Idaho Water Operator Continuing Education

This continuing education course is designed to help Idaho water operators understand effective water utility management techniques. The course material covers topics like how to prepare risk management plans, respond to injuries, apply effective management techniques, identify workplace hazards, and address treatment plant risks. It also offers additional resources for further learning and reviews utility management theories. 

Save with this 6-hour package for water operators in Idaho. Included are the approved courses:

• Pumps: Part 1
• Pumps: Part 2

This course introduces operators to pumping systems, hydraulics, basic pumping terminology, and pump curves. We will also look at a number of pump types, including end-suction centrifugal pumps, propeller pumps, turbine pumps, and rotary pumps. For each pump type, we’ll discuss internal parts, construction, and operation. This course has no prerequisites.

Covers maintenance and operation of gate, globe, ball, plug, check, and special-purpose valves. Details actuators and various accessories. Explains valve selection based on application. Describes methods of protecting piping systems. This course has no prerequisites

This course introduces operators to piping systems and familiarizes them with the larger components that make piping systems function, including metallic and nonmetallic piping, tubing, and hoses.

This course dives further into piping systems by discussing the smaller components that make piping systems function, including fittings, common and special valves, strainers, filters, traps, and accessories. Preventative and repair maintenance for these components are also discussed.

This course introduces operators to pumping systems, hydraulics, basic pumping terminology, and pump curves. We will also look at a number of pump types, including end-suction centrifugal pumps, propeller pumps, turbine pumps, and rotary pumps. For each pump type, we will discuss internal parts, construction, and operation.

This course continues looking at additional pump types, including reciprocating pumps, metering pumps, and special purpose pumps. For each pump type, we will discuss internal parts, construction, and operation. We also discuss sealing devices, including packing and mechanical seals, bearings, lubrication, and installation.

This course provides an overview of wastewater treatment, including the physical separation of solids, chemical treatment processes, biological processes, and solids treatment and disposal.

This course provides details on a variety of wastewater equipment, including pumping stations, screening equipment, grinding equipment, grit removal systems, sludge and scum collection apparatus, and flow measurement devices. For each piece of equipment, we will cover major parts, start-up, operation, shutdown, maintenance, and safety.

This course introduces operators to the hydrologic cycle and its effects on the structure and functions of water and wastewater systems. From there, we discuss water collection, treatment, and distribution, as well as the physical, chemical, and biological properties of water.

Water operators in Idaho can take this first part of a two-part safety series for an introduction to the 2024 NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace publication. The course material reviews NFPA 70E training requirements, the electrical safety program, troubleshooting equipment, and more.

In this course, Idaho water operators will continue learning about the 2024 NFPA 70E Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace publication. This part includes a review of the steps required for establishing a safe work condition, GFCI protection, lockout/tagout principles, and more.

This two-hour course gives Idaho water operators a detailed overview of U.S. water distribution systems (WDS), including significant components and key concerns. The course also emphasizes the link between WDS structure and community needs and the implementation of environmental protocols to protect water quality.

This course explains how fluids behave, especially under pressure and in motion. This lesson is divided into two major parts. The first concerns fluids at rest and describes the properties fluids have when they are standing still. The second half treats the subject of fluids in motion.