Nebraska professionals missing CEUs
According to the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, many currently certified onsite professionals lack the required 12 hours of approved continuing education to apply for their 2008 certification renewal. Once the certificate expires, applicants must pass the department’s exams and pay the fees.
The Nebraska On-Site Waste Water Association is offering “Basics of Onsite Wastewater Systems” at Gering on Oct. 15. The course is approved for six hours of credit. The University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension is offering “Septage Pumping and Management” at Columbus on Oct. 24 and Ithaca/Meade on Nov. 7. Its “Alternative Technologies” course is at Columbus on Oct. 25 and Ithaca/Meade on Nov. 8. The courses are approved for six hours of CEUs.
Professionals may carry six hours into the next two-year cycle. Call Jan at 402/472-9614 or visit www.nowwa.org.
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Alabama
Courses are the joint effort of the Alabama Onsite Wastewater Association (AOWA) and University of West Alabama (UWA). These courses are at UWA’s Livingston campus unless stated otherwise:
• Oct. 4-5 – Continuing Education, Montgomery
• Oct. 18-19 – Pumpers Licensing Class
• Nov. 1-2 – Continuing Education, Mobile
• Nov. 14-16 – Basic Installers Licensing Class
• Nov. 29-30 – Continuing Education
• Dec. 12-14 – Advanced Installer Level II Licensing Class
Call Allen Tartt at 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.
• Oct. 4-5 – NAWT Onsite Inspector Training and Certification, Riverside
• Oct. 25-26 – Science of Soils & Onsite Wastewater Disposal, Riverside
• Nov. 8-9 – Operation & Maintenance Part 2, Mill Valley
• Dec. 4-5 – Operation & Maintenance Part 2, Mill Valley
E-mail Cliff Trammel at cliffrt @msn.com or call 707/579-4882.
Florida
Courses are at the Florida Onsite Wastewater Association’s 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 & Regulatory Requirements
Contact FOWA at 407/830-4381 or visit www.fowaonsite.com.
Iowa
All courses are at the Iowa Onsite Wastewater Training Center on the Des Moines Area Community College Ankeny Campus unless stated otherwise:
• 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:
• 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:
• Oct. 16-17 – O&M of Advanced Treatment Systems, Cape Girardeau
• Oct. 23-24 – Basics of Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Drip Irrigation, West Plains
• Nov. 13-14 – O&M of Advanced Treatment Systems, Joplin
• Nov. 27-28 – Basics of Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Drip Irrigation, Camdenton
• Dec. 18-19 – O&M of Advanced Treatment Systems, Moberly
Call 417/739-4100 or e-mail mso@lvbw.net.
New York
Champlain Watershed Improvement Coalition of New York is offering a Soil Analysis, Installation, and Inspection of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems course at Glen Falls on Oct. 1-3. It is certified by the New York Board of Education for engineers and land surveyors, DOS certified for CEOs, and DEC certified for wastewater operators. Call Sarah Gebbie at 518/668-5773.
The New York Onsite Waste-water Treatment Training Network is offering a Foundations of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems course at Sylvan Beach on Nov. 7. It carries the same certification as above. Call SUNY Delhi at 607/746-4545 or visit www.delhi. edu/corporateservices.
North Carolina
North Carolina Soils and On-Site Wastewater Training Academy is offering the following courses:
• 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 University’s Soil Environment Technology Learning Lab, London, Ohio. No walk-ins accepted.
• Oct. 12 – Onsite Wastewater Treatment Design
• Oct. 19 – Onsite Wastewater Treatment Design
• Oct. 26 – Onsite Wastewater Treatment Design
• Nov. 2 – Onsite Wastewater Treatment Design
Call Holly Bartholomew at 614/ 846-7932 or visit www.ohioonsite.org.
Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island’s Onsite Wastewater Training Center offers these professional development workshops at its Kingston campus:
• Oct. 3 – Bottomless Sand Filter Design and Installation
• Nov. 7 – Rhode Island Designer Examination Prep
• Nov. 15 – Using the New Rhode Island Site Specific Soil Mapping Guide
• Nov. 29 – Rhode Island Regulatory Setbacks and Buffers for Design and Siting
• Dec. 5 – AutoCALCS: Automated Bottomless Sand Filter Sizing, Pump Calculations, and Support Materials
• Dec. 11 – Surveying Basics for the Onsite Wastewater Contractor
• Dec. 13 – Nitrogen Dynamics in the Environment and Septic Systems
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:
• 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 the following certification workshops at Utah State University in Logan unless stated otherwise:
• 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.
