SWOTraining

Physical and Mailing Address:

OAWU
935 N. Main Street
Independence, OR 97351

Phone (503) 837-1212

Fax (503) 837-1213

Small Water System Training Course Schedule

Designed for drinking water system operators, this one-day course covers the basics of water system operation and maintenance, water testing and other regulations, waterborne disease, water treatment for small systems, and record keeping. We may also review the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, and the State Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund (SDWRLF) as well as water system security issues.

Classes are scheduled from 9AM to 4PM. Upon course completion, attendees receive 0.6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This class also meets the training requirement for Small Water System Operator Certification.

If your ground water system is 150 connections or less and is required to have a certified Small Groundwater operator this is the OHA-DWS required course for initial certification or re-certification.

Mailing will go out by counties covered. Class size will be limited to 40 people.

2013 Schedule

Calendar Updated: April 9, 2013

For Advanced Course Schedule, scroll to bottom of page.

Basic Classes From March 4th to the end of the year

with OHA-DWS are in Pending Status

Month	Location	Date	Addresses
January	Eagle Point Click Here	01/22/2013	City of Eagle Point
February March	Albany Click Here	02/12/2013	City of Albany
	Salem Click Here	02/20/2013	City of Salem
	Bend/Sunriver Click Here	03/04/2013	Sunriver Resort
March	None
April	None
April	None
May	Coos Bay
May	Springfield
June	Pendleton	06/04/2013
July	Newport	07/10/2013
July	Klamath Falls	07/18/2013
August	Bend	08/15/2013
	Seaside	08/19/2013
	Eagle Point	08/28/2013
September
	Independence	09/10/2013
	Baker City	09/17/2013
October	Springfield	10/08/2013
	Salem	10/16/2013
	Tillamook	10/29/2013
November	St Helens	11/12/2013
November	Cornelius	11/19/2013

PLEASE NOTE: At the end of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance. For small water system certification, please attach a photocopy of the certificate to the Small Water System Operator Application, complete the application and mail to the address listed on the application form.

The application can be downloaded from a link under "Small Water System "S" Certification:" on the DWS Operator Certification web page: http://public.health.oregon.gov/HealthyEnvironments/DrinkingWater/Pages/trngschd.aspx

A small water system operator certificate expires on July 31 of every third year. A certificate will be renewed upon satisfactory evidence presented to the Oregon Health Authority that the operator has completed 6 hours of Department approved continuing education since the issuance date of the last certificate and submittal of the designated application form. When renewed, the new certificate will be valid for three years from the expiration date of the prior certificate.

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Advanced Course - For Operators who have completed the basic course more than once.

Drinking Water Services (DWS) now offers an advanced course that is appropriate for operators who have completed the basics course two or more times. Like the basics course, the advanced course is a free one-day course that meets the training requirement for recertification. However, this course covers new topics and operators use information from their own water systems to complete hands-on activities in class. For this reason, the advanced class is not offered as an online class. More information about the course can be found in the April Pipeline 2013(PDF).

Advanced courses run from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (PST). Class dates and locations are listed in the table below:

Advanced Course Schedule for 2013
Location	Date	Address
Oregon City Registration Flier (pdf)	Thurs, May 30 Register by May 13	Clackamas Community College Pauling Center Room P104 19600 Molalla Ave. Oregon City, OR 97045
Medford Registration Flier (pdf)	Thurs, June 13 Register by May 28	Medford Water Commission 821 N. Columbus Ave. Medford, OR 97501
Albany	Wed, Sept 25 Register by Sept, 11	Linn Benton Community College 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW Albany, OR 97321
Tillamook	Tues, Oct 15 Register by Sept. 27	Tillamook Fire Department 2310 4th St. Tillamook, OR 97141

Registration

Registration for the advanced course is handled by the DWS Springfield office. To register, contact Drue Edney at 541-726-2587, ext. 25, or drue.edney@state.or.us, or submit the registration form provided in the Course Schedule table, above. Class size is limited.

For other course-related questions, contact Betsy Parry at 541-726-2587, ext. 30, or betsy.l.parry@state.or.us.

Month

Location

Registration