
Oct. 10-11 Master I: System Design and Function
Oct. 11-12 Master II: System Materials and Regulatory Requirements
Contact FOWA at 407/830-4381 or www.fowaonsite.com.
Georgia
The University of Georgia College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences is offering the Basics of On-Site Wastewater Systems on Sept. 26 at Gainesville. Contact Larry West at 706/542-0906, lwest@uga.edu, or visit www.ugaonsite.com.
Iowa
All courses are at the Iowa Onsite Wastewater Training Center on the Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny Campus unless stated otherwise:
Sept. 20 Media Filters
Oct. 18 Small Community System Management, College Springs
Nov. 14 Proper Sampling and Lab Techniques
Call Annette Adams at 800/362-2127 Ext: 6464 or e-mail Dennis Hayworth at dahayworth@dmacc.edu.
Michigan
The Michigan Onsite Wastewater Training and Education Center at MSU Tollgate Center in Novi is offering these courses:
Sept. 26-27 Onsite Wastewater Systems Maintenance
Oct. 3-4 Existing Systems Evaluator Training
Oct. 10-17 Soils Education
Contact Barb DeLong at 517/355-4720 or visit www.egr.msu.edu/age.
Missouri
The following training seminars from the Missouri Smallflows Organization provide CEUs to renew onsite registration with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services:
Sept. 18-19 Basics of Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Drip Irrigation, Nixa
Oct. 16-17 Operations and Maintenance of Advanced Treatment Systems, Cape Girardeau
Oct. 23-24 Basics of Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Drip Irrigation, West Plains
Call 417/739-4100 or e-mail mso@lvbw.net.
New York
Courses from the New York Onsite Wastewater Treatment Training Network are certified by the New York Board of Education for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, DOS certified for CEOs, and DEC certified for Wastewater Operators.
Sept. 18 Foundations of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, Sylvan Beach
Oct. 1-3 Soil Analysis, Installation, and Inspection of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems, Glen Falls
Call SUNY Delhi at 607/746-4545 or visit www.wastewater.delhi.edu.
North Carolina
North Carolina Soils and On-Site Wastewater Training Academy is offering the following courses:
Sept. 18-20 Subsurface Wastewater System, Bolivia
Oct. 10-11 Subsurface System Inspector, Bolivia
Nov. 13-15 Subsurface Wastewater System, Plymouth
Call Joni Tanner at 919/515-1678 or visit www.soil.ncsu.edu/training.
Ohio
All workshops are at the Ohio State Universitys Soil Environment Technology Learning Lab, London, Ohio. No walk-ins accepted.
Oct. 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2 Onsite Wastewater Treatment Design
Call Holly Bartholomew at 614/846-7932 or visit www.ohioonsite.org.
Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Islands Onsite Wastewater Training Center offers these professional development workshops at its Kingston campus:
Sept. 6 Conventional Onsite Wastewater Treatment Basics for Installers
Sept. 19-20 Conventional Septic System Inspection
Sept. 27 Innovative and Alternative Technology Overview
Oct. 3 Bottomless Sand Filter Design and Installation
Call Holly Meehan at 401/874-5950 or visit www.uri.edu/ce/wq.
Texas
Sites for the state-required, 16-hour Basic Maintenance Provider course are:
Sept. 28-29 Crowne Plaza West, Houston
Nov. 6-7 Fort Worth Stockyards
Nov. 6-7 NAWT Septic Inspection for Real Estate Transfer, Fort Worth
Nov. 6-7 Advanced Maintenance Course, Fort Worth
Call 512/494-1125 or visit www.txowa.org.
Utah
The Utah On-Site Wastewater Treatment Training Program is sponsoring these certification workshops at Utah State University in Logan unless stated otherwise:
Sept. 11-12 Soil Evaluation and Percolation Testing, Ogden
Sept. 13 Certification Renewal: Soil Evaluation and Percolation Testing, Ogden
Sept. 14 Certification Renewal: Design, Inspection and Maintenance of Conventional Systems, Ogden
Sept. 26 Certification Renewal: Soil Evaluation and Percolation Testing, Heber City
Sept. 27 Certification Renewal: Design, Inspection and Maintenance of Conventional Systems, Heber City
Oct. 10-11 Design, Inspection and Maintenance of Conventional Systems
Oct. 25 Certification Renewal: Design, Inspection and Maintenance of Alternative Systems
Nov. 6-8 Design, Inspection and Maintenance of Alternative Systems
Call Carmell Burns at 435/797-3174 or e-mail carmell@cc.usu.edu.
