SELF-PACED
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Kirkwood Community Collegeís Environmental Training Center is offering the following Self-Study training
opportunities for Water Well Contractors, Water and Wastewater Operators.
WHAT IS SELF-STUDY TRAINING?
Organized, self-paced, independent distance education training generally taken at home through the mail.
Chapter test and final are mailed to Kirkwood Community College for grading.
DO I HAVE TO PURCHASE A BOOK?
The book is included in the price of your course! DO NOT pre-purchase your book you will not receive a tuition
break if you do.
WHAT WILL I BE REQUIRED TO DO?
Paper/Pencil
1). Proceed through each lesson by reading through short sections, fill out an answer sheet for the questions at
the
end of each section. Complete the test at the end of each chapter on the answer sheet provided and return for
grading.
A successful score of 70% allows you to pass each chapter.
2).
Once all chapter test are taken and graded you then designate a monitor for you final examination. Your final
will then be sent to your monitor for testing. After the completion of the final examination the monitor will
return all testing material to the Environmental Training Center for grading.
REPEATING A SELF-STUDY COURSE?
I have taken some of these self-study training topics before can I repeat this renewal year? Unfortunately the answer to this
is NO.
ONLINE CHAPTER TESTING FOR SELF-STUDY
There are some Self-Study programs that you may complete by taking the chapter test online (computer-based).
1). Proceed through each chapter by reading through short sections, then take section test online. A successful
score of 70% allows you to pass each chapter.
2). Once all chapter test are taken and graded you then designate a monitor for you final examination. Your final
will then be sent to your monitor for testing. After the completion of the final examination the monitor will
return all testing material to the Environmental Training Center for grading.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COMPLETE A COURSE?
The time needed to complete a course depends on each person. Set your own pace, but establish a regular
schedule. Most students require from 80 — 125 hours of study to complete each course.
WHO DO I CONTACT TO GET REGISTERED?
You may contact Kirkwood Community College, Environmental Training Center and ask to speak with the Office
Coordinator Staff at (877) 522-9283.
WHAT DO I GET WHEN I FINISH?
Upon successful completion of 70% or better you will receive a Letter of Completion and Kirkwood Community College will report this to
the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to be applied to your renewal or upgrade of your license.
CAN I SPLIT MY CEUS?
No, you must choose what license you would like your CEUs applied to. No Exceptions.
The Environmental Training Center offers self-study courses (most of these courses developed by California State University, Sacramento) for wastewater treatment operators, supervisors and managers. Each course includes a manual.
OPERATION OF WASTEWATER
TREATMENT (VOL. 1) |
SMALL WASTEWATER SYSTEM O & M, VOL. 1 COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (45 Hours) 4.5 Wastewater RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades I & II Wastewater DESCRIPTION: This course describes the roles and responsibilities of the operator and presents etailed descriptions of the equipment and processes commonly used in small community wastewater systems, including septic tanks, effluent and grinder pumps, and gravity, pressure, and vacuum collection systems. Treatment and disposal options discussed include sand and gravel filters, leach fields, seepage pits, mounds, and evapotranspiration systems. Other topics geared to the needs of small utility agencies include how to develop a maintenance program and how to set rates. |
| OPERATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT (VOL 2) COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (90 Hours) 9.0 Wastewater RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades II & III Wastewater DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to train operators in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining wastewater treatment plants, emphasizing safe practices and procedures. Topics covered include conventional activated sludge processes, sludge digestion and solids handling, effluent disposal, plant safety and good housekeeping, plant and equipment maintenance, laboratory procedures and chemistry, use of computers for plant operation and maintenance, analysis and presentation of data, and records and report writing. Operators also learn to analyze and solve operational problems and to perform mathematical calculations relating to wastewater treatment process control. |
SMALL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS O & M, VOL. 2 COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (45 Hours) 4.5 Wastewater RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades I & II Wastewate DESCRIPTION: Volume II of this course is designed to train small wastewater system operators to safelyoperate and maintain the equipment for several package wastewater treatment processes. Operators will learn how to use wetlands, hyacinth cultures, and land application methods to treat wastewater and dispose of effluent. Volume II also describes how to perform basic lab procedures and administer a small wastewater system. |
