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The Board for Waterworks and Wastewater Works Operators, in its regulations, allows for the substitution of education for on-the-job experience. This substitution of education for experience applies only to Class I, II, and III licenses. Once training is approved, it is assigned so many Training Credits (TC). A Training Credit is equivalent to a CEU. Ten hours of classroom or 20 hours of laboratory training is worth one TC. (Do not confuse this continuing professional education hours which is essentially one hour for one hour.) Applicable training offered by the Virginia Department of Health, Department of Environmental Quality, and any accredited Virginia college, community college, and university does not require Board approval. Click for the list of currently approved board training.

1. Basic hydraulics as applied to pumping and distribution systems

2. Indicators of abnormal operations

3. Service pump mechanics and motor mechanics

4. Valves

5. Chemicals/chemistry (water chemistry, solubility, specific gravity, chemical interactions et al)

6. Basic mathematics (arithemetic, geometry, algebra, problem solving, etc.)

7. Chemical treatment processes

8. Laboratory tests and procedures

9. Laboratory instrumentation and equipment

10. Metering pumps and feeders

11. Metering pump calibration

12. Calibration charts and curves

13. Manual data entry

14. Clerical record keeping

15. Plant process instrumentation

16. State & federal water regulations (Safe Drinking Water Act, Va. Waterworks Regulations)

17. Operations cost analysis

18. Distribution system instrumentation

19. Water system microbiology

20. Physical treatment processes

21. Reservoir management

22. Basic aquatic biology

23. Indicators of abnormal conditions

24. Unit process operating procedures and equipment

25. Sampling techniques

26. Industry nomenclature

27. Cross-connection control and backflow preventers

28. Basic instructional supervision

29. Laboratory safety procedures

30. Safety procedures and equipment

31. Hand and power tools

32. Preventive maintenance

33. Large-scale motor equipment

34. State & federal safety regulations, e.g. Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regulations

35. First aid and CPR

36. Basic laboratory testing and safety

37. Wells and well pumps

38. Chlorine disinfection and equipment