Course Overview

This two-day course will train municipal drinking water system owners and operators on how to conduct internal audits. This is based on Element 19 of the Drinking Water Quality Management Standard (DWQMS) under the Municipal Drinking Water Licensing Program.

Day 1 of the course presents the requirements for internal audits. Day 2 focuses on how to plan and carry out process audits. This course will walk the participants through all stages of an internal audit process. Group exercises are used extensively to reinforce internal audit principles.

IMPORTANT NOTE: PARTICIPANTS TO BRING A COPY OF THEIR OPERATION PLAN TO THE COURSE.

Target Audience

This course is for anyone with overall responsibility for the implementation of the QMS, QMS Representatives and Operating Authority employees who have been identified as potential internal auditors.

 

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Course Trainer:

  Ted Joynt

Ted has over 37 years of experience at Water and Wastewater Treatment Class IV facilities, DWQMS, Emergency Preparedness/Response and Regulatory Compliance.  He holds a Class IV Drinking Water Operators Certificate, Class IV Wastewater Operators License, Class II Wastewater Collection System License and a Class 1 Water Distribution Certificate.  Ted is the Past Chair of the Public Affairs Committee Ontario Water Works Association, past Member of Water Environment Association Ontario Training Committee, has been awarded the AWWA (Ontario Section OWWA) Operator Meritorious Service Award 2011 and presented papers at OWWA, WEAO, EOWWA conferences.  Key projects include project manager for the construction of the Town of Smiths Falls new WTP,  project manager for a 4 ML CSO Tank Town of Smiths Falls WPCP and co-project manager for a Spillway Project in the Town of Smiths Falls.  His expertise is water treatment operations, acts and legislation, DWQMS internal auditing, risk assessment emergency preparedness, log book & notetaking, health & safety, process trouble shooting and standard of Care.  At his current position he is the Superintendent of Utilities (water/wastewater treatment) for the Town of Smiths Falls, ORO of the Municipality of Cramahe and relief ORO for the Village of Westport.  He is a member of CWWA, OMWA, AWWA, OWWA, WEF, WEAO, EOWWA, and sits on the OnWarn Steering Committee.