California 12-Hour Package for Wastewater Operators

Save with our 12-Hour Package for Wastewater Operators. This package includes the following courses:

Wastewater Treatment Processes (4 Hours)
Maintaining Wastewater Equipment (4 Hours)
Pump Installation and Maintenance (4 Hours)

Course Format: Text

Credit Type: Wastewater

Approved By: California Water Environment Association

Wastewater Treatment Processes
- Wastewater Treatment Processes [46 Activities]
  - 01. Purpose of Treatment
  - 02. Sources of Wastewater
  - 03. Wastewater Collection Systems
  - 04. Typical Treatment Facilities
  - 05. Influent
  - 06. Preliminary Treatment
  - 07. Primary Treatment
  - 08. Secondary Treatment
  - View Additional Activities
    - 09. Tertiary Treatment
    - 10. Disinfection and Effluent Discharge
    - 11. Solids Handling
    - 12. Screening
    - 13. Grinding
    - 14. Grit Removal
    - 15. Sedimentation
    - 16. Factors Affecting Settling Rates
    - 17. Types of Clarifiers
    - 18. Air Flotation
    - 19. Filtration and Effluent Disposal
    - 20. Solids in Wastewater
    - 21. Chemical Coagulants
    - 22. Phosphorus Removal
    - 23. Chemical Clarification Equipment
    - 24. Disinfection
    - 25. Factors Affecting Disinfection
    - 26. Disinfection with Chlorine
    - 27. Equipment Used in Chlorine Feeding
    - 28. Lagoons
    - 29. Activated Sludge
    - 30. Aeration with Pure Oxygen
    - 31. Trickling Filters
    - 32. Distribution Systems
    - 33. Trickling Filter Operations
    - 34. Synthetic Media
    - 35. Activated Biofilter Processes (ABF)
    - 36. Rotating Biological Contactors (RBC)
    - 37. Secondary Clarifiers
    - 38. Three Processes
    - 39. Sludge Conditioning
    - 40. Thickening and Dewatering
    - 41. Drying Beds
    - 42. Lagoons
    - 43. Vacuum Filtration and Filter Presses
    - 44. Further Reduction of Water Content
    - 45. Composting
    - 46. Ultimate Disposal
Maintaining Wastewater Equipment
- Maintaining Wastewater Equipment [41 Activities]
  - 01. Collection Systems
  - 02. Pumping Stations
  - 03. Pump Operations
  - 04. Pump Types
  - 05. Pump Maintenance
  - 06. Pump Drive Units
  - 07. Piping, Ventilation, and Control Systems
  - 08. Level Detection
  - View Additional Activities
    - 09. Station Operation and Maintenance
    - 10. Safety Considerations
    - 11. Hand-Cleaned Bar Screens
    - 12. Mechanically Cleaned Bar Screens
    - 13. Grinders
    - 14. Rotating Drum Comminutors
    - 15. Stationary Screen Comminutors
    - 16. Barminutors
    - 17. The Nature of Grit
    - 18. Hand-Cleaned Grit Chambers
    - 19. Maintaining Hand-Cleaned Grit Chambers
    - 20. Detritus Tanks
    - 21. Maintaining Detritus Tanks
    - 22. Chain and Flight Grit Collectors
    - 23. Maintaining Chain and Flight Grit Collectors
    - 24. Aerated Grit Chambers and Cyclone Separators
    - 25. Maintaining Aerated Grit Chambers
    - 26. Sedimentation
    - 27. Rectangular Clarifiers
    - 28. Scum Removal
    - 29. Circular Clarifiers
    - 30. Sludge Removal
    - 31. Laboratory Testing
    - 32. Troubleshooting
    - 33. Safety Considerations
    - 34. Properties of Flowing Liquids
    - 35. Flow Measurement Methods, Including Batch Processes
    - 36. Flow Measurement in Open Channels
    - 37. Measuring Flow from Freely Discharging Pipes
    - 38. Methods of Depth Measurement
    - 39. Flow Measurement in Completely Filled Pipes
    - 40. Methods of Pressure Measurement
    - 41. Maintenance of Flow Measurement Devices
Pump Installation and Maintenance

Pump Installation and Maintenance [52 Activities]

01. Force and Work
02. Power and Horsepower
03. Energy
04. Velocity and Acceleration
05. Static Suction Lift
06. Pressure Losses: Friction and Vapor Pressure
07. Available and Required Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH)
08. Checking Pump Capacity and Pumping Hot Water
View Additional Activities
- 09. Computing Pump Power Requirements and Effects of Operational Factors
- 10. Priming a Pump
- 11. Uses and Types of Packing and Seals
- 12. Packing
- 13. Selecting Packing Material
- 14. Removing Old Packing
- 15. Installing New Packing
- 16. Testing New Packing and Packing Precautions
- 17. Mechanical Seals
- 18. Mechanical Seals Versus Packing
- 19. Types of Mechanical Seals
- 20. Installing Mechanical Seals
- 21. Maintaining and Troubleshooting Packing and Seals
- 22. Installing the Pump and Preparing the Foundation
- 23. Fabricated Steel Baseplates
- 24. Checking Shaft Alignment and Grouting the Baseplate
- 25. Mounting Pump and Motor Separately
- 26. Compensating for Heat and Installing Auxiliary Pump Drives
- 27. Maintaining Centrifugal Pumps
- 28. Inspecting Packing, Seals, and Bearings
- 29. Motor and Drive
- 30. Avoiding Common Pump Problems
- 31. Cavitation
- 32. Ring Seizure
- 33. Overheating
- 34. Pump Operation
- 35. Scheduling Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- 36. Preparation, Work Areas, and Rigging
- 37. Moving a Pump
- 38. Disassembling a Pump
- 39. Inspecting Pump Parts
- 40. Checking Clearances
- 41. Reassembling a Pump
- 42. Reinstalling a Pump
- 43. Types of Rotary Pumps
- 44. Gear-Type and Vane-Type Rotary Pumps
- 45. Axial-Flow Pumps
- 46. Installing Rotary Pumps
- 47. Aligning Pump and Piping
- 48. Direction of Rotation
- 49. Pump Start-Up
- 50. Maintaining Rotary Pumps
- 51. Scheduling Inspections and Maintenance
- 52. Troubleshooting Rotary Pumps

Course Completion

Mandatory Questionnaire
California Wastewater Treatment Processes - Certificate of Achievement (1 of 3)
California Pump Installation and Maintenance - Certificate of Achievement (2 of 3)
California Maintaining Wastewater Equipment (3 of 3)