Entry-Level Course for Drinking Water Operators

Date

January 22 - 26, 2024

Time

8:30 am - 4:30 pm (coffee & lunch provided)

Location

J.A. Dulude Arena
941 Clyde Ave N
OTTAWA, ON
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Duration

5 days

CEU Value

7.0

Cost

Regular: $1940.00 + $0.00 HST = $1940.00 CAD

Course Overview

This course provides new operators with a basic understanding of water characteristics and pathogens, treatment and distribution processes, and the regulations that govern water quality. This course is intended to complement the on-the-job training that Operators in Training (OITs) receive from their employers.
The course consists of two components. The first involves approximately 40 hours of self-study. The self-study manual will be mailed to the registrant within five (5) business days of registration.
Once the first portion is completed, the participant must pass a self-administered exam in order to proceed to the classroom portion of the course.
The classroom session is one week in duration and consists of a final exam that covers subject areas addressed both in the self-study and classroom portions of the course.

Target Audience

This is a mandatory course required by all new operators. It must be completed within 3 years from the date an OIT certificate in drinking water treatment and/or distribution was issued.

This course is currently closed because there is not enough time to complete the self study component of the course before the classroom date. Please call us at 1-866-515-0550 if you would like to discuss options.

Course Trainer:

Philip Emon

Philip has over 23 years of operational experience in the water and wastewater industry in a variety of Class I – IV subsystems. He holds a Class IV Water Treatment Certificate, Class IV Water Distribution Certificate, Class IV Wastewater Treatment Licence, Class II Wastewater Collection Licence and a Cross Connection Control Specialist Certification.

Philip has specific skills in treatment operations, process optimization, DWQMS, Cross Connection Control Programs and bylaw enforcement.

At his current positon he is the Operations Supervisor, Water & Wastewater Operations for Utilities Kingston and is the designated ORO for 4 water treatment facilities and backup ORO for all the distribution, wastewater treatment and wastewater collection subsystems operated by Utilities Kingston.

He is a member of the OWWA and past president of the EOWWA.

Course Trainer:

Janine deBoer

Janine has almost 30 years’ experience working in the water industry and holds a Water Treatment 4 and Water Distribution and Supply 3 certificate. After leaving Durham Region after 26 years where she was the Integrated Management System Coordinator and oversaw the implementation and maintenance of the ISO and DWQMS systems for the Works Department, she started providing training, auditing and compliance services to various clients in Ontario and British Columbia. She is a certified auditor for ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and DWQMS and performs both internal and external audits.