| ADVANCED WASTE COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (90 Hours) 9.0 Wastewater RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades III & IV Wastewater DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to train operators in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining wastewater treatment plants, emphasizing safe practices and procedures. Information presented includes detailed descriptions of the equipment and advanced treatment processes used for odor control, pure oxygen activated sludge treatment, solids removal from secondary effluents, residual solids management, enhanced biological control including nitrogen and phosphorus removal, and wastewater reclamation. Operators also learn to operate and maintain treatment plant instrumentation equipment and systems. The residual solids management chapter contains information on sludge types, characteristics, and quantities; sludge thickening using gravity thickeners, dissolved air flotation units, centrifuges and thermal conditioning as well as wet oxidation and elutriation; dewatering with pressure filtration (plate and frame, belt, vacuum), centrifuges and drying beds; volume reduction using composting, mechanical drying, incineration, and lagoons; and disposal methods for dewatered or liquid stabilized sludge. This course focuses on actual operating procedures and teaches operators to analyze and solve operational problems. |
TREATMENT OF METAL WASTESTREAMS COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (45 Hours) 4.5 Wastewater RECOMMENDED FOR: Industrial Wastewater Operators DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to train operators in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining treatment plants receive wastewater from electroplating, metal finishing, and printed circuit board manufacturing facilities. Information is presented on the need for treatment of metal wastestreams, sources of wastewater, material safety data sheets (MSDSs), and employee right-to-know laws. Operators learn to operate and maintain the equipment and processes used to treat metal wastestreams and how to treat and dispose of sludges produced by the treatment processes. This course focuses on actual operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting procedures, with particular emphasis on safety. Operators also learn to solve arithmetic problems needed to operate treatment processes for metal wastestreams. |
| INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT — VOL. 1 COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (90 Hours) 9.0 Wastewater RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades III & IV Wastewater DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to train operators the practical aspects of operating and maintaining industrial wastewater treatment plants, emphasizing safe practices and procedures. Information is presented on the importance and responsibilities of an industrial treatment plant operator, detailed safety procedures, regulations governing industrial wastes, sources of wastes, and methods for preventing and minimizing wastes at the source. Operators learn to operate and maintain flow measurement equipment, preliminary treatment processes (equalization, screening, and pH adjustment), physical-chemical treatment processes (coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation), pressure and gravity filters (including membrane filters), physical treatment processes (air stripping and carbon absorption), and processes for treatment of metal wastestreams. Operators will also learn to operate and maintain treatment plant instrumentation equipment and systems. This course focuses on actual operating procedures and teaches operators to analyze and solve operational problems. |
PRETREATMENT FACILITY INSPECTION COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (90 Hours) 9.0 Wastewater RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades III & IV Wastewater DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this course is to train operators to become pretreatment facility inspectors and to improve the knowledge and skills of current inspectors. The course stresses duties and responsibilities, including ethical responsibilities, of pretreatment inspectors. Topics covered include development and application of regulations, sources of industrial wastewater, source control processes and procedures, monitoring wastewater flows, and collecting and transporting representative samples. Operators will also learn how to respond to emergencies, limit the impact of an incident, and take enforcement action. Administrative topics include public relations; planning and funding an industrial waste pretreatment program; developing a database management program; and implementing an industrial waste monitoring program. Detailed procedures areprovided to help operators prepare for inspections. Also included are lists of pertinent questions that should be answered when inspecting various types of industries. |
| INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT — VOL. 2 COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (90 Hours) 9.0 Wastewater RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades III & IV Wastewater DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to train operators the practical aspects of operating and maintaining industrial wastewater treatment plants, emphasizing safe practices and procedures. Topics covered include the importance and responsibilities of an industrial treatment plant operator, fixed growth processes (trickling filters and rotating biological contactors), activated sludge process control, sequencing batch reactors, enhanced biological treatment (including nitrogen and phosphorus removal), anaerobic treatment, residual solids management, and plant and equipment maintenance. Operators will learn how to control these treatment processes under normal and abnormal conditions and how to analyze and solve operational problems. |
WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATION - (VOL 1) COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (90 Hours) 9.0 Water Treatment RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades I & II Water Treatment DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to train operators in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining water treatment plants, emphasizing safe practices and procedures. Information is presented on the importance and responsibilities of a water treatment plant operator, sources of water, reservoir management, and intake structures. Operators will learn how to safely operate and maintain coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, and disinfection processes. They will also learn to control tastes and odors in drinking water, control corrosion to meet the requirements of the Lead and Copper Rule, perform basic water laboratory procedures, and solve arithmetic problems commonly associated with water treatment plant operations. An important segment of the course provides operators information on overall plant operation and covers topics such as daily operating procedures, regulation of flows, chemical use and handling, records and reports, plant maintenance, safety and security, emergency conditions and procedures, handling complaints, and energy conservation. |
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WASTEWATER COLLECTION — V. 1 COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (90 Hours) 9.0 Wastewater RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades I, II & III Wastewater DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to train operators in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining wastewater collection systems, emphasizing safe practices and procedures. Information is presented on the importance and responsibilities of a collection system operator, the need for collection system O & M, and the components and typical layouts of collection systems. Operators learn safety procedures for construction, inspection and testing of sewers, inspection of manholes, and underground construction and repair. Detailed instructions are included for using closed-circuit television, clearing stoppages, cleaning sewers, and controlling roots, grease, odors, and corrosion in collection systems. This course focuses on the knowledge and skills operators need to identify actual collection system problems and select appropriate methods to solve them. Operators also learn to solve arithmetic problems relating to the operation and maintenance of wastewater collection systems. |
WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATION - (VOL. 2) COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (90 Hours) 9.0 Water Treatment RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades II & III Water Treatment DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to train operators in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining water treatment plants, emphasizing safe practices and procedures. Information is presented on drinking water regulations (including the Safe Drinking Water Act), iron and manganese control, fluoridation, softening, trihalomethanes, demineralization, handling and disposal of process wastes, maintenance, instrumentation, and advanced laboratory procedures. Administrative procedures for dealing with budgeting, setting rates, recordkeeping, personnel administration, public relations, and emergency planning are also covered in this course. |
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WASTEWATER COLLECTION - V. 2 COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (90 Hours) 9.0 Wastewater RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades II & III Wastewater DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on three areas: (1) lift stations, (2) sewer rehabilitation, and (3) administration of a collection system agency. Detailed information is provided on the components and practical operation of lift stations. Operators learn to operate and maintain a variety of types of motors, supervisory controls, pumps, valves, and other equipment. They will also learn to examine the condition of a sewer system, set up a sewer rehabilitation program, and safely use various ethods to replace or repair damaged sewers. This course also teaches operators critical aspects of effectively administering a wastewater collection agency or department. Administrative topics include overall organization of the agency as well as employment, training and compensation of personnel, selection and acquisition of equipment and facilities, system mapping, management information systems, report writing, and public relations. Operators learn to organize and administer all facets of a collection system agency. |
SMALL WATER SYSTEM OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (45 Hours) 4.5 Water Treatment or 4.5 Water Distribution RECOMMENDED FOR: Grades I & II Water Treatment & Distribution DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to train operators in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining small drinking water supply systems and treatment plants, with emphasis on safe practices and procedures. Topics covered include roles and duties of small system operators, water sources, and treatment processes. Detailed descriptions of the components of a drinking water well are presented, and operators will learn how to set up a wellhead protection program; operate, maintain and rehabilitate wells; disinfect wells and pumps; and troubleshoot operating problems. Other major topics in this program include operation and maintenance procedures for small water treatment plants, disinfection, safety, laboratory procedures, setting water rates, and how to solve water treatment plant arithmetic problems. |
| WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM O & M COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (90 Hours) 9.0 Water Distribution RECOMMENDED FOR: Grade I Water Distribution DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to train operators in the practical aspects of operating and maintaining water distribution systems, emphasizing safe practices and procedures. Topics include the role and duties of water distribution system operators, procedures for operating and maintaining clear wells and storage tanks, components and characteristics of distribution system facilities, operating and maintaining distribution systems, maintaining water quality in the system, disinfecting new and repaired facilities as well as water delivered to consumers, and techniques for recognizing hazards and developing safe procedures and programs. Operators learn to analyze and solve problems when they occur and perform mathematical calculations commonly associated with operating a distribution system. |
MANAGE FOR SUCCESS COST: $135.00 online or $155.00 paper/pencil CEUS: (45 Hours) 4.5 Water Distribution or Wastewater or Water Treatment RECOMMENDED FOR: Water Distribution, Wastewater and Water Treatment Management Personnel DESCRIPTION: This training manual stresses problem identification and solutions, working together as a team, communication, motivation, and evaluating and improving solutions to problems. Managers completing the training program will be confident that they have the tools and the ability to apply them to be successful managers. Utilities can help ensure that they have the needed management capacity by having their management personnel complete this training program. |
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Basic Wellhead Protection Considerations Cost: $145.00 CEUs: (20 Hours) 2.0 CEUs Well Contractor Recertification Recommended For: Well Contractor Certification |
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| Well Efficiency, Reconstruction, and Repair Cost: $145.00 CEUs: (20 Hours) 2.0 CEUs Well Contractor Recertification Recommended For: Well Contractor Certification |
Anaerobic Digestion Cost: $145.00 paper/pencil only CEUs: (20 Hours) 2.0 CEUs Wastewater Only Recommended For: Grades II, III, IV Wastewater Description: Designed for persons already employed in the operation of anaerobic digesters. Covers overview of process and equipment, equipment used in anaerobic digestion and normal operation procedures and process control. |
| O & M of Chlorine Systems Cost: $155.00 paper/pencil only CEU Value: (30 Hours) 3.0 Water Treatment or Water Distribution or Wastewater or Well Contractor Recommended For: Water & Wastewater Recertification (All Grades) and Well Contractors Description: The adoption of Article 80 of the Uniform Building Code and the change in the classification of chlorine to a position and an inhalation hazard have dramatically impacted the transportation, storage, and handling of chlorine cylinders. This course is designed for the operators and maintenance personnel of water and wastewater systems who are responsible for operation and maintenance of chlorination equipment. Topics Covered: Disinfection; O & M of Gas Chlorinators; Chlorine Properties & Chemistry; O & M of Hypochlorination; Chlorine Reactions & Effects; Chlorine Safety; Gas Chlorine Stations; Monitoring; Cylinders & Connections; Chlorine Math. |
Electrical Fundamentals |
Bearings |
Lubrication |
| Simplified Math for Water Operators Cost: $155.00 paper/pencil only CEU Value: (20 Hours) 2.0 CEUs Water Treatment or Water Distribution Recommended For: Water Recertification (All Grades) Description: This 80 page workbook guides users through math applications commonly used in the waterworks industry. It separates formulas, conversion tables, glossaries, and friction loss tables into easy-to-use sections. While most math books are divided into math concepts, this text is divided into application topics such as volume, flow, etc. so you can easily use the material for real-world applications. |
Pumps and Pumping Cost: $155.00 paper/pencil only CEU Value: (30 Hours) 3.0 CEUs Water Treatment or Water Distribution or Wastewater or Well Contractor Recommended For: Water & Wastewater Recertification (All Grades) and Well Contractors Description: This course is designed for all personnel who come in contact with centrifugal pumps including: owners, operators, and maintenance personnel. Highlighted in the course are the skills necessary for the efficient operation and maintenance of pumps in order to reduce pump problems as well as operating costs. Topics Covered: Pump Theory; Pump Piping System; Pump Types; Pump Hydraulics; Pump Nomenclature; Operating Conditions; Roller Bearing Basics; Lubrication; Replacement of Pump Components; Lineshaft Turbines; Selection & Installation of Packing; Special Pumping Units; Selection & Installation of Mechanical Seals |
Cave-in Protection and Competent Person Training for Water/Wastewater Operators
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Simplified Math for Wastewater Operators Cost: $155.00 paper/pencil only CEU Value: (20 Hours) 2.0 CEUsWastewater Recommended For: Wastewater Recertification (All Grades) Description: This 100 page workbook guides users through math applications commonly used in the wastewater industry.Each concept is approached in detail with explanation, sample problems, and step-by-step solutions. Practice problems and detailed answers allow readers to apply these concepts to practical situations. With powerful techniques to support learning, this custom approach to math makes learning easy and fun. |
Stabilization Ponds (Lagoons) |
Wastewater Treatment Processes |
Maintaining Wastewater Equipment |
Introduction to Water Technology |
Flow Measurement for Wastewater |
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If you have any questions please email your request to: etcmail@kirkwood.edu
