NAWT IN LOUISVILLE
With another successful Waste Treatment Symposium behind us, it’s time to draw a bead on the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 24-27, 2010. Once again, NAWT will offer its two-day onsite inspector training course and, for the first time at this show, its two-day, 12-hour onsite operation and maintenance course on Feb. 22-23. The one-day vacuum truck technician training course also is on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
The inspector course is at the operation level. The first day covers the basics of sewage treatment and system types using a troubleshooting perspective. The second day goes through a step-by-step procedure to conduct a system inspection. It requires attendees to locate and identify all parts of the system, assess their condition, and determine if they are operating properly.
The first day of the operation and maintenance course focuses on conventional gravity and pressure distribution systems — including operating and maintaining septic tanks, trenches, beds, mounds, and at-grades. Day two addresses aerobic treatment units, single pass, recirculating media filters, drip irrigations, and disinfection before final dispersal. Both courses have field opportunities, come rain or shine, and a written exam for NAWT certification.
NAWT’s vacuum truck technician training course is for new owners and employees who operate vacuum trucks to clean septic tanks, aerobic treatment units, holding tanks or grease traps. It can also serve as a refresher course and overview for experienced operators. Training includes presentations, videos, and hands-on exercises with a vacuum truck.
The course includes basic vacuum truck operation, materials to pump and avoid, reasons to manage these materials, pumps, basic science of vacuum and pressurization, truck equipment and components, drive and control mechanisms, basic and advanced pump-out skills and procedures, loading and unloading, safety and emergency response plans, customer interaction and education, manifests and reports, and government regulations
NAWT will list all certified service providers on its Web site, www.nawt.org.
EDUCATION DAY
Once again, NAWT has a full track of six, one-hour sessions during Education Day at the Pumper & Cleaner Expo, Wednesday, Feb. 24. The seminars focus on topics related to just our industry, and will help pumpers expand into operation and maintenance agreements, understand EPA regulations, and gain valuable tools for handling alternative technologies and high-strength waste streams.
Seminar titles and presenters for the 2010 Pumper & Cleaner Expo are Sampling Protocols and Methods for Alternative Technologies, Matt Lee, Aqua Test Inc., Maple Valley, Wash.; Dealing with Restaurant or High Strength Waste, Bill Stuth Sr., Stuth Company Inc., Maple Valley, Wash.; O & M for ATUs, Kit Rosefield, Accredited Septic Monitoring, Mi Wuk Village, Calif.; O & M for Drip Irrigation, Dave Gustafson, P.E., Extension engineer at the University of Minnesota and Onsite Sewage Treatment Program trainer; What to Expect When the EPA Comes A-callin’, Tom Blankenship, owner of All Town & Country Septic Service Inc., Norton, Ohio; A Template for Keeping Your Employees Trained, Jim Mathis, Kline’s Services, Salunga, Pa.
Register for Pumper & Cleaner Expo NAWT training courses using the form on the preceeding page or go to www.nawt.org.
In addition to these courses, we sponsor training courses across the country by working with state associations and other industry-related groups. To bring a training course to your area, call Tom Ferrero at 800/236-6298 or e-mail info@nawt.org. Check www.nawt.org for the latest updates on our training programs and seminars.
